{"id":2228,"date":"2022-04-20T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2022-04-26T17:38:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T17:38:52","slug":"in-person-return-to-work-update-for-cu-boulder-campus-based-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/2022\/04\/20\/in-person-return-to-work-update-for-cu-boulder-campus-based-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"In-Person Return to Work Guidance: CU Campus and NOAA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Revised April 20, 2022 to Include NOAA Based Employees<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For CU Boulder Campus-Based Employees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This post is in followup to CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati\u2019s request\u2014made during the February Town Hall\u2014that CIRES people working on CU Boulder campus should have begun to implement the return-to-work plans\u2013which capture your weekly work modalities\u2013made with supervisors. If you need to remind yourself what you and your supervisor agreed to, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/2021\/07\/14\/remote-work-agreement-tool-release-july-14\/\">this blog post<\/a> for directions to log into the InsideCIRES-based system. Please review and, if needed, update your <a href=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/2021\/07\/14\/remote-work-agreement-tool-release-july-14\/\">Online Remote Work Agreement<\/a> in collaboration with your supervisor. This remote work agreement is between you and your supervisor and does not require additional approval by the CIRES Director\u2014unless you are requesting 100% remote work, which requires an additional step prior to completion of the online agreement (<a href=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2021\/07\/100-Remote-Work-Request_Final-Fillable-v7.pdf\">request form is here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CU Boulder HR has developed thorough guidance for supervisors in considering appropriate work modalities for employees.\u00a0 You can find this detailed guidance\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/colorado.edu\/hr\/work-modalities-schedules(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For Employees Working with the NOAA Labs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At CIRES and CU Boulder, flexibility is an integral part of our remote work policy, which is described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/hr\/remote-working-and-alternate-work-schedule-manager-guidance.\">here<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/hr\/remote-working-and-alternate-work-schedule-manager-guidance\" target=\"_blank\">.<\/a> Please note that&nbsp;CIRES and CU Boulder use the term \u201cremote work\u201d to include hybrid work, where some days each week are in-person and some involve work from other locations, as well as for fully remote work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For CIRES, remote\/telework decisions are the hands of our supervisors. CIRES supervisors are urged to work with federal colleagues to be sure they understand any broader implications of hybrid work schedules\u2014office or desk changes, for example. Please work with your supervisor to ensure shared understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may note that CIRES policy is different from the Department of Commerce\/NOAA policy\u2014which applies only to the federal workforce.\u00a0\u00a0CU Boulder HR has developed thorough guidance for supervisors in considering appropriate work modalities for employees.\u00a0This guidance, along with consultation with our federal partners can help you determine the proper mix of in-person and remote work for your direct reports. You can find this detailed guidance\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/colorado.edu\/hr\/work-modalities-schedules(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The DOC and NOAA are using the time between April 25 and June 27 to re-establish regular schedules. Please use this time to figure out the most productive work arrangement for you, your team, and your broader NOAA group.&nbsp;<strong>By July 5,<\/strong>&nbsp;all CIRES employees should have a CIRES signed <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/2021\/07\/14\/remote-work-agreement-tool-release-july-14\/\" target=\"_blank\">remote work agreement<\/a> on file through InsideCIRES; these agreements describe your hybrid schedule plans and must be approved by your supervisor; they can be changed as circumstances change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CIRES employees requesting fully remote schedules must obtain approval of the CIRES Director in addition to their supervisor. Please see more information&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2021\/07\/100-Remote-Work-Request_Final-Fillable-v7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CIRES and CU Boulder\u2019s schedule flexibility remains at the discretion of the supervisor, the CIRES unit, and the CIRES Director.&nbsp;If you have any questions, please first reach out to your supervisor, and then to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:CIREShr@colorado.edu\" target=\"_blank\">CIREShr@colorado.edu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CIRES and NOAA leaders are in regular communication with each other as we approach this broader re-entry to the DSRC, and we will all be practicing patience and flexibility, and likely adapting regularly to new information and circumstances.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revised April 20, 2022 to Include NOAA Based Employees For CU Boulder Campus-Based Employees This post is in followup to CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati\u2019s request\u2014made during the February Town Hall\u2014that CIRES people working on CU Boulder campus should have begun to implement the return-to-work plans\u2013which capture your weekly work modalities\u2013made with supervisors. If you need&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/2022\/04\/20\/in-person-return-to-work-update-for-cu-boulder-campus-based-employees\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communications","category-hr"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-29 14:08:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2325,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions\/2325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/cires-admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}