| Action | Description |
| New Hire | Process form for a new employee who has never worked at Ferris before or whose only employment with Ferris has been as a Student Employee. |
| Re-hire | Process form for a previous employee who has worked at Ferris before but does not have a current assignment. Examples: An employee hired after any break in employment is considered a re-hire. Adjunct faculty who are hired semester by semester are considered re-hires each semester assignment. |
| Separation | Process form to permanently separate an employee from employment at Ferris. |
| End Assignment Only | Process form to end a part-time or additional assignment of an active, current employee. This will not end their employment with the University, just end the assignment. Example: A part-time clerical employee has been awarded a Secretary Level 2 position. Use this form to end the part-time position. |
| Transfer | Process form to transfer an employee with a current assignment to another new primary assignment without any break in employment dates. Example: A part-time employee with a current assignment who is awarded a new full-time position as a result of a hiring process would be considered a transfer. |
| Extension | Process form to extend the current assignment of a part-time temporary or full-time temporary employee. |
| 9-month CTA Assignment | Process form annually to establish the employment dates for the coming year for a 9-month CTA employee. |
| Salary Increase | Process form to increase an employee's assignment salary for various reasons. |
| Leave of Absence | Process form to place an employee on a leave of absence for one of the following purposes: sabbatical, military, or other. Use the Return from Leave form to return an employee from leave. |
| Additional Compensation | Process form to pay an employee additional compensation per the provisions of the Additional Compensation Policy, honorariums, CTA blended assignments, or for one-time miscellaneous pays. |
| Additional Assignment | Process form to create an additional assignment for a current employee. Employees can have only one primary assignment at Ferris. If an employee already has a primary assignment at Ferris, any other assignment is considered an additional assignment. Example: An adjunct faculty has a primary assignment teaching in Big Rapids. If FSU-GR also hires this employee, this assignment would be considered an additional assignment. Note: Full-time faculty and staff overload teaching assignments are processed using the Overload forms below. |
| Overloads (Teaching) | Process form to create an overload assignment for full-time faculty or staff. Example: Ranked Faculty Overload. |
| Reclassification | Process form for an employee whose position has been reclassified. |
| Title Change | Process form to change an employee's title only. |
| Release Time | Process form for release time of a full-time faculty member only. |
| Department/FOAP Change | Process form to change an employee's department and/or FOAP only. |
| Faculty Summer Assignment | Process form to create a summer assignment for an FFA employee or for Kendall summer assignments. |
| Reduced Workload | Process form to change the FTE, FOAP, and salary for an FFA employee's job. |