Leave, Time-Off & Well-being
RS provides up to five days of paid leave after the loss of a loved one, including a pet, under this policy.
What is Bereavement Leave policy?
Under RS policy, smoking and vaping are only permitted in these approved areas outside the workplace.
What are designated outdoor areas?
Under this policy, RS may review staff use of organizational email, devices, and online systems to ensure appropriate and safe use.
What is the Email, Internet, and Electronic Communication policy?
Under this policy, employees must personally contact their supervisor before their workday begins if they will be late or absent.
What is the Attendance and Punctuality policy?
This RS value emphasizes seeing, valuing, and supporting each individual's humanity.
What is Human Centered?
During jury duty, non-exempt employees receive regular pay for this many days before switching to vacation or unpaid time.
What are the first 10 days?
This designated space in both offices can be used for lactation breaks or to offer prayers.
What is the Quiet Room?
Posting scholar photos, confidential details, or threatening language on your personal accounts violates this RS policy.
What is the Personal Use of Social Media policy?
This policy supports self-expression, including cultural attire and gender-affirming presentation, while prohibiting clothing with profane, graphic, or hate-based messaging.
What is the Appearance policy?
This value states that employees hold themselves and each other responsible for commitments while doing this generously.
What is Shared Accountability?
This type of leave may be used when a school or place of care is closed, to address issues related to domestic violence or a hate crime, or to participate in certain immigration-related proceedings.
What is sick leave?
This policy outlines how RS decides whether to close the office during snow or hazardous conditions, including how updates are communicated to staff each morning.
What is the Inclement Weather Policy?
This policy reminds staff never to input confidential scholar, family, donor, or staff data into tools like ChatGPT or Copilot.
What is the Generative AI Usage Policy?
An employee having a financial stake in a vendor RS works with is an example of this issue.
What is a conflict of interest?
To help uphold a safe and respectful workplace, behaviors such as theft, falsifying records, unsafe practices, or violating organizational policies fall under this overarching RS policy area.
What is Professional Conduct?
This Rainier Scholars program offers employees support their colleagues facing significant personal or family hardship by donating their vacation or sick leave into a communal leave bank.
What is the Shared Leave Program?
This policy outlines expectations such as no aggressive behavior, leash requirements in common areas, and the possibility of having pet privileges revoked.
What is the Dogs in the Workplace policy?
This policy requires staff to secure a scholar’s permission before sharing their story internally and externally.
What is the Sharing Scholar Information policy?
Under this policy, employees must ensure that second jobs, consulting, or school commitments do not conflict with their RS responsibilities or create potential risks.
What is the Outside Employment and School policy?
This policy prohibits employees from accepting gifts, benefits, or financial advantages from RS vendors or partners when doing so could create bias or the appearance of favoritism.
What is the Conflict of Interest policy?
This option allows employees to designate up to two alternative days off each year, provided the request is made before the original holiday, approved by a supervisor, and communicated to Payroll and People & Culture.
What is the Holiday Swap?
Threats, intimidation, or physical harm toward others fall under this zero-tolerance safety policy.
What is the Workplace Violence policy?
Requests from reporters must always be forwarded to the Director of Marketing & Communications before any staff member responds publicly.
What is the Media Relations policy?
To protect scholar safety and uphold professional boundaries, this RS policy outlines practices staff must avoid, such as visiting scholar homes without guardians (unless over the age of 21) or providing unqualified counseling.
What is the Interaction with Scholars policy?
According to this RS policy, employees must conduct themselves in a manner that preserves the organization’s credibility and the confidence of donors, partners, and the community.
What is the Ethical Responsibilities policy?