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Human Resource Services compensation records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5436

Scope and Contents

Contains reports, corporate minutes, and surveys from associated with employee compensation. The reports include self-study, annual, and salary reports related to faculty performance and income. The corporate minutes come from committees within the department. Surveys pertain to university staff, graduating students, and private and government corporations.

Dates

  • 1957-2003

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted. Closed for 35 years from the date of creation of the records, and thereafter open to the public in accordance with the University Archives Policy.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Human Resource Services compensation records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Administrative History

Human Resource Services is a department at Brigham Young University that deals with employment.

Human Resource Services is the department that takes care of employment at BYU. The mission of the Brigham Young University Human Resource Services is to lead in building an environment that engenders excellence from all who work at BYU. Under the direction of the Administrative Vice President, the Assistant Administrative Vice President-Human Resource Services has responsibility for university human resource programs. This responsibility includes recruiting and hiring staff and administrative employees, maintaining personnel records, providing employment assistance for students, implementing and maintaining benefits programs, overseeing employee compensation, human resource development, organization development/consulting services, unemployment compensation, and service awards.

The Assistant Administrative Vice President-Human Resource Services has responsibility for Area HR Consultants, Compensation and Temple Eligibility Program, Employment Services, Equal Opportunity/Employee Relations and Benefit Services, Human Resource Development, and Human Resource Information Systems. As of 2011, the Assistant Administrative Vice President-Human Resource Services is Forrest Flake.

Within the Human Resource Services are many departments including Area HR Consultants, Awards & Recognition, Benefits, Student Employment, Equal Opportunity, HR Information Systems, Compensation, Ecclesiastical Clearance, Employee Relations, Human Resource Development, Office of the Assistant Administrative Vice President-Human Resource Services, and Staff & Administrative Employment.

The Compensation Department is a branch of the Human Resource Services Department. The department develops and maintains the salary system, approves administrative and staff salaries, and provides assistance to those who are accountable for administering salaries. Other responsibilities include conducting surveys, maintaining salary schedules and grading systems, provide guidelines for annual Salary Reviews, ensure internal equity and external competitiveness, and assist with department restructures.

Extent

17 cartons (17 linear ft.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Arranged into two series. 1. Compensation reports. 2. Compensation surveys and minutes.

Materials have been grouped into similar subjects, which is the original order in which they were found.

Custodial History

Transferred from Records Management in February 2009.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred; Records Management; February 2009.

Appraisal

Office files (University Archives collecting policy, July 2003).

Processing Information

Processed; Matthew Leavitt; February 2009.

Title
Register of Human Resource Services compensation records
Status
In Progress
Author
Matthew Leavitt
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives Repository

Contact:
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo UT 84602 US