Policies

Stanly Community College (SCC) is committed to providing an education and work environment in which all individuals feel safe and secure.  In order to further advance this commitment, the College maintains a strict reporting policy regarding notification of employee arrest, citation, or criminal conviction.  Criminal activity, fraud, and abuse or the concealment of such will not be tolerated at Stanly Community College.

When an employee’s behavior becomes an interference, liability, or detriment to the operation of Stanly Community College there will be consequences for such action which will be specific to the circumstances surrounding the behavior.  Stanly Community College will follow the Progressive Disciplinary Policy in determining the course of action taken. 

If an employee is charged with a violation of federal or state law (for a misdemeanor or felony), the employee shall report the charge without unreasonable delay to his/her supervisor and the Executive Director of Human Resources. After notification of the type of charge, facts surrounding the charge, classification of the charge as misdemeanor or felony, and court date, the Executive Director of Human Resources, in conjunction with the appropriate Vice President and the President, will determine if the employee remains fit for duty. This determination will be case specific based upon the circumstances surrounding the employee’s behavior, safety of the college community, and the relationship to the employee’s job responsibilities.

Employees will report a conviction of a criminal charge (s) without unreasonable delay to the Executive Director of Human Resources and supervisor. Failure to report such incidents in accordance with this requirement will result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.

Discipline for a criminal conviction will be handled in accordance with the  SCC Progressive Disciplinary Policy. Generally, each case must be judged on its own merits according to the principles of the SCC Progressive Disciplinary Policy.

For the purposes of this policy, a conviction of criminal activity includes the finding of responsibility for a crime by a court of law, including a plea of “guilty” or “no contest” by the individual charged.

When an employee has been arrested and/or charged with a felony, or an offense involving moral turpitude that is detrimental to  SCC and places the College in a negative light within the community, immediate suspension with or without pay, or termination may occur in accordance with the  SCC Progressive Disciplinary Policy.

Revised: 10/16/2014 (policy); 07/01/2014, 11/18/2020 (procedures)