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Re: Access and the Terminated Employee


From: "LIOTTA, KAREN" <KLiotta () CNM EDU>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:05:15 -0700

Is the day of separation the last day at work?  Or, would it include any vacation or
sick time taken after the employee's last day at the workplace?


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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Dave 
Kovarik
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 4:24 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Access and the Terminated Employee

Patrick - we're reviewing the results of a survey we distributed to the 
NU community
so I don't have a consensus at the moment but access can continue beyond 
a "termination" date:
* involuntary - all access is revoked, any info required beyond the date 
is provided through HR
* voluntary - ID is disabled and all access is revoked on day of 
separation.  For retirees, access is
reduced/restored to only that which is appropriate then the ID is 
re-enabled.
These actions are (of course) subject to our being notified of the 
separation.  Further, individuals
who are hold staff and student status obviously complicate matters - we 
might terminate employment
and disable the ID which could affect the ability to complete schoolwork.

The end game is to develop a university-wide policy to address 
terminations AND transfers so that
any of these events is handled uniformly and rapidly.
- Dave
Dave Kovarik
Northwestern University
847-467-5930

On 3/2/11 11:57 AM, Feehan, Patrick wrote:
Good Afternoon All:

We are having a discussion about the amount of access a terminated employee can have to (arguably) their information 
on (clearly) our systems.  This came up in context of employees who had terminated, either voluntarily or 
involuntarily, and then found that they did not have access to their electronic W-2 information they had requested 
while in the employ of the College.

In general, do you have policies or processes which dictate what access (if any) a terminated employee may have to 
wage or benefit information?  Does it make a difference if they were fired versus left on their own (moved on) or 
even retired?

Thanks.


Patrick J. Feehan JD, CIPP
Director of IT Privacy&  Cybersecurity Compliance
Montgomery College
(240) 567-3087
patrick.feehan () montgomerycollege edu


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