{"id":28,"date":"2026-02-26T16:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:58:28","slug":"working-at-clark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Section I:\u00a0Working at Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Section I<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-working-at-clark\">Working at Clark<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-vertical plain-links wp-block-navigation 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/background-checks\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Background checks<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/attendance\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Attendance<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/employment-at-will\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Employment at will<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/job-classifications\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Job classifications<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/confidentiality-and-professionalism\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Confidentiality and professionalism<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/employee-training\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Employee training&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/meals-and-rest-periods\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Meals and rest periods<\/span><\/a><\/li><li 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/standards-of-conduct\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Standards of conduct<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/remote-work-and-telecommuting-policy\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Remote work and telecommuting<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/harassment-and-discrimination-prevention-policy\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Harassment and discrimination prevention<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/guidelines-for-acceptance-of-gifts-and-hospitality-from-external-parties\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Guidelines&nbsp;for&nbsp;acceptance of gifts and hospitality from external parties&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/no-smoking-policy\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Smoke-free campus<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/safety-in-the-workplace\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Safety&nbsp;in the workplace<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/workers-compensation\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Worker&rsquo;s compensation<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/solicitation\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Solicitation<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/policy-on-managing-nepotism-and-personal-relationships\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Managing nepotism and personal relationships&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/animals-on-campus-policy\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Animals on campus<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/inclement-weather\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Inclement weather&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/employee-handbook\/working-at-clark\/performance-improvement-and-conduct-standards\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Performance improvement and conduct standards&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" 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