Annual Required Training
All employees will automatically be enrolled and receive an email regarding training access; training is delivered through Bridge@UofI. This training must be completed within 30 days from date of assignment to fulfill your annual requirement.
It is the responsibility of each employee to complete annual required training. Employees who do not complete the training by the deadline will not have met their job expectations.
Supervisors are responsible for monitoring their employees’ training completion. Employees should provide their supervisor with a copy of their Training Completion Certificate.
To meet state and federal requirements as well as university policy, all regular faculty and staff, temporary faculty and staff, and student employees (including grad students) with appointments lasting longer than three months must successfully complete annual training on specific topics.
FY 2023 Employee Annual Required Training and Timeline
Recognizing and Reporting Sex-Based Misconduct
- Mandatory: Yes
- Frequency: Annually
- New Faculty/Staff/TH: Within 30 days of assignment
- Continuing Faculty/Staff/TH: Annually
- Student Employees: All Student Employees
- Commitment/Format: 60 minutes online
Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
- Mandatory: Yes
- Frequency: Annually
- New Faculty/Staff/TH: Within 14 days of assignment
- Continuing Faculty/Staff/TH: Annually
- Student Employees: All Student Employees annually
- Commitment/Format: 20 minutes online
Fire Safety in the Workplace
- Mandatory: Yes
- Frequency: Annually
- New Faculty/Staff/TH: Within 30 days of assignment
- Continuing Faculty/Staff/TH: Annually
- Student Employees: All Student Employees
- Commitment/Format: 20 minutes online
IT Security Awareness
- Mandatory: Yes
- Frequency: Annually
- New Faculty/Staff/TH: Within 30 days of assignment
- Continuing Faculty/Staff/TH: Annually
- Student Employees: All Student Employees
- Commitment/Format: 25 minutes online
Targeted Violence Response
- Mandatory: Yes
- Frequency: Annually
- New Faculty/Staff/TH: Annually
- Continuing Faculty/Staff/TH: Annually
- Student Employees: All Student Employees annually
- Commitment/Format: 20 minutes online
Conflicts of Interest or Commitment: Identity and Report
- Mandatory: Yes
- Frequency: Annually
- New Faculty/Staff/TH: Within 30 days of assignment
- Continuing Faculty/Staff/TH: Bi-Annually
- Student Employees: All Student Employees
- Commitment/Format: 10 minutes online
Employee Policies and Expectations Review
- Mandatory: Yes
- Frequency: Annually
- New Faculty/Staff/TH: Annually
- Continuing Faculty/Staff/TH: Annually
- Student Employees: All Student Employees
- Commitment/Format: 20 minutes online
Why do we need to take the training annually?
All employees are required to take annual training as part of the University of Idaho’s Compliance Program.
Recognizing and Reporting Sex-Based Misconduct: Annual training is mandated for specific employees through the Clery Act and is an accepted best practice for all employees. Additionally, the Idaho State Board of Education policy states that all employees “shall receive training pertaining to Title IX and the institution’s Title IX policy.”
Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA): Annual training is required by Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99).
Fire Safety in the Workplace: The International Fire Code, as adopted by the State of Idaho, requires employees to be trained in fire prevention, evacuation, and fire safety as part of new employee orientation and not less than annually thereafter (Section 406).
IT Security Awareness: Idaho Executive Order 2017-02 requires annual training commensurate with the highest level of information access.
Targeted Violence Response: This is a university-adopted best practice training, adopted in FY 2024.
Conflicts of Interest or Commitment: Identify and Report: Part of the periodic training for all employees supported by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners - Annual Report 2016, Idaho State Board of Education and Human Resources.
Employee Policies and Expectations Review: All employees are required to annually review designated policies and expectations. This review involves employees reading and comprehending specific documents, policies and procedures. FY 2024 topics include diversity and equity, and ethical conduct.