Your Obligation as an Employee

The University of Oregon is committed to providing a safe, respectful, and inclusive learning and work environment for students, faculty, and staff. Employees contribute to this commitment by demonstrating inclusion, by intervening, offering support, and speaking up when others experience harm, and by meeting their reporting obligations.

Questions about reporting obligations can be directed to oicrc@uoregon.edu.

Important Notice – New reporting requirements begin August 1, 2024

Recently, there were revisions to Title IX regulations that will broaden employee reporting responsibilities on our campuses.

The University of Oregon will implement an emergency policy on August 1, 2024, to comply with these requirements. Under the emergency policy, all faculty and staff must report disclosures of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, including those made by students to the Title IX coordinator. 

The following key points will help faculty and staff prepare for this change:

• New Title IX regulations specifically state that anyone with responsibility for teaching, advising, or administrative leadership is obligated to notify the Title IX coordinator of sex-based discrimination and harassment to ensure the university can respond effectively by offering support and options for addressing what happened. Under the emergency policy, students will retain agency to decide how they want to move forward. 
• Under the revised regulations and UO emergency policy, there will no longer be a list of designated reporters who have a duty to report. Instead, all faculty and staff will be expected to report disclosures of sex discrimination, harassment, and retaliation to the Title IX coordinator. Your obligation to report will not be at a student's discretion.  
• Title IX regulations allow for certain employees to be designated as confidential. There will continue to be confidential employees at the UO, those with professional obligations and/or commitments to confidentiality, who will maintain confidentiality while offering information, resources, and reporting options to students, including confidential advocates in the Care and Advocacy Program in the Office of the Dean of Students.  
• OICRC is updating training materials and other resources for the UO community. Faculty and staff will receive specific training as we head into the new academic year to prepare you for your reporting responsibilities. 

Reporting requirements through July 31, 2024

Until the emergency policy goes into effect, the university will continue to differentiate reporting responsibilities between employee categories.  

Employee Reporting Categories

Every university employee falls into one of three categories, each with specific reporting obligations for all forms of prohibited discrimination, regardless of whether the disclosure is made by a student or employee. 

Additional Reporting Obligations

Mandatory Reporting: Child Abuse and Neglect

All UO employees, including student employees and graduate employees, have a duty to report child abuse and neglect to the Oregon Department of Human Services or law enforcement when there is reasonable cause to believe that child abuse or neglect has occurred. A child is any person under the age of 18.  The duty to report is in effect at all times, not only during work hours.

For more information, refer to the Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse page on the HR website.

Campus Security Authority: Clery Reporting Obligations

Campus Security Authorities (CSAs) are employees who are in a professional position that makes it likely that students and others could report crimes to them. Under federal law, CSAs have a responsibility to tell the institution about such incidents. For information relating to CSA reporting obligations under the Campus Clery Act, please visit the University of Oregon Police Department website or contact the Clery Coordinator at clery@uoregon.edu.