Guidelines for Hiring Retired Baylor Faculty

For more on Faculty Retirement, see BU-PP 600.

Part-time Employment Post-retirement

Retired Baylor faculty may be considered for employment as temporary part-time instructors with the following stipulations (please note that these limits align with a non-benefit-eligible position):

1. a load of one course (1-4 credit hours) per semester in the fall and spring semesters for a maximum of 8 hours across the academic year;
2. a load of one course (1-4 credit hours) across all short or summer terms (Wintermester, or Maymester, or Summer 1, or Summer 2).
3. a load of one course (1-4 credit hours) per trimester for a maximum of 12 hours across the academic year.

Chairs and deans have jurisdiction over decisions to recommend hiring post-retirement faculty as temporary, part-time instructors. College/school business officers are responsible for ensuring compliance with load limits. The Office of the Provost will review each request to hire retired faculty. 

Full-time Employment Post-retirement

Faculty who have retired from Baylor without using the provisions of the Faculty Retirement Planning Program may be rehired by the University as full-time employees; however, such action would be highly unusual. 

Faculty who have retired from Baylor under the Faculty Retirement Planning Program are not eligible to be rehired by the University as full-time employees. 

Documentation Required When Rehiring a Retired Faculty Member

When a Baylor faculty member retires, their faculty appointment ends in terms of payroll and university benefits.  Correctly concluding a faculty member’s appointment in Baylor systems ensures the proper processing of those changes; it also allows us to generate accurate lists of current faculty for communication, reporting, and accreditation purposes. If a retiree agrees to be rehired to teach under the stipulations above, a new appointment is created in the system designating them as an adjunct instructor of the particular course(s) they have been asked to teach. Three things are needed in order to properly establish the new position the retiree will hold as a temporary part-time (adjunct) faculty member.  

1. CV: The Office of the Provost will ask for a current CV because while the university may have an older CV on file for this faculty member, we must capture the current document so that we have accurate records for SACSCOC accreditation. 
2. BACKGROUND CHECK:  All current full-time Baylor faculty were given a background check by HR at the time of hire. When a new adjunct appointment is made, we run a background check again just as we do for all hires.  While retired faculty are known to Baylor, for the sake of consistency and thoroughness of our institutional safety measures HR must take this step for them as well.
3. TRANSCRIPT:  The Office of the Provost may ask for a transcript of the highest degree earned. Our SACSCOC accreditation requires us to be able to produce transcripts upon request for all individuals who teach any class.  The hiring department should first check with the Office of the Provost to see if we have the necessary transcript on file; if so, we will copy it to the new record. However, it is possible that the university record is incomplete for the retiree for various reasons and that a transcript may be requested.