Separation Incentive Plan

A Voluntary Separation Plan

Purpose of the Plan

Cleveland State University may be confronted with serious fiscal constraints commencing with FY18. One response to this challenge is the adoption of the 2017 Voluntary Incentive Plan (VIP-2017) for eligible Staff employees.  Voluntary separations under VIP-2017 are intended to achieve specific enterprise outcomes: 1) reduction in salary/wage and associated benefit costs and 2) redirecting positions to focus on higher institutional priorities. Voluntary separations under the VIP-2017 may also assist in avoiding or minimizing future involuntary terminations due to reductions in personnel.

VIP-2017 is not intended to be an entitlement. A fundamental requirement of the VIP-2017 is that approved applications must achieve one of the institutional objectives described above. Not every application to participate in the VIP-2017 will be approved.

Click here to download the Separation Incentive Plan (VIP-2017) document.