COVID-19 security status and rules of work performance at the University of Silesia
The organisation of work of general and faculty administration in the academic year 2020/2021 will depend on the current assessment of epidemic risk at the University of Silesia in Katowice, as well as the possibility to ensure task implementation subject to sanitary regime, in line with the range adopted at the University: COVID-19 security status You can find recommendations in this respect, and see detailed information on each of the adopted risk level, on the following website: https://us.edu.pl/en/uczelnia/status-zabezpieczen-covid-19/.
Legal acts related to work performance
The legal act settling the problems of changes in the organisation and system of work at the University, as well as introducing the possibility of ordering remote work to an employee by the immediate supervisor is Regulation no. 34/2020 of 17 March 2020 (with further amendments), available on the Public Information Bulletin website of the University: http://bip.us.edu.pl/zarzadzenie-nr-342020-0.
Information regarding the above is provided by the Department of Personal and Social Affairs:
e-mail: kadry@us.edu.pl
Remote work performance and IT tools
The organisation of remote work also requires securing the appropriate tools – it is necessary to have a company computer (laptop) in Rectorate’s domain with Windows 10, as well as mobile phone on which the app for generating access tokens will be launched. If there are any doubts concerning the suitability of your computer, please deliver it to the IT Management System Department (Room 15) for verification.
Please also remember about the possibility to use the applications to support remote work and teamwork, offered under MS Office 365. Please read the relevant material on the subject.
In order to activate the account in MS Office 365, please log on USOSWeb on the following website: https://usosweb.us.edu.pl, and then choose „For all” (Dla wszystkich) tab located in the upper part of the website. When you click it, the list of USOSWeb modules will appear. By choosing Office 365, the account activation process will be launched.
Useful files:
Office 365 account activation
Regulations of using Office 365 at the University of Silesia
Any technical problems associated with the operation of Office 365 and MS Teams should be reported by e-mail:
e-mail: it.0365@us.edu.pl
Remote work performance and GDPR
During remote work performance, please also remember about the special rules concerning personal data protection – information on this subject can be found in the manual prepared on the basis of the guidelines of the Office for Personal Data Protection (appendix entitled Personal data protection during remote work).
Information regarding the aboveis provided by Dariusz Pawełczak MSc Eng., Data Protection Officer:
e-mail: dariusz.pawelczak@us.edu.pl
Psychological support and good practices associated with remote work performance
We additionally encourage you to read publications on good practices in handling with the challenges of remote work performance, prepared as part of #UŚsupports campaign.