Links & Resources
Preparing to appoint
Research Assistant/ Research Support:
- One page summary of the basics for Supervisors (pdf)
- , if your department uses a customized system, please use that version
- How to complete the PAF
- Glossary of request type/ action checkboxes on the PAF (pdf)
- Glossary of employment types on the PAF (pdf)
- Determining research or research support (pdf)
- Duties checklist (xls)
Postdoctoral Fellow:
Tools, calculators and queries
- Salary Cost Estimator and Vacation Pay calculator (xls) - to help estimate expected costs and potential payouts
- Time recording tool for 2022 (xls)
- Time recording tool for 2023 (xls)
- Time recording tool for 2024 (xls)
- Time recording tool for 2025 (xls)
- Duties checklist (xls)
Log into myINFO to run the following queries:
- Valid work Visa for temporary foreign workers:
- Work assignments/ Other employment at SFU:
- RAs that have been transitioned to employees of SFU:
Human Resources & Payroll
- Payroll forms and documents - Under Services, select 'Payroll', login and select 'Forms and Resources', search for Payroll Appointment Form (requires sign in)
- Payroll cutoff schedules for research employees
- Timesheet codes
- Object code table
- Confidentiality Agreement
- Benefit plan summary (not available to all RAs)
- (if applicable)
Employment standards & SFU guidelines
- A few relevant Employment Standards pages:
SFU Guidelines
- Guidelines for determing the nature of employment for Research People (pdf)
- Guidelines for maternity, parental and adoption leaves for research (pdf)
- Guidelines for postdoc maternity parental leave top up (pdf)
- Guidelines for employing minors (pdf)
- Overview of leave types and requirements (pdf)
- WCB requirements for employees working out of province (pdf)
SFU policies
- Human Rights Policy
- Conflict of Interest
- Sexual Violence and Misconduct Prevention, Education and Support
- GP 47 Bullying and Harassment Policy
- Access to Information and Protection of Privacy
- Ethics Review of Research Involving Human Participants
- Intellectual Property Policy
- Integrity in Research and Misconduct in Research
Orientation for new employees
Labour Relations
- SFU Labour Relations website
- Contact email: lr_team@sfu.ca
Immigration