Ombud for Employees

Ombud for Employees

The Ombud for employees’ policy ensures that faculty and staff have a neutral, independent, confidential and informal resource, who provides assistance in identifying options for addressing and/or resolving workplace, employment-related issues and/or conflicts.  The service is intended to help you exercise problem solving capabilities in order to arrive at, and implement, workable solutions on your own. The policy is attached for your review and information.

Our employee ombud is Eliane Markoff. Eliane brings a dynamic blend of business, academic, and mediation experience to this role. She spent more than twenty years working for a Fortune 500 high-technology company, managing workforces across the United States and Europe, and gaining deep experience in organizational dynamics.

Eliane currently serves as Ombud at Bentley University and will be available to employees at Trinity on a part-time remote basis. In-person consultation can be conducted on a case-by-case basis.  Eliane an MBA from Boston College and a BA in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is fluent in French and Arabic.

You may contact the Ombudspersons using a confidential e-mail, [email protected] or a confidential telephone number: 860-297-4044. In order to protect your confidentiality, we ask that you do not include any details regarding your issue or concerns in the email.

Employee Handbook Ombudsperson Policy: Employee Handbook – Ombud Policy-03.02.26