New Employee Paperwork

Full-time employees must attend a new hire orientation to complete the paperwork below (contact Human Resources for date, time and place).  Please plan to spend a minimum of two hours; time will vary depending on the number of new hires and questions needed to be answered.

Part-time employees need to visit Human Resources for the employment and payroll process.

All employment is contingent on the positive outcome of a background screening check.  Background screening forms can be found at the Human Resources Forms Library website.

I. Faculty Full-time and Part-time

Contact the hiring department for employment procedures or:

• The Provost's Office for full-time faculty.
• The Assistant Provost's Office for part-time faculty.

II. All Faculty and Staff

Samford University requires all new hires to complete the following information in order to process your employment paperwork and add you to our payroll:

• Employment Application (Faculty or Staff)
• I-9 (Must be completed on or before the first day of employee's date of hire).  Documents must be presented within 3 working days of date of hire.  (List of acceptable documents)
• A-4 (State tax forms)
• W-4 (Federal tax forms)
• Personal Information Form  
• Authorization Agreement for Direct Deposit (A check to void will be needed to attach to this form)
•  Confidentiality-Security Agreement  
• Receipt of Policies