BAY de NOC COMMUNITY COLLEGE PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 

Originator:    Board of Trustees

Revision Date:  June 20, 2007

Subject:        Employment 

215    HOURS OF WORK POLICY

It shall be the policy of the Bay de Noc Community College Board of Trustees to establish the time and duration of working hours as required by workload, service to the community, and the efficient management of personnel resources.

PROCEDURE:

215.1    The normal workweek is Monday through Sunday beginning and ending at midnight on Sunday, and consisting of 40 hours for exempt and 37 1/2 hours to 40 hours for non-exempt employees.

215.2    The schedule of hours for employees will be determined by their immediate supervisor.  Employees will be informed of their schedules of work and of any changes deemed necessary by Bay College.  Full-Time Exempt employees (Non Faculty) who also work as Part-Time Instructors are restricted from teaching classes during their regularly scheduled work hours including lunch breaks.  (i.e. An exempt employee whose regular work schedule is 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday with a lunch period from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM may not teach a class beginning or ending between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM)

215.3    Employee attendance at lectures, meetings and programs will be considered hours of work if such attendance is required by their immediate supervisor.

215.4    Supervisors may, at their discretion, allow employees to make up lost time during a given workweek.  However, under no circumstances, will makeup time be allowed if the lost time is the result of conditions the employee could control, if there is no work the employee is qualified to do, or if there is not adequate supervision available.

215.5    Supervisors, with prior approval, may schedule their employees to work extra time beyond their regular hours when it is deemed necessary.  Non-exempt employees are not permitted to work time beyond their regular hours without the prior approval of their supervisor.

215.6    In accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), non-exempt employees are eligible to receive overtime pay at a rate of one and one-half times regular pay for time worked in excess of 40 hours per workweek.

215.7    Time off in lieu of overtime compensation (Comp time) must be taken within the pay period reflected on the timesheet.  Comp time is figured hour per hour for that time that is worked up to 40 hours and one and one-half times for those hours worked beyond 40 hours.

215.8    Non-exempt employees who work time in excess of their regular hours without the authorization of their supervisor will be subject to discipline up to and including termination.

215.9    Supervisors who request extra work from their non-exempt employees beyond their regular hours and indicate that the time will not be compensated will be subject to discipline up to and including termination.

215.10   All non-exempt employees are required to complete an individual time record showing the hours worked in a two-week period.  The filling out of another employee's time record or falsifying of any record is prohibited and may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

215.11    Approved paid absences, including but not limited to, sick leave, vacation, holiday, FMLA, military leave, jury duty and bereavement leave, are not counted as time worked for the purposes of computing overtime.