3358:5-3-13. Work week policy

(A) At Clark state community college, the work week runs from Monday through Sunday.

(B) Full-time instructional faculty members are expected to teach according to the schedule that has been established by the respective dean. In addition to their teaching assignment, instructional faculty are expected to give time to committee work, general or division staff meetings, and have posted office hours for student consultation. Full-time instructional faculty members are to be available to students, through posted office hours, five hours per week. Two of the five hours may be scheduled for use of innovative methods to increase accessibility to students.

Faculty members are expected to hold classes at times and places listed in the class schedule. Requested changes must be cleared through the divisional office and reported to the dean.

Faculty members who are unable to meet assignments due to illness or other unavoidable reason shall inform their dean as soon as possible.

Whenever it is necessary for a faculty member to be away from campus for any reason, appropriate arrangements shall be made for the missed classes and the absence shall be reflected on the bi-weekly time summary which is completed by the dean.

(C) Non-exempt staff are assigned working hours with full-time, ( 1.0 FTE) employees working forty hours per work week. Employees assigned to administrative or academic units typically follow a daily (eight a.m. to five p.m.) work schedule with one hour (sixty minutes) allowed for lunch. Information technology, maintenance, and custodial personnel frequently follow a different eight hour daily schedule to allow access to unoccupied classrooms, office areas, and equipment.

In order to fully and effectively meet the needs of all students/customers, some offices may be required to extend their office hours. In these situations, supervisors may establish an employee's schedule that may include an earlier or later start time and an earlier or later end time. Where possible, practical, and where no degradation of service is experienced, the supervisor may implement a flexible work schedule including a thirty minute lunch period. Provisions of the forty hour work week must be adhered to at all times.

The college does not designate a formal rest period for non-exempt employees. Taking a break depends on the department involved and whether or not the work of the department is of such a nature that it can be interrupted at some time during the day for these employees to have a few minutes off. When rest periods are allowed, these are limited to two (fifteen minute) breaks per day -- one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Rest periods are not cumulative and may not be taken at the beginning or end of the day or be attached to a lunch period.

(D) Exempt staff are generally assigned working hours with full-time employees working eight hours per day during a five-day work week. However, it is understood and recognized by these employees that there may be instances, due to work load, college functions, etc., where they may be required to work additional hours per week.

Effective: 10/23/2015
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3358
Rule Amplifies: 3358
Prior Effective Dates: 3/13/78, 7/1/98, 1/6/03, 4/24/06, 6/16/06, 6/1/11, 3/27/2015