D. Employee Responsibilities

D. EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Employee Workweek

D.1.01 Workweek:

The workweek is the number of hours per week employees are expected to perform their duties at their workstations, System locations, and/or other non-System sites identified as appropriate to meet their respective responsibilities. Exceptions are made for approved leave, holiday schedules, summer schedules, and other times designated by the Chancellor.

Support staff is expected to work forty hours per week. Excess hours worked above forty in a week must have prior written approval of the supervisor, and be recorded and compensated in accordance with the Overtime Policy.

Professional staff and non-instructional faculty shall generally follow the forty-hour workweek consistent with non-exempt employees. It is recognized that hours may vary depending upon assignment. As exempt employees, professional staff will not receive compensation for hours worked in excess of forty, but may be offered compensatory time off (one hour for each hour worked) with approval from the LEO.

Administrative staff shall generally follow the traditional forty-hour workweek. However, administrators are required to put in the time necessary to get tasks accomplished, and may be assigned to other duties during time beyond the forty-hour work week, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. Administrators may adjust their normal schedule to offset additional hours, but shall not be eligible for compensatory time or other compensation for hours worked in excess of forty.

Members of the teaching faculty are expected to meet the contact hour requirements for each of the courses assigned in their respective workloads. These requirements include both synchronous and asynchronous instruction. To maximize faculty accessibility to students, it is expected that teaching faculty will be on campus a minimum of four days per week and preferably five. Office hours should be scheduled at reasonable hours, which are convenient for students, e.g., before and/or after class meetings. These office hours will be posted and included in the course syllabi.

It is recognized that teaching faculty may accomplish certain aspects of their teaching responsibilities off-campus, e.g., course preparation, evaluation of student work, and computer-based instruction. No specific hourly requirement shall be assigned to teaching faculty. To facilitate the calculations of negotiated workloads, a thirty-five hour faculty workweek will be the general guideline. Teaching faculty will allot sufficient time within their work week to fulfill other provisions of the workload, e.g., institutional service, committee work, and professional development. This policy shall apply during each term a faculty member is contracted to teach.