Status of Employment

Effective Date: 06/01/95

Purpose:

To establish employment conditions and define categories of employment which will determine applicability of personnel policies.

Policy:

Employment at Centenary College occurs within one of the following five employee categories:

  1. Student - one whose primary reason for being at the College is to be enrolled in academic course;
  2. Academic Staff - one whose primary appointment is to engage in academic instruction;
  3. Exempt Staff - one who holds a position of executive, administrative or managerial responsibility or one that requires recognized professional achievement either by formal training or equivalent experience and who meets the appropriate minimum salary test contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act;
  4. Non-Exempt Staff - one who is neither primarily engaged in academic instruction nor charged with administrative or managerial responsibility, and who is not primarily a student;
  5. Volunteer Staff - one who performs regular assignments for the College and receives no regular wage for their services.

Each employee is also assigned to one of the following employee designations:

  1. Regular - one whose term of employment is expected to last for at least twelve months (and eligible for continuation); an academic year where one is paid over a twelve month period satisfies the twelve month requirement;
  2. Temporary - one whose term of employment is expected for a specific period. When such appointments are made the anticipated termination date should be specified.

Employees are further assigned a percent of full-time effort and identified as either full-time or part-time as follows:

  1. Full-time - employees who are classified as either exempt or non-exempt staff and who work the following hours:
    • Facilities Services & Security employees - 40 hours per week,
    • Administrative employees - 37 1/2 hours per week.
  2. Part-time - employees who are classified as either exempt or non-exempt staff and who work less than the following hours:
    • Facilities Services & Security employees - 40 hours per week,
    • Administrative employees - 37 1/2 hours per week.

Last updated 8 March 2007