• Regarding Student Assistants

• Regarding GAAs

• Regarding Classified Civil Service and A&P

• Regarding Faculty

Student Assistants

• Can students work when not enrolled in classes? 
  
  Yes, a student may have one quarter off a year from attending school and maintain their job. The student may choose any quarter. 
  
  

• What is the policy on student raises? 
  
  Longevity increases - A student employee is eligible, and will receive a $0.20 longevity increase, after 3 consecutive quarters and at the beginning or the fourth quarter of service. 
  
  If a minimum wage adjustment is made during the same quarter as the longevity increase, then the student employee will get the longevity increase and the minimum wage adjustment. If the minimum stays the same, then the student employee only gets the longevity increase. 
  
  Minimum wage adjustment - If either the State Legislators or the Libraries increase the minimum wage, the student employee will be brought to the new minimum. If the student  employee is due for a longevity increase at the same time (in the same quarter as the adjustment),  then the student employee will also get the longevity increase. If the student employee is not  eligible for the longevity increase in that same quarter, the student employee will only get the  minimum wage adjustment. 
  
  A longevity increase is not made on top of a minimum wage adjustment uless the student is  due for the longevity increase on the cycle of three consecutive quarters beginning the fourth  quarter. It may appear that the student employee "lost" the longevity increase with a new minimum  wage adjustment. In no circumstance is the longevity increase carried over and added to a  minimum wage adjustment. Longevity increases are given on cycle of eligibility. 
  
  

• How many hours can an international student work during the quarter? 
  
  An international student may work up to 20 hours a week during the quarter up to 30 hours  during vacation time. 
  

GAAs

• Can a GAA, GRA, or GTA become a student library employee? 
  
  No. It is against university policy for an employee to receive both monthly and bi-weekly pay  checks. The only way a graduate student who holds a graduate appointment on campus  (GAA, GRA, or GTA) can acquire a job at the libraries is if they are appointed a GAA which  requires that the position exists in the libraries. Even then, the sum of the appointments can  not exceed 75% (30 hours a week). 
  

Classified Civil Service and A&P

• Am I required to wear a badge while working? 
  
  Yes. This is not a voluntary program. Badges will be effective only if we all cooperate. It  will be your supervisor's responsibility to encourage your participation. Habitual failure to  participate will be reflected in your annual evaluation. 
  
  
• Why do we wear badges? 
  
  The reason everyone is required to wear a badge is to improve service by assisting our  users to identify University Libraries employees (particularly when they are away from  public service desks). Another major reason is to bolster internal security by allowing  Libraries staff to identify other employees to enter their authorized work areas. 
  
  
• What is overtime and when is it used? 
  
  Overtime can be scheduled to ensure coverage and to complete work. Overtime will be paid  at 1 1/2 times the base rate (or at 1 1/2 times in comp time, if the employee chooses comp  time instead of overtime payment) for any hours over 40 in one work week. Overtime is  calculated per work week. So if an employee were to work 30 hours the first week and  fifty hours the second week, though it adds up to eighty hours, they would still be paid for  10 hours overtime.

  Overtime must be approved by the supervisor and Assistant Director and the Libraries HR Department notified of the overtime before it is incurred.

• When are time cards due?
  
  Please see OHR site

• When do I get paid?
  
  Please see OHR site

• What are the University's holidays?
  
  Please see OHR site

• What benefits am I eligible for?
  
  Please see OHR site

• Where can I find a copy of the University's HR policies?
  
  Please see OHR site

• Where can I find a list of University Consulting and Employment services?
  
  Please see OHR site

• Where can I find the University Salary Tables?
  
  Please see OHR site

• Where can I find a list of Job Classifications?
  
  Please see OHR site

• How can I learn about the Core Performance Management Process?
  
  Please see OHR site

• Where are the rules for Classified Civil Service?
  
  Please see OHR site

5/29/2002