Compensable Work Time

Hourly paid full-time employees will normally work and be paid for 40 hours during the workweek., which begins at 11:01 p.m. Thursday and continues through 11:00 p.m. the following Thursday.

The following is given for clarification and guidance in determining compensable work time for hourly paid employees:

• Managers are responsible for arranging work schedules, and employees may be required to work at times different from the regularly scheduled workday.
• The unpaid lunch period is not considered as time worked. It may occasionally be necessary for an employee to attend to duties while eating the meal. If an employee is not given an uninterrupted break of at least 30 minutes, the meal period is paid. (Example: For a receptionist required or permitted to eat at the desk to answer the telephone, the meal break shall be paid.)
• The university gives employees one paid 15-minute rest period for each four consecutive hours worked. At departmental discretion other employees may receive rest breaks. These periods are considered as time worked. There is no compensation for rest periods not taken.
• Attendance at meetings of Faculty Senate, Staff Senate, or UNOPA held during the lunch hour is not considered as time worked. If the meeting extends beyond the time normally allotted for the lunch period, the employee should use normal departmental procedures to request time away from work. Time granted in such circumstances is administrative leave.
• Service on university committees performed at the request of the chancellor or other administrative personnel is considered as time worked.
• Time spent at the work site changing clothes is considered as time worked if the change of clothes is required by the nature of the job.
• Time spent in oiling, cleaning, or otherwise preparing tools or machines for use (either before or after normal working hours) is considered time worked, if these activities are necessary to the employee's principal responsibilities.

When a department approves an employee's voluntary attendance at a work-related workshop or seminar, the time spent in attendance and travel during normal working hours is considered administrative leave. Time extending beyond regularly scheduled working hours is not considered as compensable time.

Time spent in attendance and travel for required workshops is considered as time worked when time is confined to one day.

• When employees travel overnight for a required activity, travel time during the employee's usual working hours, both for workdays and non-workdays (e.g., Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays), is considered as time worked. Travel time as a passenger outside normal working hours is not compensable, but for an employee who is required to drive, the entire travel time is considered as time worked.