Work Week

The District is responsible to establish the time and duration of employee working hours and work week, taking into consideration the workload, service needs, efficient management of personnel resources and the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other labor related laws and regulations promulgated by the federal government and the State of Texas.

DEFINITIONS

Non-exempt employees (support staff) are non-contractual, non-supervisory, non-management positions consistent with the definitions in the FLSA and include members of the support staff.

Exempt employees are professional and contractual employees, including teaching faculty, non-teaching faculty, administrators, and professional staff.

Work week is the number of hours per week employees are expected to perform their duties at their workstations, district locations and/or other non-district sites deemed appropriate to meet their respective responsibilities. Exceptions are noted for approved leaves, holiday schedules, summer schedules and other times designated by the Chancellor.

TEACHING FACULTY

Teaching faculty is 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. Teaching faculty are expected to have regularly scheduled on-campus office hours of a minimum of five hours per week, preferably one hour per day, for the purpose of assisting students with coursework and advisement. Office hours should be scheduled at reasonable times, which are convenient for students, e.g., before and/or after class meetings. These office hours will be posted and included in 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, computer-based instruction.

Therefore, no specific work week hourly requirement shall be assigned to teaching faculty. However, to maximize faculty accessibility for students, it is expected teaching faculty will be on campus a minimum of four days per week and preferably five days. To facilitate the calculations of negotiated workloads, a thirty-five hour faculty work week will be the general guideline. Teaching faculty will allot sufficient time within their work week to fulfill other provisions of their workload, e.g., institutional service, committee work, and professional development.

NON-TEACHING FACULTY AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Non-teaching faculty and professional staff shall generally follow the forty-hour work week 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 with approval from Location Executive Officer.