Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 3364-25-13 | Work, lunch, and rest schedules for hourly employees.

                                                
(A) Policy statement
The university of Toledo provides for the work
		  schedule, rest period, and lunch period of hourly employees. Pursuant to the
		  Revised Code, the normal full-time work week shall consist of forty hours per
		  week. The university may establish alternative schedules of work. The regular
		  hours of work each day shall be consecutive except for interruption for an
		  unpaid lunch period and rest periods. All employees scheduled work shifts shall
		  have an established starting and quitting time.
(B) Purpose of policy
The purpose of this policy is to provide
		  practices and expectations regarding schedules and to implement lunch and rest
		  periods for hourly employees.
(C) 
		  Procedure
(1) Hours of work and work week
Management has the right to change this
			 standard work-week due to operational needs. Some employees' work
			 schedules may vary from those of their fellow employees due to university
			 operational needs. Regular part-time positions are those for which hours shall
			 be defined as being budgeted for less than forty hours per week. A regular work
			 shift shall be eight hours or ten hours or twelve hours or flexible schedule of
			 work, depending on the needs of the department, as well as confirmation from
			 human resources.
(a) Main
				campus
The work week shall be from Saturday at one
				minute past twelve a.m. through twelve midnight the following Friday.
(b) Health science
				campus
The work week shall be from twelve midnight
				Saturday through fifty-nine minutes past eleven p.m. the following
				Saturday.
(2) Lunch periods
The standard unpaid, uninterrupted lunch period
			 will be at least thirty minutes. The supervisor will determine the appropriate
			 lunch schedule, which will normally be scheduled in the middle of the shift.
			 Employees who are required to work or be on call through part or all of their
			 scheduled lunch will be compensated at the appropriate rate of pay.
(3) Rest periods
Employees are entitled to one fifteen minute
			 break period which is scheduled or available to hourly employees once during
			 each four hours of the shift. Rest breaks are not to be cumulative. If
			 employees are required by their supervisor to work during their scheduled rest
			 period, the supervisor shall schedule an alternative rest period. Foregoing
			 rest periods cannot be used to compensate for a late arrival or early
			 departure.
(4) Work schedules
Work schedules showing the employees'
			 shift, work days and days off will be available indicating the current
			 week's schedule on a department or area basis. All employees must follow
			 the schedules as set forth by their respective department or area heads. If an
			 employee has any questions concerning this schedule, the employee should
			 consult the immediate supervisor. Posted schedules may be changed depending on
			 operational needs of the institution. The employer will give as much advance
			 notice to an employee as possible.
Employees may not switch schedules among
			 themselves without their department or area head's prior approval.
An employee may be requested to work hours in
			 addition to, or in lieu of his or her regularly scheduled shift depending upon
			 department needs. Likewise, there may be emergency situations such as an
			 internal or external disaster which would require additional staffing.
			 Compensation for additional hours worked is discussed in applicable policies.
			 If an employee refuses to work in such an emergency situation without adequate
			 reason, such refusal can be considered a serious offense and may justify
			 disciplinary action.
(5) Call-in
When a full-time classified employee is called
			 to report to work under the direction of an authorized supervisor at times
			 other than those contiguous to the employee's normally scheduled shift,
			 the employee is entitled to a minimum of four hours of pay at time and
			 one-half. Any work in excess of the four hours will also be at the time and
			 one-half rate of pay. The provision is not applicable to work that is a
			 continuation of or immediately preceding the employee's regular work
			 schedule.
(6) Overtime
An employee compensated on an hourly basis
			 shall receive one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay
			 for all hours compensated in excess of forty hours in a work week. Under no
			 circumstance may overtime be worked unless written authorization for said
			 overtime is secured from the responsible supervisor prior to working the
			 overtime hours. In emergency circumstances, verbal authorization may be given
			 by the responsible supervisor. All overtime must be submitted via electronic
			 entry in the timekeeping system or to the payroll office via time card with the
			 authorizing supervisor's signature. Failure to follow this policy of
			 pre-approval and proper reporting of overtime through the payroll office will
			 be grounds for discipline, up to and including termination.


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