Maximum Working Hours for Employees Not Eligible for Benefits Operating Procedure

Operating Procedure Section: Human Resources

Procedure Number: 2.28

Effective Date: 7/1/2013 (revised 4/8/2014)

Every campus in the Arkansas State University System shall allow those employees who are in a position that is not benefits eligible to work a maximum of twenty-nine (29) hours per week. Only those employees who are in a benefits eligible designated position may work more than twenty-nine (29) hours in any work week. Based on the classification of the employee in a position that is not benefits eligible, the maximum workload is set as follows:

Any adjunct employee may teach no more than nine (9) credit hours for any one (1) semester.
Any other employee who is not in a benefits eligible position, including part time, or extra-help, may work no more than twenty-nine (29) hours per week, and no more than one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours per year.
Departments employing seasonal employees may request approval from Human Resources in cases where it is deemed necessary for an employee to work more than twenty-nine (29) hours per week. Seasonal employees are those positions for which the customary annual employment is six months or less.

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