Employee Handbook

Work Week and Hours of Work

The standard workweek is from Wednesday 12:00 a.m. until Tuesday 11:59 p.m. and consists of 40 work hours. Office hours are 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Lunch periods are 1 hour in duration, depending on your role. Individual work schedules may vary depending on the needs of each department.

Meal and Rest Breaks

Employees are entitled to a meal break each day. If a nonexempt employee is required to work through a meal break, they will be paid for the 1-hour period. Employees are also entitled to two 10-minute rest periods each day. Ideally, one break be taken during the AM and the second break must be taken during the PM. Meal and rest breaks will be scheduled by the manager.

Time Records

All nonexempt employees are required to complete accurate weekly time reports showing all time actually worked. These records are required by governmental regulations and are used to calculate regular, and overtime pay. At the end of each work week, the employee and his or her manager must approve the time card attesting to its correctness before forwarding it to Human Resources. Any employee or manager who falsifies a time entry is subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. 

Overtime

When required due to the needs of the business, you may be asked to work overtime. Overtime is actual hours worked more than 40 in a single workweek. Nonexempt employees will be paid overtime compensation at the rate of one and one half their regular rate of pay for all hours over 40 actually worked in a single workweek. Paid leave, such as holiday, sick, bereavement time, and jury duty does not apply toward actual work time (Ex. An employee who worked (3) 8-hr. shifts and takes two vacation days during a 40-hr. work week, will not get paid time and one half for any additional hours worked). All overtime work must be approved in advance by a manager.