You will need to ask your supervisor if you will need to clock in and out for lunch every day. Your supervisor may have configured an automatic lunch deduction for you so that an hour or 30 minutes is automatically deducted.
Yes. You will utilize the TimeClock Plus system to track your hours. Typically, you will use your computer/laptop to record your hours. There will be training for you about how to use the system and user guides. You can access the TimeClock Plus system through Flashline.
Yes. In coordination with your supervisor, flex scheduling is allowed within the same workweek. For example, let’s say a typical schedule is eight hours a day (during the day), and your department needs you to work a special event for four hours during the evening. The schedule may be changed, with the approval of your supervisor, to give you 4 hours off at another time during the same workweek.
No. Your supervisor has the right to alter your work schedule so that you do not work more than 40 hours in a workweek.
No. Your comp time will never expire. It will be paid out to you if you leave the university, retire or move to a position that is not eligible for overtime. It will be paid out to you at your current hourly pay rate.
If you go over the maximum of 120 hours, the amount over 120 will be paid out to you on your next paycheck and you can’t earn any more comp time until you use or cash some out.
You can cash out comp time by emailing Payroll@kent.edu with the following information:
Any additional overtime will automatically be paid per administrative policy 6-07.9.
Yes. For each hour over 40 hours in a work, you will receive one and one-half hours of comp time. Comp time may be accrued up to a maximum of one hundred twenty hours (eighty hours of overtime actually worked).
You can use comp time whenever you choose. However, you will need to obtain pre-approval from your supervisor in order to use it. Please see administrative policy 6-07.9 for more information regarding comp time.
Yes. If you have been approved to work in addition to your typical 40-hour week, you can tell your supervisor that you would like to receive compensatory (comp) time instead of the overtime pay. Note that comp time is earned at 1 ½ hours for every hour worked.
Yes. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), your supervisor can require you to work overtime.
