Types of Employment

A. Full-time Employees

An Employee who is scheduled to work at least 38.75 hours per week for a period of no less than nine (9) months, or thirty (30) hours per week for twelve (12) months is considered to be a full-time Employee. Full-time Employees are eligible for all University benefits, subject to the qualifying conditions of each benefit.

B. Part-time Employees

A part-time Employee is one who is regularly scheduled to work less than 1,511 hours per year. Part-time Employees are not eligible for health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance or educational benefits. Subject to other qualifying conditions, part-time Employees are eligible for the retirement program if they are regularly scheduled to work at least 1,000 hours per year (base schedule is at least 1,000 hours or more). In addition, all regular part-time Employees who work over 1,000 hours, are also eligible for vacation and sick leave on a pro-rated basis of hours worked compared to the normal University workweek. Holiday pay for all part-time Employees is also pro-rated in comparison to the standard University workweek.

Chart for part-time Employees regularly scheduled to work 1,000 hours or more per year:

C. Casual or Temporary Employees

An Employee who works on an "as needed" or "call in" basis is considered a casual or temporary Employee and is not eligible for any fringe benefits.

D. Floater/Temporary Employees

Floater Employees are not eligible for any fringe benefits. However, they are eligible for events sponsored by the Department of Human Resource Services.

E. Retired Employees

An Employee who worked continuously in a full-time capacity for 10 or more years and voluntarily leaves the University in good standing.  In addition, the employee's age plus years of service when full-time employment ceases must be at least 75.

F. Early Retiree

An Employee is considered an Early Retiree when he/she is age 60 with twenty (20) years of service - with the past ten (10) years being consecutive years of service; or, when an Employee is over 60 and his/her age and years of service equal 80.