(A) Wright state university provides student
employment opportunities to any student who meets the requirements listed in
this rule. A prospective student employee should contact the office of career
services for information on the types of employment programs and employment
positions available.
(B)
Eligibility.
(1) An undergraduate student
must register and attend classes for a minimum of six credit hours during each
fall, winter, spring, and summer quarter
semester that the student works.
Summer quarter hours may be any combination of the
A, B, or C sessions.
(2) A
graduate student must register for a minimum of four credit hours during each
fall, winter, spring, and summer quarter
semester that the student works.
Summer quarter hours may be any combination of the
A, B, or C sessions.
(3)
An undergraduate as well as a graduate student may work during
quarter
semester breaks if the student is registered for the
quarter
semester
immediately following the break.
(4) An undergraduate as well as a graduate
student may work the summer quarter
semester without being registered for the minimum
number of credit hours only if the student is pre-registered for the fall
quarter
semester. This option is at the discretion of the
student employee's hiring department or unit. However, a student who wishes to
use federal work study while working the summer quarter
semester must
be registered for the minimum number of credit hours as listed in paragraphs
(B)(1) and (B)(2) of this rule.
(5)
A graduate student who has an active graduate
assistantship contract through the graduate school will not be eligible for any
student employment positions.
(C) Working hours.
(1) A student may work a maximum of
twenty
-eight hours per week
when classes are in session; a maximum of thirty
hours per week during the week of final exams; and, a maximum of forty hours
per week during quarter breaks (when classes are not in session) for
all student employment jobs combined. This rule is in effect year around.
(2) The total number of hours that a
student employee may work in one week is the combination of all hours worked at
all student employment positions and graduate or teaching assistantships held
by the student employee.
(3) A student employee may never
exceed a total of forty work hours in one week. However, a student with a grade
point average of 3.0 or higher may work a maximum of thirty hours per week when
classes are in session.
4(2)
An international student may work twenty hours per week when classes are in
sessionand during the week of final exams.
An international student who is registered as a
part-time student may work forty hours per week when classes are not in
session. However, an international student will be able to work up to twenty-eight hours per week
during summer and breaks who is pre-registered as a
full-time student (twelve hours for an undergraduate student and eight hours
for a graduate student) may never exceed twenty work hours per week
for the upcoming semester.
(D) Grievance procedures.
(1) When there is a disagreement between the
employer and the student employee concerning employment, a three-step plan
utilizing established administrative levels shall be implemented. All
university affirmative action policies and procedures are applicable.
(a) Step one. The grievance is handled
informally between the student employee and his/her supervisor. A meeting of
both parties should be arranged to discuss the problem.
(b) Step two. If the grievance is not
resolved in step one, the dissatisfied party may appeal the decision to the
administrative head of the employer. The grievance must be put in writing. The
administrative head will investigate the allegations and will answer the
dissatisfied party, in writing, within ten working days of receipt of the
grievance.
(c) Step three. If the
grievance is not resolved in step two, either party may submit a formal written
request for a grievance committee hearing to the manager of student employment.
The request should indicate why the written answer of the administrative head
was unsatisfactory.
(2)
Within ten working days of receipt of the written
grievance, the manager of student employment will call a meeting of the
grievance committee. The grievance committee will consist of three members. The
dissatisfied party will choose two members from a list of volunteers from the
university community, and the third member, a moderator, will be the manager of
student employment or his/her representative.
(3) The grievance committee will meet within
ten working days of its inception and investigate the allegations and make its
recommendation, in writing, to the manager of student employment. A majority
decision by the grievance committee will constitute the recommendation of the
grievance committee to the manager of student employment.
(4) The director of career services, in
cooperation with the manager of student employment, shall render a final
decision of the grievance, in writing, to the dissatisfied party. This decision
will be made within ten working days of receipt of the recommendation of the
grievance committee.
(E) Public employees retirement
system of Ohio.
(1) Section 145.03 of the Revised
Code states that a student who is employed with the school, college, or
university where he/she is enrolled and regularly attending classes may choose
to be exempted from the public employees retirement system of Ohio by signing a
request for optional exemption as a student within the first month of
employment and filing the request with the public employees retirement system
of Ohio. An exemption will remain valid as long as the student continues to be
employed by and attending the school that certifies the request for optional
exemption as a student. Changing positions or departments within the
institution does not affect the exemption.
(2) Section 145.03 of the Revised
Code is intended to parallel the student exemption found in the Internal
Revenue Code for social security purposes. There should never be a situation in
which a student exempted from membership in the public employees retirement
system of Ohio would be subject to social security coverage. If a student who
meets the student exemption requirement is working for a school, college, or
university, the student will contribute to neither the public employees
retirement system of Ohio nor to social security. If the public employees
retirement system of Ohio requirements are not met, the student must contribute
to the public employees retirement system of Ohio and not to social
security.
(3) Requirements for maintaining
public employees retirement system of Ohio exemption status during the summer
quarter.
(a) An undergraduate student
employee must be enrolled for a minimum of six hours, using any combination of
A, B, or C sessions.
(b) A graduate student employee must
be enrolled for a minimum of four hours, using any combination of A, B, or C
sessions.
(c) A student may work during the
summer quarter if the student is not enrolled for classes. However, this option
is at the discretion of the student employee's supervisor since it requires
that the department or unit and the student employee make contributions to the
public employees retirement system of Ohio.
(4) A student may receive a refund
from the public employees retirement system of Ohio if three months have passed
from the end of contributing service; the student has not returned to
contributing service; and, the student is not a member of the state teachers
retirement system or the school employees retirement system.
F(E) Nepotism.
Relationship by family or marriage shall constitute neither an advantage nor a
deterrent to appointment by university appointment standards. Normally, no
individual shall be assigned to a department or unit under the direct
supervision of a relative who has or may have a direct effect on the
individual's progress or performance.
(1)
Family relationship. A family relationship includes father, mother, son,
daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband,
wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter,
stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.
(2) Supervision. Supervision is generally
defined as the authority to oversee another person during the execution or
performance of the latter person's duties and responsibilities. Supervision
also includes the authority of an employee to schedule, assign, evaluate,
commend, reward, promote, relieve, discipline, censure, demote, remove another
employee, or substantially influence such action for or against another
employee.
(G) Military
service. A student employee who is a member of the Ohio national guard or any
other reserve component of the United States armed forces or who is
involuntarily ordered to extend United States military service shall be granted
leave without pay. The student employee is required to submit to his/her
supervisor a copy of military orders or other statement in writing from the
appropriate military authority in evidence of the call for training or duty.
The student employee shall be returned to his/her former position upon
re-registration as a student.
(H)
Jury duty. A student employee may be summoned for jury duty or to serve as a
witness. Time spent by a student employee for jury duty or serving as a witness
will be treated as an excused absence without pay.
Replaces 3352-4-05
