EmployEE Handbook - Marymount University

Hours of Work
and Overtime Rules
Wage
and Hour
Policies
1. Hours for most administrative offices are
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday. Employees in administrative offices
are expected to work these hours unless the
supervisor determines that the efficiency
of the work operation or a shift assignment
requires otherwise. A combined total of one
hour for breaks/meal time is allowed during
an eight hour work period as arranged with
the supervisor. Meal and rest periods are
considered as time worked for the purpose of
calculating an employee’s hours and wages,
including overtime Employees may have duties
that require them to remain on campus during
the meal period.
2. Full-time employees employed in a nonexempt
capacity by Marymount University
agree as a condition of employment, to work
a specified number of hours within a specified
period. Specified hours are defined to mean
that the employee is on the work site, in
uniform as appropriate, ready to work at that
time.
3. All overtime work for non-exempt employees
is subject to the provisions of the Fair
Labor Standards Act and must have the
prior approval of the responsible supervisor.
Non-exempt employees who work overtime
without receiving prior authorization from
the responsible supervisor may be subject
to disciplinary action, up to and including
possible termination of employment. Non-
Exempt employees who work more than 40
hours in one week will be paid one and one
half times the regular rate for hours worked in
excess of forty (40) hours.
4. Exempt employees are normally employed in
positions that are not measured by a forty hour
week or an hourly basis, and the University
does not pay exempt employees overtime or
award them compensatory time.
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