E1.0
EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION AND STATUS
Applies to all employees
Employee status for the purpose of determining benefits is defined as follows:
I. CLASSIFICATION:
Faculty: Persons whose prime RIT responsibility is teaching credit courses which apply to an RIT credential, or certain special courses under the auspices of one of the colleges, as well as those who hold one of the faculty ranks but are not currently teaching.
Educational Development Faculty: Full-time academically-oriented professionals in the English Language Institute (ELI) and Academic Support Center [ASC, formerly the Learning Development Center (LDC)] who directly contribute to the educational mission of the Institute, and support and complement the formal instructional program. Individuals classified as EDF are included in the staff evaluation and compensation structure, not the faculty FEAD and compensation structure. EDF-specific policies apply to those in this category only. An employee who holds EDF rank and accepts a position at RIT in a department other than ELI or ASC forfeits his or her EDF rank and associated benefits.
Grandparented Educational Development Faculty: Individuals
classified as EDF prior to January 12, 1998 but not part of ELI or ASC are classified
as Professional/ Administrative Staff. Individuals in this category may retain
their EDF title as long as they are employed at RIT. Grandparented EDF will
be evaluated and compensated under the terms and plans that apply to staff and
will be represented on Staff Council. They will, however, retain certain benefits
that heretofore have been associated with their being classified as EDF as follows:
1. Opportunity for promotion in rank.
2. Eligibility for learning innovation grants.
3. Eligibility for career/professional development leaves.
In all other cases, staff policies apply.
* “Resolution of Educational Development Faculty (EDF) Issue,” memo issued by President Albert J. Simone, January 12, 1998.
NOTE: New appointments to Educational Development Faculty (EDF) rank will be made only on a full-time basis. Part-time and temporary employees who perform the work of an EDF member are categorized as staff for purposes of these definitions.
Professional/Administrative Staff: Non-faculty employees exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) because they are employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity. Work performed is predominantly intellectual and varied in character, requiring the consistent exercise of discretion and judgment, with no more than 20% of time spent on work which is routine and/or clerical.
Non-Exempt Staff: Non-faculty employees who are not exempt from FLSA and therefore are eligible for overtime payments.
II. STATUS:
A. Regular Employees are employees of the Institute
who are employed for a term greater than six months.
1. Full-Time:
a. Staff and Educational Development Faculty: persons who are regularly
scheduled to work 1500 hours or more per year.
b. Faculty: persons who have received and accepted a contract for 100%
of a full-time load, as defined by the dean of the college.
2. Extended Part-Time:
a. Staff: persons who are regularly scheduled to work at least 750 but
less than 1500 hours per year.
b. Faculty: Persons who have received and accepted a contract for a load 50% or greater but less than 100% of the full-time load, as defined by the dean of the college.
3. **Part-Time:
a. Staff: persons who are regularly scheduled to work less than 750 hours
per year.
b. Faculty: persons who have received and accepted a contract for a load which is less than 50% of the full-time load, as defined by the dean of the college.
B. Temporary Employees are persons employed on an "as
needed" basis for whom future employment is not intended.
1. **Temporary:
a. Staff: persons who are employed for a term of less than six months
and who are scheduled to work less than 1,000 hours within the six month period.
(Monitoring the 1,000 hour time limit is the responsibility of the employing
department.)
b. Adjunct Faculty: persons employed on a quarterly basis on the condition of sufficient enrollment in a particular course or courses. The annualized load may not exceed 50% of the full-time load as defined by the dean of the college. (Monitoring the 50% of full-time constraint is the responsibility of the employing department.)
2. **Casual Temporary: persons who are employed to work one or a few days at a time (typically for short term special projects or seasonal work), who do not work more than 1,000 hours per calendar year. Casual temporaries must be paid on a weekly time card basis.
**Federal legislation requires the provision of certain benefits to persons
employed over 1,000 hours annually. Consequently, care must be taken to ensure
that regular part-time and temporary employees do not exceed the 1,000 hour
annual limit.
Personnel Policy 1.04
Date Issued: June 1, 1984
Last revised: April 20, 2000
Last edited May 2006