Employee Definitions

Lewis & Clark College has the following employee classifications. Benefits may vary by employee classification so it is important that employees understand their classification at the time of hire.

Faculty

The faculty consist of those individuals appointed in writing to tenured, tenure-track, or special-status contracts for any of the College’s three Schools as approved by the appropriate dean.

Non-Exempt

All employees of the College who are not exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

LCCSSA Bargaining Unit

The College recognizes the Lewis & Clark College Support Staff Association (LCCSSA) as the bargaining representative for all nonprofessional, indefinite-term, non-exempt support staff in the College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate School of Education, and Lewis & Clark College School of Law, including clerical, secretarial, institutional services, and laboratory technician employees, and excluding grounds/maintenance employees, housekeeping employees, faculty, professional employees, guards, administrative staff, confidential employees, supervisors, student employees, casual or temporary employees, and part-time employees.

Maintenance Bargaining Unit

The College recognizes Teamsters Local Union No. 305 as the bargaining representative for all employees in Physical Plant Services, excluding secretarial, clerical, supervisory, and administrative employees.

Overtime Eligible Excluded

In 2006, the College created a new employee class of certain Fair Labors Standard Act (FLSA) non-exempt staff positions excluded from either union. This group includes:

• Supervisors
• Campus Safety Officers (Guard)
• Confidential Employees
• Professional (as defined by the National Labor Relations Act)
• Employees Working Less Than Half-Time (not benefit eligible)

Exempt

All employees of the College who are exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Faculty are considered exempt employees.

Supervisor

A supervisor is any employee who has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or to recommend such action. A supervisor also has the responsibility to direct the work of employees and to hear their grievances.

Full-Time Employees

Full-time employees are persons who are regularly scheduled to work 37.5 or more hours per week.

Part-Time Employees

Part-time employees are persons who are regularly scheduled to work fewer than 37.5 hours per week.

Temporary or Casual Employees

Temporary or casual employees are hired on a temporary basis with the agreement at the time of hire that employment is not expected to last more than six months. Upon mutual agreement, a temporary assignment may be extended beyond six months but may make the temporary employee eligible for benefits.

Introductory Employees

An introductory employee is a new non-faculty employee or a continuing FLSA exempt or non-exempt employee entering into a new position who has not completed 90 calendar days of active employment in the new position. In unusual cases, an employee’s supervisor may request that the introductory period be extended for up to an additional 90 calendar days. This request must be approved by the Assistant Vice President for Human Resources and include specific performance expectations necessary for continued employment.

Approved by the Executive Council, May 31, 2002.
Revised on June 4, 2008.