NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS

Regular office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. In order to maintain open office hours during the lunch period, a kitchen facility is provided for employees to have lunch on the premises. Employees may request a 30 minute lunch period away from the work place during the middle of the work day. If such a lunch period is granted, the employee’s office hours will be 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M in order to complete an eight hour work day.  In addition, employees requesting a 30 minute lunch period away from the work place will need to stagger their lunch periods with the other employees in order to maintain the order of business during lunch periods.  Consult Management if you are unsure about your regular hours of work.

All personnel are expected to be at work at their assigned time of arrival, ready to work. It is the employee's responsibility to inform the supervisor before the start of the work period if they are unable to report for work.  Failure to do so may result in severe penalties.

Personal business should be arranged outside of regular work hours, if at all possible. If it is not possible to arrange personal business at a time outside of work hours, refer to the Leaves section or talk with management to find out the procedures and requirements which must be followed in order to ask for permission to take time off work.  However, unless accrued paid leave can be applied to the absence, or unless the work can be made up, the absence may be treated as unexcused.

Time off for non-exempt employees is usually without pay.  Exempt employees will usually be expected to make up the lost time, if less than one full day of absence, and they will be docked for absences of one full day or longer, unless available paid leave can be applied to the absence.  The Leaves section contains further information regarding pay during missed time from work.  Any questions should be referred to managment.