Work Hours

Depending upon locations and departments, the most common schedule for non-exempt staff is 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with an hour lunch break, Monday through Friday, during the regular academic year. During the period when our regular, academic-year students are not on campus, Calvin College adjusts “business hours” for administrative and academic offices. The most common schedule is from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. , with a half-hour lunch break. For some positions, especially the evening and night shifts, the lunch break is set at thirty minutes throughout the year. In any case, all non-exempt full-time staff members are expected to be at their workstations or on assigned college work at least forty hours per week, except for a fifteen-minute break during any four-hour period. Exempt staff members are normally expected to work between forty and forty-five hours per week. It is expected that exempt staff members will work as many hours as it takes to fulfill their job requirements.

According to the Department of Labor Standards, break periods of fifteen minutes are provided for staff members who work four or more consecutive hours. Such a rest period may not exceed 15 minutes, including the time a person leaves the work area and returns to the work area. Break periods and lunch breaks may not be accumulated or used to shorten the beginning or ending of a work day. Each supervisor is obligated to monitor departmental practice.