Definitions of Employment Categories

Regular Full-Time

A position established in the budget as a regularly recurring position. Employment must be for nine (9) or more months per calendar year and considered full-time with a normal workload of 40 hours per week for Staff and per Section 8.3 Teaching Loads for Full-Time Faculty. Positions in this category earn all benefits offered by CFCC, including membership in the Retirement System.

Temporary Full-Time

A position established temporarily in the budget to cover a full-time work load. Employment in this category may include temporary grant funded positions or positions needed on an interim basis to cover a regular full-time position. Positions in this temporary category earn all benefits offered by CFCC, including membership in the Retirement System.

Temporary Part-Time

A position not established in the budget as a regular or recurring position. Employment in this category is AT WILL. All employees classified as temporary part-time without benefits are limited to no more than 25 hours per week. Student employees are limited to 20 hours per week. Temporary part-time contracts for staff positions are issued on a quarter-by-quarter basis and temporary part-time contracts for faculty positions are issued semester-by-semester. Most employees are paid at an hourly rate. No benefits are earned.

Exempt Positions

Positions paid on a salary basis at the executive, administrative, and professional levels that are not subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime requirements.

Non-Exempt Positions

Positions that are paid by the hour and subject to the FLSA overtime requirements.