Employee Work Schedules (Exempt & Non-Exempt)
Exempt Positions
Positions exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act are paid on a salary basis and are not eligible for overtime or compensatory time.
Lunch Period: The typical employee lunch period at Cape Fear Community College should be observed for one (1) hour. Exempt employees may not forego a lunch period and/or break for a later arrival or earlier departure to shorten the workday.
Staff
Staff are expected to work the number of hours necessary to fulfill the requirements of their position and no less than 40 hours per week. The normal work schedule for staff is 8 hours a day, five days a week (typically 8:00 am until 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday). The College’s operational needs may necessitate variations in starting and ending times, but all full-time employees must work five (5) days per week. Exceptions may be made for Marine Technology weeks at sea.
Faculty
Full-time faculty are expected to work forty (40) hours per week over five (5) days. However, faculty are only required to be on campus or at a designated work site for a minimum of thirty (30) hours a week, and at least four (4) days a week. These hours should be during the normal operation hours of 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, unless otherwise stated on faculty course contracts. To provide flexibility related to the nature of faculty work, the remaining ten (10) hours of the forty (40)-hour work week may be worked off-campus. This includes serving on the College’s committees and working groups as assigned, recognizing that this may fall on hours outside of the thirty (30) on-campus hours. Faculty are compensated for forty (40) hours per week.
Exceptions to this requirement may be made for faculty who have selected or been assigned to a forty (40)-hour work week. These faculty members will be on campus or at an instructional site for forty (40) hours each week. Faculty are not generally required to be present when students are away, except for in-service activities or when directed by their supervisor to support college needs. Faculty are required to schedule five (5) office/student hours each week. This does not include overload contracts or EWD faculty teaching thirty (30) hours. These hours are to be performed at the campus location where the instructor’s classes are predominantly held.
Full-time faculty are expected to be on campus, in labs, and/or in clinicals (as assigned) for thirty (30) hours per week, which includes five (5) student hours on campus at varied times convenient to the public and to students within CFCC’s normal/operational business hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Student hours outside normal/operational business hours require advance approval of the Chair, Divisional Dean, and Vice President (circumstances like evening classes, special student club events, EWD faculty, etc.).
Except for full-time faculty whose regular teaching load is twenty-five (25) contact hours or more (this does not include overload contacts), instructors are required to hold service hours. Two (2) of these hours are structured and documented service to the college. Service hours are approved by the Department Chair, Divisional Dean, and Vice President. The contractual obligation of full-time employees includes serving on committees, attending required meetings and participating in commencement ceremonies unless an exception is made by the Divisional Dean or Vice President. Service on committees and attendance at meetings shall not substitute for required office hours (unless approved by the Department Chair, Divisional Dean, and Vice President). See Section 8.1 of the Employee Handbook regarding Responsibilities of Faculty.
Non-Exempt Positions
Non-exempt positions are subject to the overtime requirement of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). These positions typically work forty (40) hours per week. Overtime begins after an employee has actually worked forty (40) hours in a calendar week. For FLSA purposes, Cape Fear Community College’s workweek begins at 6:00 a.m. on Monday and runs to 6:00 a.m. the following Monday. Non-exempt employees are required to clock in and out utilizing the College’s timekeeping system to reflect actual hours worked in real-time.
Employees whose principal duty stations require them to be at their desks or confined to their offices are entitled to a fifteen (15) minute break in each half of the workday. Supervisors are to schedule the break time, and at no time is a break period to interfere with a service to be provided or the completion of an assigned duty.
Lunch Period: The typical employee lunch period at Cape Fear Community College should be observed for one (1) hour. Lunch periods are unpaid. Hourly employees may not forego a lunch period and/or break for a later arrival or earlier departure to shorten the workday.
