Weekly Hours Test
How Many Hours Per Week May A Student Work On Campus?
Use the following three-step checklist to determine a student employee's hours per week eligibility. All three test points must ring true for each student in order to be in compliance with the policies of the campus-based student employment program.
Students are paid for Federal Work Study or College Work Option jobs from College allocated hours (College Hours).
1. During the fall and spring semester, non-extended Break periods, a student may work up to 10 hours/week total across all College Hours (Federal Work Study or College Work Option) jobs. Federal Work Study and College WorkOption jobs are those jobs where students are paid out of a department's student employment hours that have been allocated to that department by their Senior Officer.
2. During the fall and spring semesters a student who has a Federal Work Study or College Work Option and a simultaneous departmental stipend job(s) may work up to 20 hours/week total, across all jobs, with no more than 10 hours being worked in College Hours (Federal Work Study or College Work Option) jobs.
3. During Winter Break, Spring Break (one week), and Summer Break, a student may work up to 40 hours/week total (full-time), across all Federal Work Study, College Work Option, or privately paid, stipend jobs.
4. House Advisors (HAs) often have one or several "HA type" positions. Regardless of the number of positions, HAs may obtain a job on campus for up to 10 hours per week in addition to their HA job(s). For example: An HA may obtain a College Hours job(s) or a privately paid departmental job for up to 10 hours per week. HAs, like any other student, may aquire only one non-HA job on campus prior to October 1.
5. Fall break and Thanksgiving break are NOT considered extended break periods. Therefore the 10 hour/week policy for all College Hours (Federal Work Study or College Work Option) jobs remain the same during that time period.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The only instance in which a student may be employed up to 20 hours per week on campus, during the normal academic year (non-extended break periods) is if the student is working for 20 hours per week and is being paid entirely by a private stipend/fund from the department's private, operating budget or external source. This student may have no other job on campus, including being a House Advisor (HA) or Peer Advisor (PA). Simply stated, the stipend paid job(s) of this student totaling to 20 hours/week must be the students only paid employment on campus without exception or loose interpretation. Questions should be directed to the student employee's professional staff supervisor.
