Variable hour employees are employees who primarily work in temporary non-benefit eligible positions. \u00a0Temporary positions are those positions not intended to continue indefinitely or whose hours vary and do not offer benefits.<\/p>\n

Temporary positions may be filled by employees that are classified in a wide range of variable hour employment categories, including student employment, graduate assistantship, temporary hourly\/salaried employment and part-time faculty.\u00a0 For more characteristics of a variable hour employee, please click on the link below:<\/p>\n\n

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Other characteristics of variable hour employees: Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n
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Flexible hours – works sporadic hours (on call, seasonal, or filling as needed).<\/li>\n
Works a standard schedule for a short duration and varied (tied to a project, for a specific time period, filling in for a vacant position, etc.).<\/li>\n
May be funded from temporary salary savings.<\/li>\n
Job may end at any time, at the supervisor’s discretion.<\/li>\n
Worker may be employed by a temporary hiring service and assigned to NAU, with Human Resources review.<\/li>\n
Tied to Arizona State Retirement System 20\/20 participation rule.<\/li>\n
Paid on an hourly basis and eligible for overtime pay if physically works more than 40 hours.<\/li>\n
Not eligible for compensatory time in lieu of overtime.<\/li>\n
Not eligible for benefits.<\/li>\n
Holds multiple positions.<\/li>\n
Opportunity to gain a permanent employment.<\/li>\n
Gain valuable work experience for a related field of study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
What is the intent?<\/h3>\n
If the intent is for your employee to work 30 hours or more for an extended period of time, according to the benefit eligibility rules, they are entitled to benefits from the start of their employment.\u00a0 If you have employed someone with this intent, please contact your HR Business Partner<\/a>\u00a0to discuss a method to resolve this employment arrangement. (i.e, create a benefit eligible position, or reduce the hours worked for your current employee.)<\/p>\n
If you know that your employee will not be working for several weeks (3 pay periods or more) please terminate their employment.\u00a0 Remember, a new hiring packet is not required for an employee with less than a 6 month break in service, so rehiring them should be fairly easy, and will make your tracking of hours worked for employees much simpler.\u00a0 Terminating inactive employees is extremely helpful to HR as we track the hours for all variable hour employees at NAU.<\/p>\n
Expectations for variable hour employees<\/h3>\n
How can a variable hour employee (student worker, graduate assistant, part-time temporary and part-time faculty) maintain their variable hour status.\u00a0 For detailed information, click on the link below:<\/p>\n
Variable Hour Employees<\/a><\/p>\n
Expectations for supervisors<\/h3>\n
What are the responsibilities of the NAU departments’ supervisors, what methods can be used to monitor the variable hour employees and what are the ‘best practices’. For more information, please click on the link below:<\/p>\n
Expectations for Supervisors<\/a><\/p>\n
Temporary\/variable hour employees can be hired through the\u00a0 university’s payroll<\/a>\u00a0or an outside\u00a0 temporary staffing agency<\/a>\u00a0with Human Resources review.<\/p>\n
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Management tools<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Measurement periods<\/a><\/li>\n
Break in service<\/a><\/li>\n
2.67 hour faculty\u00a0 calculator<\/a><\/li>\n
29-Hour Work Rule<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Trending Activity Reports<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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ASRS 20\/20 Rule Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Learn about other benefits<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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What is ASRS<\/a>?<\/li>\n
Voluntarily participation in benefits<\/a>.<\/li>\n
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Temporary\/variable hour employees<\/h2>\n