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The Fair Labor Standards Act (the federal wage and hour law that includes provisions for minimum wage, overtime pay, and restrictions on child labor) establish a need for employers to classify employees as either non-exempt or exempt. The following information explains how NAU manages their non-exempt and exempt employees:
Non-Exempt Employees
Non-exempt employees are paid on an hourly basis and must receive overtime compensation or compensatory time off for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per work week. Student Workers, Graduate Assistants, Temporary Employees, and some Classified Staff positions are typically non-exempt. Click here to view the individual classified staff jobs and their exemption status.
Every non-exempt employee is required to fill out a Bi-Weekly Time Sheet. Non-exempt employees who are also benefit-eligible have a compensatory time off box on their time sheets in which to track compensatory time hours. This should be completed and signed by the employee and their supervisor every two weeks and is considered to be the official record of compensatory time balances. Departments must keep time sheets for three years.
Per NAU policy, non-exempt employees working 8 hour days may have two 15 minute paid breaks per day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Rest periods are not cumulative, and are forfeited if not taken.
Exempt Employees
Exempt employees do not track, earn or receive overtime compensation for extra hours worked. These employees are paid a salary for performing the whole job and not for actual hours worked. Managers may, however, by NAU policy offer flexible working hours when exempt employees work an excessive number of hours.
Questions pertaining to exemption status should be forwarded to the Compensation and Workforce Data team. |
