Work Schedule and Policies

Hourly Employees and Student/Temporary Workers

A rest period of no more than fifteen (15) minutes is permitted during each work period of at least three and a half (3.5) hours.
Your supervisor may designate the rest period times.
Unused rest periods cannot be accumulated.
You may not use a rest period to cover a late arrival or an early departure.

Lunch breaks must be taken, unless you receive supervisor approval to skip it.
A lunch period will last for at least thirty (30) minutes.
You must take your lunch break no sooner than three (3) hours from the beginning of your shift and no later than five (5) hours.

When the University is closed for a holiday and/or weather-related closures, staff (including student workers) are not to report to work.

If your department requires Essential employees to work when the university is closed, pre-approval from the Dean or VP (please contact Asst Dean for Finance/ LFO) must be granted prior to allowing non-exempt employees work during periods when the University is CLOSED.
- For pre-approval, the supervisor must send the LFO a brief description of the “essential” work to be performed by the individual during break.
Working on any day the University is closed due to inclement weather is forbidden.

* See University of Louisville Human Resources policy PER 4.11.

Effective – 01/22/2018