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WIT Employee HandbookSection II: Employment PolicySECTION II: EMPLOYMENT POLICYII A. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES1. TYPES OF APPOINTMENTSa. Regular Full-Time EmployeesA regular full-time employee is one authorized by the Human ResourcesDepartment to work 37.5 or more hours per week. Some regular full-timepositions may be for the academic year only.b. Regular Part-Time EmployeesA regular part-time employee is one authorized through the Human ResourcesDepartment to work more than 910 hours per year (at least 17.5 hours but fewerthan 37.5 hours per week). Some regular part-time positions may be for theacademic year only.c. Part-Time EmployeesA part-time employee works less than 17.5 hours per week. Part-timeemployees are not eligible for benefits.d. Temporary Employees/InternsA temporary employee/intern is hired for a pre-determined period of time. Sometemporary employees may be eligible for certain benefits.e. Cooperative Education Student EmployeesA cooperative education student employee is a fully enrolled student whosefull-time cooperative work term is performed at Wentworth as part of the formaleducational program. Unlike all other categories of student workers, acooperative education student is eligible for holiday benefits. See Section V.f. Work-Study StudentsThese students are processed through the Financial Aid Office, not the HumanResources Department. A work-study student is a fully enrolled student ofWentworth who performs part-time or temporary work for Wentworth andreceives payment for the work. Students are employed under the FederalCollege Work-Study Program. The total amount of money they may earn eachyear is determined by the Financial Aid Office. No Institute benefits are provided.March 200922
WIT Employee HandbookSection II: Employment Policy2. HIRING PROCEDURESa. Position DescriptionsEach job at Wentworth, filled or vacant, has a written job description. Eachemployee may access their job description by utilizing the Peopleadmin systemand logging on at http://jobs.wit.edu/hr. Human Resources will create a useraccount for the employee upon hire. Applicants can request a job descriptionfrom the Human Resources Department.Writing and updating position descriptions is the responsibility of the DepartmentHead, and is performed through the P.A. system. Position descriptions shouldbe reviewed at the time of performance appraisals and at the time of a new hireto assure they are current. Employee input is encouraged for completeness andaccuracy. All position description changes must be approved by the VicePresident of Human Resources.Since the official position description does not rigidly define all the duties thatmay be involved, supervisors may need to assign new tasks or projects as needsof the department change. Employees should be sure they understand all dutiesexpected of them and should not hesitate to ask their supervisor for clarificationin this regard.b. Job PostingsCurrent job openings are posted on the Human Resources bulletin board as wellas online at http://jobs.wit.educ. Position TitlesEvery position is evaluated and assigned a title by Human Resources, andoccasionally with the assistance of outside consultants. Evaluations are made ofall new positions and existing positions which have changed.The purpose of the evaluation is to analyze the content of a position and to rankit relative to other positions.The following factors are used in the evaluation.• Knowledge. The minimum education, training, specific skills andexperience needed to perform the job.• Supervision. The degree of responsibility assumed for directing the workof others. It includes both the number of people supervised and the scopeand variety of activities and skills supervised.• Complexity. The degree of judgment, problem solving, analysis, initiative,innovation and creativity inherent in the position. The extent to whichuncertainty, as opposed to established routines, is part of a position addsto its complexity.• Impact. This factor measures the effect on Wentworth of the actions forwhich a position is responsible. The importance of the position relative toMarch 200923
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