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Student Employees

 

All departments having student employees should read and act according to the following:

In addition, the University has offered training to supervisors of student employees in the past.  This training will be offered again on August 22, 2003.  Each department / budget unit employing students is encouraged to make an effort to send at least one departmental representative to that training.  Specific details regarding the training will be forthcoming from the Student Employment Office. 

Finally, each supervisor, department, and budget unit employing students should be reminded of the following:

  • Students may not begin working without prior approval from the Office of Student Employment

  • Students should not be allowed to project future hours to be worked, i.e. only time actually worked by the end of the pay period may be included on a given timesheet

  • Budget Unit / Department Heads are responsible for notifying Business Affairs - Payroll Section if any student employee will be receiving any compensation other than salary or wages

  • Students must not be permitted to work more than thirty (30) hours per week

  • Students are not allowed to work during times when they have classes scheduled

  • Students' class schedules and work schedules should not overlap

  • The official Sign In / Sign Out Sheet can be found in the Fiscal Policy & Procedures Manual, Section X-27-1, Attachment 9

  • Supervisors may not complete the timesheets of student employees

  • Supervisors may not sign the student employee's name on the student's timesheet

  • Supervisors may not complete the student employee's Sign In / Sign Out sheet for the student

  • Supervisors must reconcile the hours worked per the Sign In / Sign Out Sheet to the timesheet

  • Public records should be maintained for a period of at least three (3) years

  • Each student must sign in each day they work, and sign out at the conclusion of the work day

  • For each day of the pay period, the student must record the beginning and ending time worked on the Sign In / Sign Out Sheet

  • The Sign In / Sign Out Sheet must be maintained by the departmental timekeeper

  • The supervisor must make sure the student records the actual times and dates.  Do not allow the student to work one day and record it as a different day.  Recorded time should reflect actual events.

  • Departmental timekeepers must review and sign the Sign In / Sign Out Sheet attesting that the student employee worked the hours recorded and file the Sign In / Sign Out Sheet for a period of at least three years

The above should not be considered all-inclusive.  The Fiscal Policy & Procedures Manual and Supervisor's Reference Manual for Student Employment should be reviewed.

Each supervisor, department, and budget unit employing students should become familiar with the following Louisiana Revised Statutes:

 

 

Northwestern State University is a member of the University of Louisiana System