For Unit 8 employees, the standard work schedule for full-time employees shall be 40 hours per workweek, normally scheduled in consecutive daily shifts of eight to ten hours. For specific information please see the appropriate contract. Employees shall be entitled to a meal period not to exceed sixty minutes. Lunch periods are not included in hours worked. It is customary for employees to be allowed a 15 minute daily rest period for each four hours worked.
Specific scheduling is the responsibility of the appropriate administrator.
Bargaining unit contracts contain specific language concerning lunch and rest breaks. The University uses the State of California attendance reporting system which requires only the recording of absences on the Monthly Attendance Report. Absences for which employees have insufficient accrued leave must be reported by the 15th of each month to ensure that payroll warrants are issued by the State Controller's Office for time worked. Overpayments resulting from inaccurate attendance reporting are costly to correct. To amend overpayments, an accounts receivable procedure is used through the State Controller's Office.