Employing departments and offices are encouraged to employ university students to fill temporary staff positions whenever possible. This bulletin provides guidance to be followed when seeking the employment of temporary staff employees. Employment is contingent upon the selected applicant's ability to establish employment eligibility and identity as required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. As part of the initial employment processing, new temporary staff employees are required to complete INS Form I-9 and must do so within three days of beginning employment. Failure to complete this form within the required time frame will result in termination of employment.
Temporary employees have no entitlement to such benefits.
Temporary staff employees who are hired to work an irregular or intermittent schedule may be employed indefinitely so long as the hours worked do not exceed 988 hours during any 12 month period. Temporary staff employees who are hired to work a regular schedule of 20 or more hours per week must , prior to the completion of nine months of service, be separated from University employment or have the number of regularly scheduled hours of work reduced to 19 hours or less per week for a period of not less than 12 months. A sample of the information to be included in the courtesy postings for temporary staff jobs is enclosed. The employment decision may not be based on impermissible factors such as race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era. Qualifications Temporary staff employees must meet the minimum qualifications established for the type of work they will be performing.