Work Schedules
Date
April 1, 1999
Revision Date
July 16, 2025
Number
AD 10.13
Revision No.
A
1. General Policy Statement
1.01 This policy sets out the working schedules for Administrative and Professional Staff and the general hours of work at the University.
1.02 Determination of a work schedule will be directed to accommodating both the University's operational needs and the Employee's right to a reasonable and flexible work schedule.
2. Responsibility
2.01 For recording purposes, the standard work day is seven hours and 12 minutes, exclusive of the meal period (“Standard Work Day”). The standard work week is thirty-six hours in any five days (“Standard Work Week”).
2.02 The University’s main campus offices will be open at least during the hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Other campus locations will be open at least during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Exceptions must be approved by the appropriate Vice-President.
2.03 A member of the Administrative and Professional Staff Association (“Member”) is primarily self-directing and self-disciplinary concerning the functions of the Member’s position. A Member will exercise discretion about the time and location of work performed by the Member in support of the established job objectives.
2.04 The membership of the Administrative and Professional Staff Association includes both Members who are managers (“Manager”), and Members who are not Managers, as the term “manager” is defined from time to time in the Employment Standards Regulation.
2.05 The University recognizes that a Member may work during hours which are not hours falling within the Standard Work Day of 7.2 hours or which fall wholly outside the Standard Work Week. In this event:
a. A Member who is a Manager will be compensated by receiving an hour of time off for each hour worked in excess of 7.2 hours on a Standard Work Day and for each hour worked on a day which is not a Standard Work Day; and
b. A Member who is not a Manager will be compensated for hours worked in excess of, as the case may be, the Standard Work Day or the Standard Work Week in conformity with the overtime and, if applicable on call provisions of the
2.06 To ensure the University is able to comply with, as the case may be, both the provisions of this Policy and the Employment Standards Act, every Member must both make a daily record of hours worked by the Member in excess of 7.2 hours on a Standard Work Day and a weekly record of the hours worked by the Member on a day which is not a Standard Work Day and submit those records to the Member’s supervisor within five work days after the Sunday of the calendar week to which the records refer.
2.07 When an Employee initiates a complaint with a supervisor that his/her workload is unreasonable, and the Employee and supervisor cannot agree on a resolution, or when an Employee has requested compensating time off and the supervisor has denied the request, the Employee may initiate an Individual Grievance as set out in AD 10.17 (Problem Resolution).