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Campus Delay and Closing

When Saint Vincent announces a delay or cancellation, information will be broadcast via the media, and e2Campus; detailed information will be available on the intranet. Delays will be time specific (Saint Vincent will open at (specific time). Staff will adhere to the following procedures:

Non-essential Staff

  • Permitted to report as indicated in the announcement
  • Will receive normal full day pay if staff member reports to work at the end of the delay period and completes his/her regular work schedule
  • The Business Office will accept time sheets that indicate the staff members’ regular work hour schedule; no additional notations will be necessary
  • It is Saint Vincent’s policy to pay all non-essential staff members who report to work on a delayed schedule the staff members’ normal workday wages

In the event a staff member is further delayed in reporting to work beyond the announced delayed opening:

  • The staff member will be required to utilize vacation, personal or unpaid time or arrange to make up the time missed to cover the additional absence
    • Example: Saint Vincent opens at 10:00 but a staff member does not report until noon, the staff member is required to use two hours of vacation or personal time; take the time off as unpaid; or arrange to make up the time missed.
  • In the event a staff member does not report to work when a delay is announced:
    • The staff member is required to use a full vacation or personal day; take the time off as unpaid; or arrange to make up the time missed.
  • Pay during a delay period is only available to staff members who report to work that day
  • Hours paid during a delay or closing for non-essential staff will not be considered for the purpose of calculating

Essential Staff:

  • Essential staff members have been designated by the supervisors and, as such, are expected to report during delays or
  • Essential staff members who work during a delay period or closing have the following options:
    • Hours worked during a delay or closing will be paid at the rate of time and a half and the time will be considered in the computation of overtime
    • Hours worked during a delay or closing will be paid at straight time; staff member will receive hour-for- hour time to be used as paid time off. Paid time off must be used by the end of the fiscal year or the time will be forfeited.
    • Hours worked during a delay or closing will be considered in the computation of overtime during that work week.
  • Essential staff should mark timesheets using the following codes for the hours worked during a delay or closing
    • Emergency Closing: “EC”
    • Cancellation: “SD”
  • If essential staff members are unable to report to work, supervisors must be notified
  • Hourly staff deemed to be essential staff during emergency closing of the campus shall be paid that rate of double time for work during the closing period.