C. T. Bauer College of Business Administrator Handbook

Time and Effort

Major Sections :
	General Information
	Paid and Unpaid Leave
	Flexible Work Schedules
	Telecommuting

University of Houston departments are required to maintain consistent hours of operation and levels of staffing on week days from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in order to meet standards of public service and operational efficiency and to comply with applicable federal and State of Texas laws. State law requires that offices remain open during the noon hour each working day with at least one person on duty to accept calls, receive visitors or transact business. The management of each department is responsible for ensuring that this policy is enforced and for setting staff work schedules that are fair and equitable.
General Information
	Adjusting a Department's Hours of Operation Prior approval must be obtained from the Dean and Provost if department management wishes to modify normal working hours of their department personnel consistent with federal and state regulations. Some justifications for this kind of change may be for the interest of customer convenience, department efficiency, traffic regulations, public safety or environmental concerns. For example, the Graduate Program Office has extended their normal service hours to 6:00pm on week days in order to meet the needs of night-time graduate students. Time and Effort Reporting All staff employees paid on a full-time basis are required to work a minimum of 40 hours per week unless on approved leave status. University employees are required to account for 100% of their time during regularly scheduled workdays in an accurate and timely manner. All time missed must be accounted for and recorded with full disclosure. The University of Houston Manual of Administrative Policies and Procedures (MAPP) policy 2.05.02 states that “each employee shall sign and date his/her time and effort report to affirm it accuracy; also, the employee’s supervisor shall approve the time and effort reported. Reporting or approving time incorrectly may subject the employee to disciplinary action up to and including termination and possible criminal prosecution.” Whether the signing and dating of time reports is manual or electronic, the above policy applies.