W. Va. Code R. § 135-55-5

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 135-55-5 - Employee Categories

5.1. Higher education employees are segmented into one of the following categories or classes. Employees in each category may be full-time or part-time or regular or temporary.

5.1.1. Classified Employee. Any regular full-time or regular part-time employee of an organization who does not meet the duties test for exempt status under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act; and is not otherwise a nonclassified employee.

5.1.2. Faculty Employee. Faculty employees are appointed at the discretion of the institutional president or designee to support the academic mission of the institution, via teaching, research, public service, and or academic administration. A full time faculty member is an employee appointed to render full time academic service for a full academic year under a nine-month minimum appointment for at least six (6) semester credit hours teaching per semester or the equivalent in teaching, research, public service, and/or administrative responsibilities.

5.1.3. Nonclassified Employee. Nonclassified employees, unless otherwise established by action of the organization or institution where employed, serves at the will and pleasure of the organization, which authority may be delegated by act of the governing board or the Council. To be designated as nonclassified, the employee must meet one or more of the following criteria:

5.1.3.a. Employee holds a direct policy-making position at the department or organization level;

5.1.3.b. Employee reports directly to the president or chief executive officer of the organization;

5.1.3.c. Employee is in a position considered by the chancellor, president or designee to be critical to the organization pursuant to policies or decisions adopted by a governing board;

5.1.3.d. Employee in an information technology-related position which may be defined by policies or decisions adopted by a governing board;

5.1.3.e. Employee hired after July 1, 2017 in a position that meets the duties test for exempt status under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act when hired or anytime thereafter; or

5.1.3.f. An employee in a nonclassified position as of January 1, 2017 who may not meet criteria listed in subsections 5.1.c.1. through 5.1.c.5. of this rule.

5.1.4. Student Employee. An employee enrolled at the institution as a student and whose primary purpose for being at the institution is to obtain an education. The employee category of "student employee" is for students who work at the institution in jobs or positions that are solely available to students enrolled at the institution, as opposed to the general public. When the student worker is no longer enrolled he/she is no longer eligible to work in the student worker position. A student employee is not eligible for benefits.

W. Va. Code R. § 135-55-5