Logging hours and overtime policy

This is a proposed policy, to be discussed at staff meeting July 3, 2009.

This applies to all staff members, but will be of most importance to full time staff collective members.

All staff members must report their hours worked accurately. All hours worked must be reported. The HR committee shall monitor staff hours and watching for staff who are working fewer or more hours than authorized.

In a case where a staff member is working more hours than authorized the HR committee will ask for a report of the work being done and work with the staff member to help that person manage his or her time better and/or to offload tasks to others. All staff will keep in mind these goals when attempting to reduce workload: eliminating any liability to Free Geek that overtime might cause, reducing the possibility of staff burn out, and accurately assessing the cost of replacing the worker should he or she leave Free Geek.

Current Procedure
Hours are logged using software written at Free Geek, available from inside Free Geek at http://noonien/sched/enterID.php. These are recorded in a spreadsheet maintained by Free Geek staff. HR will routinely examine this spreadsheet and talk with staff members to determine if anyone is working more or less than authorized and assign staff members to follow up on the matter.