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So L33T It Hurts

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The END of Work and Learn


This information was sent out on 6/16/15 to work and learn supervisors, and every student should receive something as well, if they haven't already.  It's a significant change.

 

we would like to introduce the new Student Worker Program that will be implemented over the next few months. This new program COMBINES the current GA and Work and Learn Programs into a unified program, The Student Worker Program, to better meet your workforce needs while ensuring compliance with federal and state (Missouri and Illinois) regulations.  Students will still apply their payment for work towards tuition, in most cases, but this is no longer a guaranteed financial award program. Rather, this program will utilize an employment model. 

 

Here are the main changes that you can look forward to seeing:

  1. Student Workers will not be defined by their terms, (5-Term, Semester, Quarter)
  1. In other words, a student worker can be hired for available assigned positions for any authorized period no matter what type of degree program they are enrolled.  Instead, each position will be assigned a maximum number of work-weeks (36, 40, 52 weeks).
There are no official paperwork due dates or hire dates
  1. This means that if you have a vacant student worker position, you can hire a student worker and start them as soon as they have been approved and inducted by the Student Worker Office.
Change in requirements
  1. A student can be a student worker as long as they are in good standing with the university.
  2. If a student wishes to be in the program their very first term at Lindenwood, they simply need to be unconditionally admitted. If they arent, they can apply after their second term.
  3. To be removed from the program, a student worker can quit, be terminated, or no longer in good standing with the university.
Most Student Workers will work either 20, 15 or 40 hours per week.  Federal workers will still be assigned 10 hours per week.52 week 40 hour Student Workers will have PTO
  1. 52 week 40 hour Student Workers will be granted Personal Time Off (PTO)

                                                               i.      52 week full time workers will receive 12-8 hours days off each year

                                                             ii.      They will also receive paid holiday time off

 

 

 

 

  1. No set number of hours to reach before the term ends
  1. Student workers will not be penalized for not reaching a certain number of hours each term. Since they are no longer connected to term types, they will be paid for what they work. Supervisors will be responsible for monitoring task completion and tardiness.
  2. We will have specific hours a week that cannot be exceeded. However, if the student worker wants to take some time off they can, pending supervisor approval.
One united student worker program
  1. All student worker candidate selection will be done through one centralized location.
  2. Certain jobs will be designated as jobs requiring interviews, while others will be designated as placement positions.
  3. All candidates must apply through the Student Worker Office. They can no longer go in search of positions on their own. Since most positions are placement positions, they are on a first come first serve basis.
Student worker allocations will be issued in the near future.   Since the program is based on workforce needs, the number of workers (previously Work and Learn) will decrease significantly.  Previous GA allocations will be very similar.   

 

The most important takeaway is that the student worker population are employees of the university. We have worked hard to change the program to better fit your needs while still adhering to the necessary government guidelines. We will keep you informed as more changes take place. The new program is scheduled to be launched January 1, 2016.  



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So L33T It Hurts

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I've received some additional information about future position allocation.  It's very apparent that the number of available positions will BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY, some departments can expect 80% reduction or more, especially in athletics.  It also appears that most supervisors won't have much say otherwise. 

If you want a Student Worker position after January 1, 2016, I would suggest being very proactive.  I'll continue to post when I receive more information.



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