Out-Of Office Availability Requirement
Chapter 4660
Issued May 3, 2011
Table of Contents
.010 Introduction
.020 Policy
.030 Additional Considerations
.040 Questions
Related Content
.100 Out-of-Office Availability Addendum (PER-63)
.010 Introduction
This policy provides guidance to the University community regarding situations when the university must be in frequent, regular contact with an individual when they are not in their office; and, when such availability cannot be reasonably managed with devices that are owned by the university. The policy and guidelines have been developed to ensure compliance with State of Kansas policies and IRS policies.
.020 Policy
In the event that an unclassified, exempt employee must be available for university business when they are outside of their university office, the following procedure is available:
Where the University (provost or appropriate vice president) determines that an unclassified, exempt employee (typically director level or above) is required to be regularly available after typical business hours and/or when they are not in their office, and such availability cannot be reasonably managed through the use of university owned devices, a maximum amount of $100 may be added to an employee's monthly pay by completing an Out-of-Office Availability Addendum, PER-63. With the additional pay, employees must take steps to be available by telephone or email after typical business hours. Failure to be available may result in the discontinuation of this pay supplement.
An Out-of-Office Availability Addendum, PER-63, must be completed and approved each year, and should be attached to the employee's current contract. The provost or appropriate vice president must approve each Out-of-Office Availability Addendum, PER-63.
The provost or appropriate vice-president may discontinue an employee's pay supplement at any time.
.030 Additional Considerations
An employee who possesses a university funded cellular device for business purposes is not eligible for this pay supplement.
This pay supplement shall not be available to employees that are classified and/or non-exempt.
.040 Questions
Questions on the application and submission guidelines should be directed to the Division of Human Resources, Payroll and Employee Data, at 785 532-6277, or by email at hr@k-state.edu