Exempt Employees

If you are classified as an exempt salaried employee, you will receive a salary which is intended to compensate you for all hours that you may work for Bethel University. This salary will be established at the time of hire or when you become classified as an exempt employee. While it may be subject to review and modification from time to time, such as during salary review times, the salary will be a predetermined amount that will not be subject to deductions for variations in the quantity or quality of the work you perform.

You will receive your full salary for any workweek in which work is performed. However, under federal law, your salary is subject to certain deductions. For example, absent contrary state law requirements, your salary can be reduced for the following reasons in a workweek in which work was performed:

• Full day absences for personal reasons, including vacation.
• Full day absences for sickness or disability, since we have a sick and safe leave policy and short-term disability insurance plan.
• Full day disciplinary suspensions for infractions of safety rules of major significance (including those that could cause serious harm to others).
• Family and Medical Leave absences (either full or partial day absences).
• To offset amounts received as payment for military pay. [See military leave policy for full details.]
• Unpaid disciplinary suspensions of one or more full days for significant infractions of major workplace conduct rules set forth in written policies.
• The first or last week of employment in the event you work less than a full week.

Your salary also may be reduced for certain types of deductions, such as: your portion of health, dental or life insurance premiums; state, federal or local taxes, social security; or voluntary contributions to a 401(k) or pension plan. In any workweek in which you performed any work, your salary will not be reduced for any of the following reasons:

• Your absence because the facility is closed on a scheduled work day.
• Absences for jury duty, attendance as a witness, or military leave in any week in which you have performed any work.
• Any other deductions prohibited by state or federal law.

Please note: You will be required to use accrued vacation, personal or other forms of paid time off for full or partial day absences for personal reasons, sickness or disability. Your salary will be reduced for full or partial day absences if you do not have accrued paid time off.