Introduction to Attendance

Introduction

Date of Last Review 5/3/07
SME: Director of Personnel Systems Management

This section provides information about:

Attendance expectations, policies, processes

Consequences of deviation

Rewards for compliance

Audience

All classified UTHCPC employees must follow the attendance and punctuality guidelines established in this section.

Policy

UTHCPC employees must:

Demonstrate regular and punctual attendance

Work assigned hours

Reason: UTHCPC must maintain an adequate staffing level to meet the needs of the facility and to provide quality patient care, education, research, and services to the community.

Expectations

UTHCPC has the following expectations for attendance:

Employees must be at their work stations, ready to work, at their scheduled start time.

Employees must notify their immediate supervisor promptly if they are unable to report to work at their scheduled start time.

Definitions

This table lists definitions for terms used in this section and/or relating to this section:

Term	Definition
Exempt employees/status	Classified regular, temporary, or casual position that is not subject to the overtime or compensatory time requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Non-exempt employees/status	Classified regular, temporary, or casual position that is subject to the overtime or compensatory requirements of the FLSA
Punch detail report	Detailed time and attendance report that shows the employee's record of time clock punches
Time and attendance request form	Form to use for the following issues: Time clock Leave time requests Overtime requests

Department types

This table defines the types of departments in UTHCPC:

Responsibilities

This table lists the responsibilities that various personnel have for maintaining adequate staffing levels:

Personnel	Responsibilities
Administration	Ensure that supervisors: Are aware of the attendance policies Administer the attendance policies in a fair and consistent manner
Supervisors	Educate staff of attendance policies Administer attendance policies Reply to employees regarding time and attendance requests as soon as possible
Employees	Be present and ready for work at scheduled times Comply with schedule's start and end times Adhere to meal and break periods

Related standards

The Joint Commission Human Resources Standards

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