Information for Supervisors of Student Workers
If you hire student workers you need to complete a Student Hire List for all students hired before they start working.
06/20/12
If you hire student workers you need to complete a Student Hire List for all students hired. This form (along with other Student payroll forms) can be found on the Business Office web page (listed below). You can download the excel format and fill it in on your computer or print the pdf format and write or type it. Please use letter size (8 1/2 X 11) paper. You can also find a supply of all forms in the Business Office.
Fill in the student worker’s name, student ID #, SU Box #, indicate new hire or rehire, start date and end date (usually the dates of the academic term), the hourly pay rate and the number of hours the student will be working. If the student starts at a time other than the beginning of the Academic term, please include the actual start date.
The form should be signed and dated by the Budget Officer of the account the student will be paid from and the account number must be listed on the form. There is also a line to authorize who will be signing the time sheets as supervisor. Turn in the completed form to the Business Office/Student Payroll before the student begins work. You may submit hire lists for a term at the end of the previous term if you know which students will be returning. Changes may be made in the new term.
Note: Student workers are not authorized to work until the students have completed their I-9 and W-4 documentation in the Business Office and the supervisor has turned in a Student Hire List.
Hours limitation:
The total hours an SU student may work in a calendar (not academic) year is limited to fewer than 1,000. The total number of hours per calendar year set by HR is 884 and begins on January 1st of each year. It is divided up by semester as follows: Spring-289, Summer-221, and Fall-374. If you need more information about how many hours a student worker has worked to date, please contact me.
Most student positions pay minimum wage – currently $7.25 per hour.
Students do not get paid for holidays unless they actually worked on that day. If they did not work that day and still want to get their usual hours in for the week, they can work on Sat and/or Sun or work more hours per day for the remaining days in the week to get their hours in. They are not limited to working 8 hrs per day, and we don’t pay overtime for working more than 8 hrs per day, but we do pay overtime for working more than 40 hours per week.
Students working at any time between academic semesters (summer and Holiday Break) must turn in separate time sheets from the Academic term, and must specify whether it is to be paid out of the summer or academic budget. Dates and hours worked must be specified on the time sheets.
Students or their supervisors are to turn in student time sheets before 10:00 a.m. on the Monday following the period ending date. A chart of period ending dates is also provided on the website. RA’s and other students who are required to begin work before the first day of class may start up to two weeks before classes start.
Student checks will go to the student’s S.U. Box on the Friday following the period ending date, and may be picked up after 10 am. Due dates for student time sheets are subject to change when necessary, normally this will be because of holidays. All payroll changes and notices will be posted on the Campus Notices.
Unsigned Time Sheets – Time sheets turned in late or unsigned will delay the receipt of the payroll check. If students or their supervisors are unable to sign the time sheets, they must contact me to make arrangements to sign the time sheet. It is the responsibility of the supervisor to verify the accuracy of their student worker’s time sheets.
If you or your student workers have any questions, please feel free to call or email me. Thank you for all your help.
Diana Taylor
S.U. Student Payroll
X-1931 taylord@southwestern.edu
Business Office Web Site: http://www.southwestern.edu/businessoffice/
