General+Policies


 * General Policies for Work-Study **

** Reasons for Dismissal **
 * As with all jobs, attendance is required. You are required to notify your supervisor if you will be late or absent from a scheduled shift. The means of notification can include phone, voice mail, and email. ** Three tardies or no-shows without previous notification to your supervisor will be cause for termination of employment. **(If you are more than ten minutes late to your shift you will be considered tardy.) An email will be sent to you each time an offense has been entered on your library employment record.
 * If you know that you need a specific day or time off, you can also notify your supervisor in advance to request the time off. Schedule requests must be in by 8 a.m. Monday for the following week. Once the schedule is made, if you cannot work your scheduled shift, you must either find a replacement or switch hours with someone. The change must then be reported to your supervisor. **Failure to follow this procedure will be cause for termination.** This form is available in a folder in the circulation desk.
 * No student will be allowed to work when he/she is scheduled for a class. VIOLATION OF THIS RULE MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION. If class is cancelled or let out early, then you may get a signed Permission to Work Form from your professor or TA, explaining why you can work during this time. This form is available in a folder in the circulation desk.
 * Students are not expected to work during university breaks. Separate schedules are also made for finals week. Since this is a busy time for all students, you are only expected to work 6 hours during finals week. A blank schedule will be placed near the mailboxes with instructions. Students should feel free to work more than 6 hours during this time if they choose.
 * Conduct yourself in an appropriate manner.
 * Visitors are not encouraged while you are working. Please keep all personal conversations to a minimum of one minute. It is your responsibility to inform your friends of this policy. Telephone calls are not permitted. Persons asking for you by phone or at the Circulation Desk will be told that they may leave a message. Messages will be brought to you or left with your supervisor for you to pick up.
 * Telephone calls made from the library are discouraged. Social calls are not permitted. Personal telephone calls may only be made with the permission of a staff member and may only last one minute. Long distance phone calls are forbidden and may not be charged to the library.
 * Turn off cell phones and pagers upon entering the library. Vibrate mode is tolerable. It is never acceptable to use a cell phone or a pager in the Penn State Abington Library whether you are on or off the clock. Excessive text messaging is also forbidden while working.
 * Computer use is regulated, and there are a number of rules you need to follow when using the computers at work. Please follow the **Guidelines for Computer Use** in the Work-Study Manual.
 * Library staff is discouraged from giving out work schedules to the public. This confidentiality protects your privacy. Please respect your fellow workers' privacy, and do not give out any personal information to the public.
 * Leave your belongings on the coat rack behind the circulation desk. Taking your belongings or textbooks with you while shelving books is not acceptable.
 * Food and open drink containers are prohibited in the library except in the staff lounge area. Smoking is also prohibited in the library. Closed drink containers are permitted.
 * Dress appropriately. Please see the **Dress Code** on the following pages.
 * Headphones are not to be worn at the circulation desk. They are, however, permitted while shelving or shelf-reading.
 * The staff copier and printer are only allowed to be used when given permission by your supervisor.
 * If you work 4 or more hours at once, you are entitled to a 15-minute break.
 * If you are employed in other work-study positions on campus, you are required to inform your supervisor of the position, supervisor’s name, and their contact information.
 * Sleeping is, of course, never acceptable while on the clock. Studying is only allowed when all other tasks are completed. Using work time unwisely will be noticed as your work is frequently checked.
 * Falsifying work hours.
 * Patron privacy violations.
 * Theft of library materials, supplies, and patron belongings. This includes items in the Lost and Found.
 * Tardiness or failure to show up for scheduled shift.
 * Other reasons as deemed valid.

8/13/2008