Time-Off Guidelines
The Commencement Committee acknowledges volunteers who help usher at the Cornell University Commencement Ceremony and provides volunteers with a confirmation for department supervisors to ensure that volunteers are appropriately recognized by the following arrangements:
All Nonexempt and Exempt staff who volunteer to usher during the University’s Commencement Ceremony will be granted complimentary time off equivalent to his/her standard work day. Volunteers should inform their immediate supervisors of their decision to volunteer.
All Commencement (Sunday) volunteers are expected to attend a Commencement usher orientation meeting on Thursday, May 22, at Statler Auditorium, 3:00-4:00 p.m. Time spent in this orientation meeting which cuts across scheduled work hours should be considered paid leave.
The complimentary time off should be scheduled so as not to disrupt normal work activities and must be approved by the volunteer’s immediate supervisor. This must be used by the end of the calendar year, December 31, 2008.
Nonexempt staff, using the complimentary time off, should enter "paid leave" in the time collection system for the day it is used. Detailed procedures on time collection will be provided to all Payroll Representatives.
Exempt staff should indicate this according to the procedure established within their department to track time off.
(If non-exempt employees are not assisting in an entirely voluntary capacity, then they must be paid for all hours worked during commencement functions, regardless of whether those hours fall outside their normal work schedules.)
If there are any questions, please contact Lauran Jacoby, 255-6894.
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Office of Commencement Events
B13 Day Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853
(607) 255-9541
Email: commencement@cornell.edu