Our attendance, absence, late arrival, and early departure policies make our expectations for you as an employee as clear as possible. These policies define certain standards of professionalism and help us maintain that professionalism across a wide range of individual staff members. These policies hold us all to a standard that maintains the integrity of our department.

If you are late to a shift or if you leave early without permission, be advised that the receptionist will inform Katie Brown, even for those infractions that only involve a matter of minutes.

We ask receptionists to report these late arrivals or early departures so that we can hold each tutor to the same standards and work with anyone who may need to have their regular work shift permanently changed to start or end later.

👔 Schedule-change policies

(revised as of 9/13/25; note added 2/6/26)

• You must be present for your entire shift
• You must check in and out with the receptionists
• You must complete Writing Center-related work during the hours for which you are paid
• Hours entered in your timesheet should reflect any late arrivals or early departures. For instance, if you leave work 15 minutes early during a 1-hour shift, your timesheet should reflect that you worked for 0.75 hours
• Tutors may request schedule changes in advance (with more than 72 hours prior to the shift starting) as needed
• Making 3 or more last-minute (within 72 hours of your shift) changes to your schedule in any given quarter may result in a meeting with Katie to discuss your schedule
• Excessive requests for shift changes (beyond 4 per quarter) may result in progressive discipline
• Missed shifts, late arrivals, and early departures cannot be made up, though administrators will occasionally use Slack to advertise opportunities for additional hours

Note: regardless of whether a schedule change is requested prior to or within the 72-hour window, tutors are not permitted to schedule make-up hours in the event that they need to miss a shift except in very rare exceptions. If you have questions about this policy, please contact Katie Brown.

Writing Center staff who do not adhere to these policies may be placed on progressive discipline.

🕟 What to Do: Absent or Late