Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
The Fair Labor Standards Act is a federal law that governs the way SHRA employees are paid for work – either on an hourly or salaried basis. The FLSA divides positions into two groups based on the duties of their jobs – those that are Exempt from the act (salaried, do not earn overtime), and those that are Non-Exempt (hourly paid, earn overtime if worked). EHRA Non-Faculty employees are exempt and SHRA employees may be either exempt or non-exempt based on their duties.
Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)
Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) is a unit that indicates the workload of an employed person in a way that makes workloads comparable across various contexts. An FTE of 1.0 is equivalent to a full-time worker and represents a primary schedule of 40 hours per week, while an FTE of 0.5 signals half of a full workload.