You have accepted a role that makes you double important at El Paso Community College. Below are important factors you must know.
College Work-study Guidelines
- Students must be enrolled for twelve semester hours to receive the maximum eligible award.
- Each student will be given a total number of working hours per semester which should average to fifteen hours worked per week.
- Your supervisor will monitor your work schedule.
- Always inform your supervisor if you are not able to attend work for any reason.
- Fall employment is effective as of starting dates on contract agreement.
- Spring employment begins no earlier than the first day of school. Please do not start before.
- The Federal Minimum Wage is $5.85 per hour.
- Workstudy students are not entitled to sick leave, paid vacation or paid holidays.
- In order to continue employment under the College Workstudy Program, students must be maintaining satisfactory academic progress as described in the El Paso Community College Catalog.
- Students who have been placed on Financial Aid suspension, or have attempted 150% or more than the required hours to complete their degree do not qualify for the college workstudy program.
NOTE: The Workstudy Program is not considered studying during working hours.
Time Sheets
- Time sheets are obtained from your department.
- The supervisor and student must sign a time sheet and provide an appropriate Payroll Account Number each month.
- Late time sheets, missing signatures, or missing account numbers may delay your pay an entire month.
- Each student is expected to complete the lower left-hand box of the time sheet so that you may be aware of how many hours are remaining.
- Do not exceed your awarded hours per semester.
- Each semester you will be given a new set of hours, therefore do not carry any remaining hours onto the following semester.
- Time sheets are due in the Payroll Office on the last working day of each month.
- We recommend that you make an additional copy of your time sheet so that you may be aware of how many hours are remaining.
- Payday is normally the 15th of every month.
- If the 15th falls on a Saturday or Sunday, your pay will be ready on the Friday before.
Monday and Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.