Comparing Full-time Nonexempt and Exempt Staff FLSA Classifications at UVU
Nonexempt
Exempt
40 hours
Minimum of 40 hours
Work Week
12:01 am Saturday to Midnight Friday
12:01 am Saturday to Midnight Friday
Pay Schedule
Salary Basis, Semi-Monthly
(24 pay dates per year)
Salary Basis, Semi-Monthly
(24 pay dates per year)
Either a) overtime pay of one and-one-half times
regular pay rate or 2) accrual of compensatory
time at a rate of one and one-half hours per hour
worked above 40 hours in one workweek
Not eligible
Report all time worked through TIMS
Do not report time worked
Report leave/exception time to the nearest
quarter hour through TIMS.
Report leave time to the nearest quarter hour
through TIMS.
1 hour at regular rate of pay plus 1 additional
hour at regular rate of pay for each hour worked
on a premium holiday
Receive equal time off at the mutual
convenience of the employee and the
employee’s supervisor
Leave Accrual
• 0–3 years of service - 1 day per month (8
hours)
• 4–6 years of service - 1.25 days per month (10
hours)
• 7–9 years of service - 1.5 days per month (12
hours)
• 10–13 years of service - 1.75 days per month
(14 hours)
• 14+ years of service - 2 days per month (16
hours)
• 0–3 years of service - 1.25 days per month
(10 hours)
• 4–6 years of service - 1.5 days per month (12
hours)
• 7–9 years of service - 1.75 days per month
(14 hours)
• 10 + years of service - 2 days per month (16
hours)
Retirement
100% UVU paid 401(a) Defined Contribution Plan
with a contribution rate of 14.2% (base salary).
Investment options through TIAA-CREF or
Fidelity Investments or both.*
100% UVU paid 401(a) Defined Contribution
Plan with a contribution rate of 14.2% (base
salary). Investment options through TIAA-CREF
or Fidelity Investments or both.*
Expected Work Time
Per week
Approved Overtime
Pay/Compensatory
Time Accrual for hours
worked above 40 hours
in one workweek
Reporting
Work Time
Reporting
Leave/Exception Time
(e.g., vacation, sick time, etc.)
Premium
Holiday Pay
(See UVU Policy 326 for specific
details on eligibility)
Health Insurance
Eligible for medical, dental and vision benefit
options as outlined in university policy and
procedure
Adjunct Teaching
Not eligible
Additional Overtime
Assignments across
divisions (excludes
adjunct teaching)
Requires prior authorization by the employee’s
immediate supervisor and the executive leaders
of both the employee and the division in which
the overtime work will be performed.
Eligible for medical, dental and vision benefit
options as outlined in university policy and
procedure
Eligible in accordance with university
guidelines/policy
Not eligible
*Prior to December 1, 2015, nonexempt employees were in enrolled in a Utah Retirement Systems defined benefit program. As
of December 1, 2015, new employees to UVU (exempt and nonexempt) with service credits in the Utah Retirement Systems
(URS) may elect to stay in the URS upon hire.