<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] job description</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> On 12/7/05 12:18 PM, "Jeff Tanner" <jtann= er@mozart.sc.edu> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> If it is like SC, there is no non-= exempt classification in a higher salary band you could squeeze the job resp= onsibilities into, even with the most imaginative language. </BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Jeff and Wim,     Yes, I can see where a particular situation would c= all for lobbying for exempt. 50% more annual leave, and the opportunity for = advancement in this case. We don’t have that artificial division betwe= en exempt and non-exempt at UNM. No difference in vacation time, and classif= ication levels apply to both exempt and non-exempt at the same time. My leve= l allows for a wide range of salary or hourly rate, up to, as I recall, $35/= hr. So I don’t have that as an obstacle. (They first advertised it at = several levels down, with a range of $7.50 - $12.50/hr. Funny, nobody applie= d). If my class had a cap I was approaching, I’d lobby to redefine the= job at a higher class (which might mean eliminating the job and recreating = it, with a full application process).     But in the Alabama/South Carolina case (and no doub= t others), it makes sense to redefine the job as more managerial and highfal= utin’. Alan’s and Jeff’s job description language is good = for that. If that means moving to exempt, I guess that’s a good thing.=     The point I wanted to make is that the Fair Labor S= tandards Act is there to protect the worker. It lays a number of requirement= s on the employer. Lots of employers try to screw their workers by classifyi= ng them as exempt (junior assistant managers in convenience stores and fast = food joints and Wal-Mart come to mind), forcing them to work unpaid overtime= . I’d just as soon be covered. As a result, for instance, my superviso= r forbids me to work on holidays unless it is an absolute emergency. Kind of= nice. I like that. Great concept: take time off! (Though it used to be nice= , when I was contract, to go in when nobody was around <g>). Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico </BODY> </HTML>