Attendance

Attendance is a critical factor in helping AUHS reach its educational goals. The hours of the University vary from 7am in the morning to 10 pm at night. At the beginning of your employment, and at the assignment of each quarter, your hours will be agreed upon. Once set, (with the occasional variance), the faculty member is expected to maintain consistent work hours. Faculty Office hours (schedule) are also expected to be posted outside the faculty member’s office door.

Erratic attendance and lateness are not acceptable in the classroom, clinical, meetings, daily arrival, or any other expected times. Calling in at the last-minute due to illness is unacceptable unless it is a true emergency. If one is unavoidably detained, one must notify their immediate supervisor, or in the case of being late to a class and unable to reach your supervisor, a University Official so that students may be notified of your situation. Notification of absence is expected to take place before your scheduled time where practical. If you are unable to reach your immediate supervisor you may call the HR Officer, 562-988-2278 ext. 2030,

Unacceptably high occurrences of tardiness or absences may be grounds for a written warning and possible termination.

AUHS views tardiness beyond your scheduled time as an occurrence. On the third occurrence within 90 days, your manager or supervisor may issue a verbal warning. Subsequent occurrences after a written warning may accompany an unpaid suspension or termination.

Members of the faculty are expected to report for work either to the AUHS campus, research site, or to their clinical lab sites during regular work hours. Regular work hours may vary depending on teaching schedules. For example, one schedule might be 8:00 am to 5:00 pm or 12 pm to 9:00 pm. Another might be 7:00 am to 4:00 pm for faculty whose clinical obligations begins at 7:00 am. At the beginning of the Quarter, each member of the faculty shall submit their planned weekly schedule for the Quarter to Student Affairs/Student Services Director with a copy to the Dean’s office. If a faculty member must be off campus for a professional activity (e.g. meeting with personnel at a clinical agency, giving a professional presentation, attending a meeting of a professional group, etc.), the “Faculty Absence From Campus Form” must be completed and submitted to the program’s administrative assistant, preferably no later than the business day prior to the absence which will be forwarded to HR.