540.7 |
Inclement
Weather and Emergency Closings |
| P – 540.7 |
In the event of severe weather conditions
or other emergencies, the President may cancel classes and
close the campus for a partial or full day.
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| Pr – 540.7.1 |
In the case of an emergency closing after the
work day has begun, supervisors will notify all faculty and
staff as soon as possible. All employees will be released from
work except the following:
- Public Safety employees must be on duty as scheduled;
- Designated
Facilities employees must be on duty for snow removal;
and
- Child Development Center staffing will be maintained
at the appropriate ratio levels until the children
have been picked
up by the authorized parent or designee.
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| Pr – 540.7.2 |
In the event of inclement weather, the College
can be contacted for announcements at 636-922-8000, or on the
College Web site at http://www.stchas.edu.
The College will contact selected radio and television stations
by 5:30 a.m. for day
hours and no later than 5:00 p.m. for evening/night hours (if
bad weather develops during the day) but cannot control what
times the announcements will be aired.
Announcements will be made on KMOX Radio (1120 AM), KWRE
Radio (730 AM), KFAV Radio (99.9 FM), KSDK-TV (Channel 5),
KMOV-TV (Channel 4) and KTVI-TV (Channel 2).
The standard early-morning announcements that are made
are:
a. College Closed - This means all employees
are released from work from the time of the closure announcement
until
6:00 a.m. the next morning, except those employees listed
as exceptions in Pr – 540.7.1
b. Snow Schedule - This means that all
employees are
released from work until the announced time and regular
work schedules will continue through the remainder of the
day
and evening/night, except those employees listed as exceptions
in Pr – 540.7.1
Other emergency announcements will be made through the above
local media sources.
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| Pr – 540.7.3 |
In the case of faculty and staff working at
other designated work sites in surrounding communities, emergency
closings will be followed as designated by each individual
site and are not subject to the campus emergency closings.
The pay procedures listed in this policy apply to those employees
when their work sites deem an emergency closing. |
| Pr – 540.7.4 |
No loss of pay will occur for faculty and staff
when the College President has activated an emergency closing
of the campus. Likewise, any employee scheduled for paid time
off on a day of emergency closing, may revise their Employee
Absence Record form to reflect the actual number of hours the
College was open. This procedure does not apply to employees
on unpaid leaves of absence. |
| Pr – 540.7.5 |
Employees who are required to work during an
emergency closing will receive pay for the scheduled hours
they would have worked had the College not been closed. In
addition, they will be paid for any hours actually worked during
the time period the College is closed. |
| Pr – 540.7.6 |
When the College remains open and employees
do not report to work, arrive late, or leave early due to weather
conditions, vacation or personal time must be used or, with
supervisory approval, the employee may adjust the work schedule.
Employees with no available personal or vacation time will
be in an unpaid status. |
