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Policy on Closings Due to Emergencies
REVISED
The following policy is provided in its entirety.
In case of inclement weather or other emergency situations, which require closing all or a portion of the College, the decision to close will be made by the President. When an announcement is made to close the College, those individuals designated as Essential Personnel, unless otherwise notified by the appropriate administrative area supervisor, must work their scheduled tour of duty despite weather conditions or class cancellations.
Announcements of College closings, delayed openings, early closings, or class cancellations will be available immediately at 978-542-6000 and at www.salemstate.edu.
Notification will also be made on the following radio/television stations.
Please note: It will take time for these stations to air the announcements.
- WRKO (AM 680)
- WBZ (AM 1030)
- WBOQ (FM 104.9)
- WHDH-TV (Channel 7)
- WCVB-TV (Channel 5)
- WBZ-TV (Channel 4)
- WLVI-TV (Channel 56)
- WFXT-TV (FOX25)
Students and employees who normally park on city streets are advised that, during certain circumstances, the City of Salem may post a parking ban when the College is open. During these times, these individuals should seek parking in College lots. See the Snow Guide [PDF 28KB] for parking details.
This policy includes delayed openings, early closings, and cancellations when non-essential personnel are excused with pay. When circumstances require a delayed opening, the earliest delayed opening will be at 11:00 am., and classes will resume at the next scheduled class period. Essential Personnel must report to work at their regular reporting time or earlier if required by their appropriate administrative area supervisor; all other employees report to work at the time of re-opening.
Essential Personnel, who will be required to work during a particular emergency, will be designated by Area Heads/Designees. These employees may include snow removal crews and personnel responsible for facilities, grounds, telecommunications, campus police, computer services and the Horace Mann School. It will be the responsibility of their appropriate administrative area supervisor or designee to determine if essential personnel in these areas must report to work prior to the regularly scheduled tour of duty.
Classified staff members who work as Essential Personnel will be awarded compensatory time based on actual number of hours worked during the normal work hours in addition to the day's pay. An employee working at a rate greater than straight time shall not be eligible for compensatory time. Essential Personnel who DO NOT report during their shift will lose a day's pay and will not be eligible for compensatory time.
Administrators who work as Essential Personnel will have this time considered as a peak period for purposes of flexible scheduling. Administrators who are not designated as Essential Personnel who continue to work because they are not in an area which is affected by a Declaration Condition of Emergency, or because they voluntarily reported to work or remained at work, shall not be entitled to flexible scheduling.
Any employee who is not at work due to authorized vacation, sick, personal, bereavement, or other leave will NOT be granted excused time in place of that leave.
There may be occasions during inclement weather or other emergency situations when the College is open. If the College is open, all employees are expected to report to work or notify their appropriate area supervisor that they are requesting to use available leave.
revised December 2006
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