Mission: 

The mission of Culinary Services is to proactively ensure exceptional, customer focused services, proudly delivered by an engaged, dedicated team.

Culinary Services is committed to standing for Social Justice & Equity on the Ohio University campus. As a student employee of Culinary Services, you will be expected to adhere to the following core values - 

Actively contributes as a staff member of a department and division that upholds the framework of equity and social justice. Encourage both employees and patrons to view themselves as having the potential to make meaningful contributions and to be engaged in their communities. Advocate for awareness, understanding and the diversity and inclusion of all people in Culinary Services, programs and communication while providing a commitment to work effectively with students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds. Advocate for the educational and cultural benefits of providing diversity and inclusion in all areas of your position and department.

The Hiring Team:

Culinary's hiring team is responsible for assisting students through the employment and onboarding process. Culinary's hiring team of students are well versed in employment paperwork, labor laws, and payroll. It is their responsibility to track and manage students within each of their venues and to collect data about student employment within Culinary services across campus. 

Recruitment/OA Team:

The Recruitment/OA team works with both the hiring team and the student body of the OU Athens campus. This section of the team is responsible for advertising Culinary Services and managing the outreach events that Culinary Services is expected to be at. They also help to manage the hiring team by ensuring that everyone attends their scheduled shifts, handling payroll issue within the team, and manages team call-offs. 

Level 4: $14.00 per hour

• Student Leaders/Office Assistants/Hiring Managers/FoodPro Assistants*

Level 5: $14.75 per hour

• Student leaders/Office Assistants/Hiring Managers/FoodPro Assistants**

Level 6: $15.00 per hour

• Student Coordinators/Latitude 39 Cooks 

Level 7: $16.50 per hour

• Interns

*In-training 

**Who have completed/passed the Student Leader class 

Please note: Future updates to State and/or Federal law may necessitate pay changes at any time. Also, Ohio University may institute a pay freeze due to state budget conditions.

All student employees are strongly encouraged to sign up for direct deposit. Please note that depending on the date you start your job, you may not receive your first paycheck for four weeks. After the first paycheck has been received, you will receive your pay every other week. Please refer to the Payroll Calendar, which you may access at the top of this section.

Semester Raises & Promotional Opportunities

After working one semester, a student may earn a .20/hr raise. Students will continue earning raises until they graduate, as long as the qualifications to receive a raise are met. In order to be eligible for the raise, the student employee must meet all of the following requirements:

1.        Started work prior to the end of the fifth week of the semester

2.        Zero no call no shows

3.        No late call-offs

4.        Worked two or more shifts during finals week (Employees that work only one shift a week are exempt)

5.        No more than one strike per semester

6.        No safety violations

The venue manager has the final say on all raises and promotions.

If you have any disputes or concerns about your raise, they must be submitted to your supervisor within 4 weeks of the start of the semester.

Student employees who resign or do not sign up for hours the next semester will be rehired at the base rate of pay. However, students who participate in school related activities that might take them off campus for an extended period, such as: internships, study abroad, etc. will have their accrued raises carry over. For example: a student has worked three semesters and is earning $10.00/hr. at level 1 and leaves to study abroad. When the student returns, they will still earn $10.00/hr.

Summer Semester Pay Raises 

As a general guideline, students that work a minimum of 40 hours over the course of the two summer sessions will receive a $0.20 semester raise. It is the student's responsibility to inform their home venue that they have met this hour minimum. 

Students must be enrolled in classes at Ohio University or a local area secondary school during the normal academic year in order to meet Culinary Services’ employment requirements. 

• Undergraduate Student (Minimum - six credit hours)

• Graduate Student (Minimum – five credit hours)

• Hocking College Student (Minimum - six credit hours)

After a student graduates, they may continue to work based on the schedule outlined below (subject to change per Ohio University Human Resources):

• Fall Semester Graduates: last day of work will be the last day of Winter Break 

• Spring Semester Graduates: last day of work will be the end of 1st Summer Session 

• End of 1st Summer Session Graduates: last day of work will be end of 2nd Summer Session 

• End of 2nd Summer Session or end of full Summer Session Graduates: last day of work will be September 30. 

How to Log-In

Workforce is the online payroll system used to track hours worked. 

• NEVER EDIT OR APPROVE YOUR OWN TIME SHEET, AS THIS IS CONSIDERED FRAUD. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT MODIFYING YOUR OWN TIME SHEET THERE WILL BE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.

To view your hours you can go to workforce.ohio.edu or click the "Login to Check Hours" box above. 

• Continue to login by entering your OHIO ID and password associated with your account. 

• Under the "Time Entry" category box, select "Enter My Hours" 

• If prompted to select which venue you are working under, select and continue. 

• From here you are able to view two sheets. One being the first week of the pay period you are viewing, and the second displaying the second week included in that same pay period. 

• You can select which way you would like to view this screen within the top toolbar of workforce. There is the table view option, and also the list view option. Typically the easiest to read/understand is the list view option. 

• At the bottom of this page you are able to select "Pay Preview." This will display a smaller screen within the section. Listed within this screen you are able to see the rate at which you were paid per days worked, total hours added within the pay period, and the total paycheck you will be receiving before taxes are taken out. 

• If you feel as though there is an error within your time sheet or you realized you accidentally clocked in rather than out, please speak to your venue's Office & Payroll Coordinator or a management team member. 

Please remember to always come to work ready to clock in. This means being ready and in proper uniform before your shift is scheduled to start.

Hour Minimums:

As an Ohio University Culinary Services Employee:

• All culinary employees are required to work a minimum of 4 hours each week, and a total of 8 hours per each pay period.

As a Polo:

• All culinary employees that are classified as 'Polos,' including those on the hiring team, are required to work no less than 12 hours each week, or 24 hours each pay period. 

  • Hiring Coordinators are required to work no less than 16 hours each week, or 32 hours each pay period. 

• Each individual on the team is responsible for creating their own schedule that meets these requirements. If a individual calls off for their shift, without the use of their personal day and documentation is not provided, it is up to the individual to make up an additional shift so that minimum hours are met. 

  • Individuals that do not work the minimum polo hours within a week will receive a warning for the first offense, and a strike for each following offense.

Hour Maximums:

Hour Maximum (Fall & Spring Semesters):

• Student Employees & Student Leaders may work up to 25 hours per week 

• Student Coordinators & Interns may work up to 28 hours per week

• International students may work up to 20 hours per week

• If a student employee works multiple jobs at Ohio University, they must count the hours worked at the other job as part of the 25 hours per week maximum.

No student, per University policy, is allowed to exceed an average of 28 hours per week for the entire academic year. 

Hour Maximum (Summer):

• Student Employees & Student Leaders may work up to 35 hours per week 

• Student Coordinators & Interns may work up to 32 hours per week

• International students may work up to 36 hours per week (if students are enrolled in classes; students not enrolled in summer classes may work up to 28 hours)

  • Per ISSS guidance, international students are approved to work 36 hours at any point school is not in session (summer break, spring break, winter break, etc.). 

• If a student employee works multiple jobs at Ohio University, they must count the hours worked at the other job as part of the 35 hours per week maximum

Please note, students are not guaranteed to work their maximum number of hours during any academic or non-academic periods and will be scheduled based on operational needs. 

All student employees are asked to give Culinary Services a minimum two-week written notice before officially leaving their position. This ensures that the student will be eligible for rehire in the future and leave in good standing. Any student who resigns with less than three weeks left in the semester will not be eligible for rehire with Ohio University Culinary Services and will forfeit all raises earned. Failure to provide Culinary Services with the necessary two weeks’ notice (or two consecutive no-shows) will result in the final paycheck being paid at the minimum wage. 

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