Re: Incidental work Lynette Arias 24 Jul 2012 16:48 EST

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Good morning/afternoon-
We're tightening up our Time and Effort reporting instructions, and we've c=
ome to the issue of better defining what we consider "incidental work".  I'=
ve reviewed many different university policies on line, and I find that the=
 definitions vary greatly (and many don't provide any definition at all).  =
Some seem to encompass faculty course overloads, as this is work paid by th=
e university but outside of regular faculty workload.  Some specify that th=
is is short-term, one time task-based assignments only, whether paid by the=
 university or by an external sponsor.  Some specify that this definition n=
ever applies to sponsored work, no matter what flavor of definition they've=
 chosen.  It's enough to make you feel like it's everything and nothing all=
 at once.

Here, we have many faculty who regularly teach the maximum allowed number o=
f overload courses per semester (2), as well as those who complete short-te=
rm task-based assignments that are in addition to normal teaching load (i.e=
. special curriculum development), and some from each category who would al=
so like to be paid to work on grants (summer or release only), all of which=
 makes our T&E reporting messy at best.

I would love to hear from any of you who have wrestled with this issue, and=
 what compromise you came to that passes audit (I won't pretend that I expe=
ct clear winners, in any case).

Thank you very much for your insights,
-Amy

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Director, Office of Sponsored Research
University of La Verne
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