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Additional Considerations for Students with Work-Study

Any position filled by a work-study recipient must have a current job description that includes the following:

• the name and address of the student's employer
• the purpose of the student's job
• the student's duties and responsibilities
• the job qualifications
• the job's wage rate or range
• the length of the student's employment (beginning and ending dates)
• the name of the student's supervisor

Any employer may be asked to produce the current job description during routine audits or for compliance evaluations. Time sheets and supporting documentation may also be requested at any time. Please have job descriptions and timesheet information verified and available.

Voluntary Services
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, prohibits employers (including schools) from accepting voluntary services from any paid employee. Any student employed under WS must be paid for all hours worked. They may not "volunteer" if an award is exhausted or the academic period ends.

Minimum Wage
The minimum wage rate for a student employed under the WS program is the current minimum wage rate required under Section 6(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Subminimum wage rates are not permissible. The State of Michigan minimum wage rate, effective October, 2006, is $6.95 per hour for the State of Michigan.

The WMU base wage for student employees is $7.15 per hour effective Summer I 2007.