Ohio University policy states that a student must be registered for at least half time status in order to be eligible to work as a student employee. The Student Financial Aid (SFA) office has begun to notify students and their Workforce approvers if they are not meeting the hour requirement.

As with every rule there will be exceptions.

1. If a student has graduated the previous quarter, they are eligible to work one quarter only following graduation.
2. If a student has completed their course work the previous quarter and has decided not to take any further course work during the current quarter and will also graduate at the end of the current quarter, they are eligible to work during the current quarter but not the following quarter.
3. If a student is graduating at the end of the current quarter and only needs to take less than half time number of hours to complete their course work, they are eligible to work during the current quarter but not the following quarter.
4. Graduate students taking one hour either thesis or dissertation (or course work designated as such) are considered exceptions.
5. To be eligible for summer employment, students must have attended the University spring quarter, be planning to enroll for the fall quarter, or be registered at least half-time for the summer.

Initially you will receive an email stating that the student is not meeting the hour requirement for employment purposes. Because our program is not able to identify the multiple exceptions to the rule, the student will need to reply to the email, stating their reason for not being registered for half time status. The SFA office will respond to the student as to whether their situation will be considered as an exception.

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