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October 12, 2004
Hall director takes leave
With Heights hall director and expectant mother Jennifer Fueglein preparing to take a leave of absence, two interns will temporarily become half-time hall directors until Fueglein’s return, Residential Life Director Patti Klein said.
The two interns, members of St. Thomas’ Leadership and Student Affairs master’s program, will each be working 20 hours per week, Klein said. During that time, each intern will utilize Fueglein’s office, serving as part-time hall director. Unlike Fueglein, they will not live on campus.
Javier Gutierrez, assistant director of residential life, will become the residents’ night contact.
Gutierrez, who is also the apartment manager, lives across from the Heights in the Hamline apartments.
The interns will be paid on an hourly rate and will not receive medical or health benefits.
Fueglein said the transition will be rocky, but she will be aided by her RAs, CAs, and professional life staff, all of whom she described as “solid.”
According to Human Resources Director Dixie Lindsley, the university has three options during a staff absence.
“We can close ranks, use a student, or get a temp,” she said.
She added that the university has rarely used a temp service, and that she couldn’t remember the last time Hamline asked interns to fill a professional position.
When Fueglein will return is unsure, but she is allowed anywhere from six to eight weeks leave, and up to 12 weeks if she chooses to utilize her parental leave benefits. During that time, she will use her accrued sick-leave days and continue to receive a paycheck, because the university considers the leave a family or medical leave of absence.
The university doesn’t pay medical leave, unlike some other institutions, said Klein.
According to Lindsley, paying Fueglein without requiring her to use sick days would cost the university her normal pay rate.
Doctors require six weeks of time off after a natural birth, Lindsley said, while a cesarean section requires the new mother to take eight weeks off.
Posted by msveum at October 12, 2004 11:02 AM
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