E04.1 Policy for Faculty Extra Service Compensation and Summer Employment

This policy applies to all faculty who are classified by Human Resources as regular employees of the university.

Faculty are compensated for work performed in accordance with a contract and/or a plan of work. This document sets forth the policy for compensating faculty for work performed in addition to Faculty workload assignments as outlined in contracts and/or plans of work. Additional faculty employment policies can be found in E04.0

1. Compensation for Extra Service. The guidelines for extra service shall be consistent with the type of work performed, approved by the Office of the Provost and in accordance with the RIT Human Resources compensation guidelines. The compensation for extra service shall be in writing and mutually agreed upon by the faculty and their immediate supervisor. Such writing shall be in the form of an amendment to a contract or a modification to a plan of work and shall be specifically labeled as extra service. Extra service that is part of federally sponsored activities shall comply with applicable federal and/or state laws.

2. Compensation for Overload Teaching. Faculty shall receive additional compensation from RIT for overload teaching. Overload teaching is defined as any additional instruction beyond the approved contract and/or plan of work. The rate or amount of this additional compensation shall be approved by the Office of the Provost and in accordance with the RIT Human Resources compensation guidelines. This compensation shall be in writing and mutually agreed upon by the faculty and their immediate supervisor. Such writing shall be in the form of an amendment to a contract or a modification to a plan of work and shall be specifically labeled as overload teaching.

3. Additional Professional Activity. Faculty shall not receive compensation from RIT for additional professional activity. Additional professional activity includes any activity performed by faculty which is not extra service, overload teaching, or part of the faculty's plan of work. Additional professional activities are intended to enhance faculty's research and teaching capabilities or to provide public benefit to the community. Faculty shall be permitted scheduling flexibility for these additional professional activities, provided that it does not unreasonably interfere with faculty's ability to comply with the provisions of contracts and/or plans of work. All additional professional activities shall comply with RIT policy, including but not limited to, C4.0-Individual Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy, and E4.0 - Faculty Employment Policies.

4. Interdepartmental Assignments. Except for incidental short-term assignments, faculty compensation and benefits for interdepartmental assignments shall not be absorbed by faculty's home department. These costs shall be absorbed by the department making the assignment. 

5. Work Assignment outside Contract Period. Faculty shall receive additional compensation for work assignments outside their contract period. The guidelines for the rate or amount of this additional compensation shall be consistent with the type of work performed and in accordance with the RIT Human Resources compensation guidelines. This compensation shall be in writing and mutually agreed upon by the faculty and their immediate supervisor. Such writing shall be in the form of a separate contract or a modification to a plan of work and shall be specifically labeled as Work Assignment outside Contract Period.

Responsible Office:
Faculty Senate and Office of the Provost. Inquiries may be directed to fsenate@rit.edu or academicaffairs@rit.edu.

Effective Date:
Approved May 7, 1998

Policy History:
Edited September 2010
Edited October 2010
Revised January 10, 2013

Revisions approved October 8, 2024 - sections I and II