Specialized Rate Honorarium Request

This form is to be completed by a faculty or staff member who is requesting to hire a student(s) at a special rate for a short-term production, special college event, or unstaffed service need for which the student has a specialized skill; or the student is being paid an honorarium for a specific onetime event that is independent of the Labor Program.

Requesting Faculty/Staff Name: _______________________________Department: ______________________________________

Check the type of payment being requested: Specialized Rate Honorarium

If Honorarium complete the following: Payment Amount ________________ Expected # of hours worked ________________

Please give a description of the specialized skills or professional talent that the student(s) will provide that meets the conditions described below for the Specialized Rate or Honorarium payment:

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Student(s):

Name:___________________________________________________________ B#_________________________________________

Approvals will granted based on the following criteria:

Specialized Rate Conditions: $10 an hour

Is reserved when a specialized set of skills are required to complete an essential task and the following conditions have been met:

Completion of the task is beyond the skills sets of the department’s student or staff workforce.
The service is not available through another department or program on campus.

If approved the hours worked must be recorded by the requesting supervisor and reported on the “Unrecorded Time and Adjustment Form”.

Honorarium Conditions:

In extremely rare cases an honorarium payment can be requested for a student that provides a service that is comparable to services provided by a talented professional and the service is normally not paid by the hour. (i.e. Talented musician providing entertainment for a special event hosted on campus). Approvals will be granted based on the following criteria:

The student’s Financial Aid package can tolerate such payment without detriment to the student or the college (requires Financial Aid review/approval).
The nature of the job is typically paid as honorarium payment (i.e. Entertainment, Keynote Speaker, etc.)
The job being performed is not the same in nature as one the student holds as their labor position. (i.e. A student’s labor position as a videographer for Media Services should not be asked to video a Theatre performance for an honorarium payment - this would fall under the regular rate or in some cases the specialized rate).

Text Box: Approved Not approved because ______________________________________________ Approved by: Labor Program Official ____________________________________________ Date: _______________ Student Financial Aid Official _________________________________________Date: _______________

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