Who is required to participate in a mandatory furlough?
All MUSC employees in the area specified by the furlough must participate in a mandatory furlough regardless of classification or funding source. That includes all administrators, faculty members, employees working in classified and unclassified positions, employees working in research grant, time limited and other temporary or intermittent positions and all new hires in the affected area.
All benefits-eligible UA employees paid by state and locally allocated funds will participate with the exception of the following: student employees, graduate teaching and research assistants and associates, ancillary, postdoctoral scholars who serve under the conditions of Post Doctoral Service (UHAP Chapter 12, Conditions of Post Doctoral Service), employees on H1-B visa status, and clinical assistants (medical residents) are exempt from this process.
