This web page is referring to regular, on-campus employment (not OPT).

Per federal law [8 CFR 214.2(f)(9)(i)],

"…on-campus employment must either be performed on the school's premises, (including on-location commercial firms which provide services for students on campus, such as the school bookstore or cafeteria), or at an off-campus location that is educationally affiliated with the school." "Employment authorized under paragraph (f)(9)(i) must not exceed 20 hours a week while school is in session…"  Please note that, if your hiring department permits, you may work full-time during break periods.

WSU considers school to be in session from the first day of classes through the last day of finals week (except for specific break periods).

If permitted by your hiring department, you may work more than 20 hours per week during the following break periods:
1)  Winter Break (after the last day of finals for the fall semester until classes begin for the spring)
2)  Spring Break
3)  Summer Break (after the last day of finals for the spring semester until classes begin for the fall).  NOTE:  If summer is your first semester of enrollment in the U.S., you are required to enroll.  In addition, you are limited to working a maximum of 20 hours per week during the summer.
4)  WSU does NOT consider Fall Break to be a break period.  As such, you may only work 20 hours during the week of Fall Break.

NO!  You can only work a MAXIMUM of 20 hours per week.  If you only work 18 hours one week, you cannot work 22 hours the following week to have an average of 20 hours per week.  If you work only 18 hours in one week, you are not authorized to exceed 20 hours in any other week to make up for any lost hours of employment from previous weeks.

Your supervisor is NOT authorized to allow you to violate federal law by asking/requiring you to exceed 20 hours of employment per week when school is in-session.  You are responsible for maintaining your immigration status – not your supervisor.  You are responsible for ensuring you do not exceed 20 hours of employment per week when school is in session.  If your supervisor has questions about this requirement, he or she should contact International Student Services at iss@wichita.edu.

If you have CPT and are working on campus, you are still subject to a maximum of 20 hours of on-campus employment per week.  For example, you can work 10 hours on CPT and 10 hours of regular employment for a total of 20 hours – but you cannot exceed a total of 20 hours per week.  If you have CPT off-campus, however, you can work up to 20 hours on campus plus additional hours on CPT that are worked off campus.

No, federal law does not provide any exceptions for this regulation.

This is a SERIOUS violation and your SEVIS record will be terminated for unauthorized employment. Please note that you cannot apply for reinstatement if you were terminated for unauthorized employment.

YES!!!  If you have any weeks where you exceed 20 hours per week, International Student Services will know and be forced to take action.  For this reason, when classes are in session, it is extremely important that you never work more than 20 hours per week.