Although classes continued to be held on Saturdays, the university moved to a five-day workweek in January 1964. Regular university office hours were set as 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday–Friday. Previously, UT offices had been open from 8:30 until noon on Saturday and closed at 4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday.
Effective September 5, 1967, the university adopted a uniform 40-hour workweek for full-time, nonacademic employees. The uniform workweek replaced a variety of schedules. Uniform workweek hours for the Knoxville campus were established as 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Monday–Friday, and 8:30 to noon on Saturday. Employees having to work on Saturdays worked four eight-hour days and two half days. Only executive offices and offices of deans and directors were to be open on Saturday, and notice was given that some of these offices would be closed in the summer months as well.