Paid Leave

Human Resources

2008 Holiday Schedule

2008 Holiday Schedule - (PDF Document: free reader available from Adobe.com)

1. Regular full-time Exempt employees and 12 month faculty earn 22 days of annual leave for each full year during the 1st through the end of the 19th years of service. Beginning with the 20th year of service annual leave shall be earned at the rate of 25 days per year. Regular part-time administrative personnel working 50% or more will earn annual leave on a pro-rated basis.
2. B. Regular Non-Exempt Employees -- Annual leave for regular full-time non-exempt employees will be earned according to the following schedule. (Regular part-time non-exempt employees working 50% or more will earn annual leave on a pro-rated basis.)

1. From the first through the end of the 4th year of service, employees will earn annual leave at the rate of 10 days for each full year.
2. Starting with the 5th year of service through the completion of the end of the 9th year of service, employees will earn annual leave at the rate of 15 working days for each full year.
3. Starting with the 10th year of service through the completion of the 19th year of service, employees will earn annual leave at the rate of 20 working days for each full year.
4. Starting with the 20th year of service and thereafter, employees will earn annual leave at the rate of 25 working days for each full year.

Annual leave with pay shall be available only to the extent earned, provided that the dates of such leave have been approved in advance by the employee's department head. A maximum of 50 work days of annual leave may be carried into a new calendar year by all regular full-time employees; this maximum will be pro-rated for part-time employees working 50% or more.

All full-time regular exempt, regular 12 month faculty and nonexempt employees shall receive three days (not to exceed 24 hours) of personal leave in each calendar year. Part-time regular employees working 50% or more shall receive personal leave on a pro-rated basis. Personal leave must be used by the first pay period following the calendar year in which it was granted.

Employees are eligible to earn 11 holidays per year, or 12 holidays during a year of general or congressional elections, and any other special observance as required by the legislature and Governor. Part-time employees who are employed on at least a 50% full-time basis shall earn holiday leave on a pro-rated basis. All employees must be in a paid employment status on the calendar date that the holiday is earned in order to be eligible for holiday pay when the holiday is observed. Holiday leave is used according to the annual calendar published by the University.

Sick Leave

Full-time regular employees earn 15 days of sick leave per calendar year. Part-time regular employees who are employed on at least a 50% full-time basis shall earn sick leave on a pro-rated basis. Sick leave is accumulated and carried forward from year to year without limit.