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Policies and Procedures
Academic, Administrative, and Professional Staff

Sick Leave

Policies and regulations for absence from University duty due to illness for faculty, continuing lecturers, administrative staff, and professional staff are detailed in Executive Memorandum C-46 dated January 1, 1999.

Illness is defined as a staff member’s own illness, disabling injury, or pregnancy. This includes childbirth and complications of pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, and confined recovery therefrom, for the period during which the employee is unable to perform normal duties as determined by a health care provider. Employees may use up to 10 workdays of their paid sick leave in a fiscal year to care for an immediate family member with an injury or illness.

Salary payments during absences from University duty due to illness will be determined by the period of continuous service immediately preceding the date of illness according to Table 2.

Table 2: Sick-leave Allowance
Period of continuous service* to date of illness Maximum sick-leave allowance during a 12-month period
Less than one year Regular pay for two weeks†
One year and less than two Regular pay for one month; 75 percent for one additional month
Two years and less than three Regular pay for two months; 75 percent for two additional months
Three years or more Regular pay for three months; 75 percent for three additional months

 

* Continuous service terminates when an employee uses the maximum allowance of paid sick leave, upon resignation, retirement, or death. A new period of continuous service will begin when the individual returns from leave, returns to active service, or is rehired.

† Note: No waiting period is required before the two weeks may be paid. Total sick-leave allowance during the first year of employment is limited to two weeks.