Urge clerical and service staff to review vacation and holiday pay policies

As the end of the year approaches, help your clerical and service staff members to keep in mind the policies that affect their vacation and holiday pay.

The University's current vacation policy for regular clerical and service staff allows each staff member to carry forward up to 320 hours of accrued vacation into the 2011 calendar year, regardless of the number of years of their service and whether they are full- or part-time. Thus, any vacation time they have accrued exceeding 320 hours will be lost if not used before Friday, Dec. 31, 2010.

The policy states biweekly staff must factor in the hours they accrue during the year's last pay period up to the last day of the calendar year. Due to Dec. 30 and 31 being University holidays, only time taken off through Dec. 29 will come off the staff member's time balance prior to the end of the year.

Regular clerical and service staff members in layoff status for 30 days or less during the end-of-the-year holiday season will receive pay for University-designated holidays. The number of holidays at this time of year totals four. This year, those four days are:

Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010 Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010
Friday, Dec. 24, 2010 Friday, Dec. 31, 2010

Therefore, a staff member in layoff status for 30 days or less during the end-of-the-year holiday season should receive normal holiday pay for these four holidays.

Except for official retirees, all regular clerical and service staff members planning to separate from the University the day after a holiday must be physically at work for at least half a day the next working day after the holiday to receive pay for the holiday. Terminal vacation may not be used to �bridge� a holiday to receive pay for the holiday.

For more information about these policies, please contact Gayla Ruark by e-mail or by calling 49-46705.

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