Leave Category 30 - Professional
Staff Regular
The
leave category
that you are assigned to is determined by your position.
Leave Type
There
are different types of leave that employees may accrue or have
rolled over from previous years. The most common types are;
- Sick earned
post 1997 - This
is the current type of sick leave which accrues based on the rules in
the table below. This leave will only be used after all sick leave
accrued prior to 1984 is exhausted.
- Sick earned
1984-1997 bal only - This
type of sick leave is carried over from hours that were accrued between
January 1, 1984 and December 31, 1997. This type of leave can
no
longer be accrued and hours will only be deducted from this leave type
after exhausting the balances of any sick leave accrued post 1997 and
any sick leave accrued prior to 1984.
- Sick earned
pre 1984 bal only - This
type of sick leave is carried over from hours that were accrued prior
to January 1, 1984. This type of leave can no longer be accrued and any
sick leave taken will first be deducted from this leave type until all
accrued leave of this type is exhausted.
- Vacation
- This type of leave is used for personal time off in accordance with
University policies and procedures.
- Extended Sick
- Professional staff earn a one-time grant of extended sick leave of 20
sick leave days. The extended sick leave is for documented major
medical problems for the employee only. Physician's documentation and
approval from the Benefits staff in the Office of Human Resources is
required before an employee can use this leave. The extended sick leave
will be available for use after all other sick leave has been
exhausted. Any unused extended sick leave days carry over each fiscal
year. When these days are used, they do not accrue again.
Years of Service
For
some leave categories, vacation leave accrual rates differ based on the
employees years of service. Years of service is determined by
subtracting your Adjusted Service Date from the end date of the pay
period in which the leave is to be accrued.
Hours Accrued
If
you earn vacation, vacation leave is earned evenly throughout the year
per each pay period. Leave time accruals are no longer tied
to the
number of hours worked in each month. At the end of the year,
you earn
the same time as in the previous method. This change evens
out the
accrual process allowing for a consistent accrual rate to be used per
pay period. The vacation leave accrual is prorated
to your
continuing appointment percentage. If you have an 80%
appointment you
receive 80% of the accrual rate. Unused vacation may or may
not carry
over to the following year, please consult your union
contract. If you
are in a grant paid position, vacation should be used by the end of the
grant period.
Vacation and regular sick leave is earned based on hours paid each pay
period. Hours paid includes worked hours and while on paid
leave time
such as vacation, sick, jury duty etc. As always, employees
must be in a
pay status to accrue leave time. If you are in a non-paid
leave status or
have Dock pay earnings (Absent without pay) your leave accrual will be
reduced
during any pay period that you are not in pay status.
Full-time employees in pay status (75 hours each 2 week pay period)
earn ½ a
sick day each semi-monthly payroll so that over 24 semi-monthly
payrolls you
earn 12 sick days per year. The sick leave accrual
is prorated to
your appointment percentage. If you have an 80% appointment
you receive
80% of the accrual rate. Unused sick leave carries over to
the following
year and there is no limit to the amount of sick leave you may
accumulate.
If
you receive a one time grant of extended sick leave, your unused
extended sick leave balance is maintained in Banner. If you
have
already used this one time grant, your extended sick leave balance is
0. Unused extended sick leave is carried over at the end of a
fiscal
year until it is used in full.
Accrual
rates may be pro-rated depending on various factors such as
the
amount of hours worked (for bi-weekly employees), your
appointment
percentage (or FTE) and the amount of time that you were in pay status
during
the pay period. For more information, please refer to the Benefits -
Employee
Vacation & Sick Leave section of the SIUE Office of
Human Resources
website located here: http://www.siue.edu/humanresources/benefits/vac-sick.shtml
Maximum
Rollover
Leave records are viewed on June 30 of each year to ensure that
employees do
not exceed this limitation. Leave time in excess of the
Maximum Rollover (Max Rollover) is not carried forward into
the next
fiscal
year and cannot be used. This time is equal to two years worth
of leave
accrued at the current accrual rate.
| Leave
Type |
Years
of Service |
Hours
Accrued |
Max 2
Year Rollover |
| Extended
Sick |
0 |
150.00 |
0.00 |
| Sick
earned post 1997 |
0 |
3.75 |
NO LIMIT |
| Vacation |
0 |
3.13 |
150.24 |
| Vacation |
2 |
4.69 |
225.12 |
| Vacation |
5 |
7.82 |
375.36 |