Leave Category 37 - Charter School
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
Full-time employees in pay status (75 hours each 2 week pay period) earn � a sick day each semi-monthly payroll so that over 24 semi-monthly payrolls you earn 12 sick days per year.   As always, 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.
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. 

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.