Leave Category 90 - Civil Service
Reorganization
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
Vacation
and regular sick 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 accrual is still tied to the
years
of service and is based on your Adjusted Service Date.
You earn ½ a sick day each semi-monthly payroll, instead of one day
at the end of the month. In either method, you earn one day
per
month or 12 sick days per year.
Extended sick leave time is
still earned at the beginning of each fiscal year. Unused
time is
cleared out at the end of a fiscal year before the next fiscal year is
earned, the same as in the past.
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 Rollover |
Extended Sick |
N/A |
150.00 |
0.00 |
Sick earned post 1997 |
N/A |
3.75 |
NO LIMIT |
Vacation |
0 |
7.82 |
375.36 |
Vacation |
3 |
8.13 |
390.24 |
Vacation |
6 |
8.44 |
405.12 |
Vacation |
9 |
8.75 |
420.00 |