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Leave & Holiday Policies

Below are summaries of the policies that apply to SHRA employees in regards to their leave, holidays and other forms of time off at UNC-Chapel Hill. Click on “Go to Policy” to read the full policy statement for each subject.

Management may approve the use of administrative absence leave for employees to participate in some State-related activities. In order for an event to be eligible for administrative absence leave, it must occur during the employee’s regular work schedule.
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The University of North Carolina must assure the delivery of critical services to its students, clients, customers, patients, and the general public during a variety of adverse weather and emergency events, and facilitate an orderly transition to more limited operations if conditions make that necessary. Recognizing the varied geographic locations and diversity of University facilities, this policy establishes broad guidelines for how operations may be affected during emergencies and establishes work expectations for employees.
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Bonus Leave is special Annual Leave provided to active, leave-eligible, permanent State employees specifically designated by the NC General Assembly on a specific date also designated.
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Civil Leave is a form of paid leave at the employee’s normal hourly rate to compensate employees for absences required due to jury duty or to subpoenas for court appearances.
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The University recognizes the importance of community involvement and encourages employees to participate in volunteer activities by providing flexibility in work schedules and paid leave opportunities. Community service leave (CSL) is a paid time off program to participate in the educational process of children through the high school level and to support other community service volunteer activities for non-profit organizations.
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An employee may request leave for certain educational courses. Leave with pay for short periods (one course) is available through the Educational Assistance Program. Departments may allow any employee (permanent, probationary, or trainee) extended leave to participate in job- or career-related study.
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The Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was adopted by Congress in 1993 to balance the demands of the workplace with the needs of employees and their families. The FMLA provides for twelve (12) work weeks of unpaid leave in any 12-month period for an eligible employee to use for the birth or adoption of a child, his/her own serious health condition or the serious health condition of a family member as described herein.
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The Federal government expanded the eligible events under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to include two provisions applicable to military families. The following is a brief summary of these provisions. Additional eligibility requirements may apply.
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Family Illness Leave is provided for an employee to care for the employee’s child, parent or spouse where that child, spouse or parent has a serious health condition. It is not provided for the employee’s illness.
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Each permanent SHRA employee is scheduled for the same number of holidays, listed in the University holiday schedule. Each permanent SHRA employee must either be scheduled off on the specified holiday and receive paid holiday or, if required to work on the holiday, receive holiday premium pay and equal time off as defined in the Policy.
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Leave without pay may be granted to an employee for various reasons, including family and medical leave, extended educational purposes, vacation, illness, workers’ compensation, military service, or personal reasons. At the end of the approved leave, the employee is reinstated to his/her prior position, or one of like seniority, status and pay.
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Leave shall be granted to eligible employees for certain periods of service in the uniformed services. No agent or employee of the State shall discriminate against any State employee or applicant for State employment because of their membership, application for membership, performance of service, application for service or obligation for service in the Uniformed Services.
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The purpose of this policy is to outline provisions covering the following human resource areas in case of a communicable disease or other serious public health threat that is declared by the public health officials to be a public health emergency.
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The same guidelines for sick leave apply to EHRA Non-Faculty employees as well as permanent SHRA employee with (including probationary, trainee, or time-limited appointments) regularly scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week.
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A permanent SHRA employee (including probationary, trainee, or time-limited appointments) regularly scheduled to work 20 hours or more each work week is eligible for vacation leave under the guidelines of this policy.
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Voluntary shared leave allows one employee to assist another employee in the case of a prolonged medical condition that exhausts the employee’s available leave and would otherwise force the employee to be placed in leave without pay status, resulting in a loss of income and benefits.