…oliday Schedule is published by the Office of Human Resources on the Leave & Holidays page of this website. The State provides 12 paid holidays each calendar year. The Office of State Personnel allows the University to modify its holiday schedule, provided that the total number of paid holidays for the calendar year is the same as other State agencies. Therefore, other Universities and other State agencies (including UNC Hospitals) may observe dif…

…ement is forfeited. For questions about leave, please contact the Benefits & Leave Administration by emailing leave@unc.edu or calling 919-962-3071.   Separating from UNC Returning to UNC Phased Retirement Transfer within University Transfer from Other State Agencies Transfer to Other State Agencies Death   Separating from the University Twelve-month faculty members do not have a payout of vacation, bonus or sick leave for twelve-month faculty mem…

…ve. For more information, see “Leave Charge Options” section of the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) policy.     Faculty Serious Illness Leave (FSIL) Eligible faculty may take FSIL for any qualifying family and medical leave reason: A serious health condition that prevents the employee from performing the essential functions of their job. Caring for their child or other dependent living in the household who has a serious health condition. Caring…

…have any questions about the holiday schedule, please contact the Benefits & Leave Administration Unit in the Office of Human Resources at 919-962-3071. UNC Health employees may follow a different holiday schedule than the University. Alternate Holiday Policy The University recognizes that not all employees share the same beliefs or celebrate the same holidays. As such, an employee can request to exchange the paid Spring Holiday (Good Friday) or W…

…bed holidays given to employees subject to the State Personnel Act. Annual Leave Basic Leave Policy A full-time employee in a covered position shall be entitled to 24 days of annual leave per calendar year. The amount of annual leave is adjusted proportionately for covered employees in part-time positions who work half-time or more. Leave shall be earned on a monthly basis. The monthly earnings amount is equal to one-twelfth of the annual rate for…

…scheduled for a period of leave (voluntary shared leave, Family & Medical Leave, leave without pay, etc.), and will not be able to use (or chooses not to use, if eligible) earned compensatory time off or other accrued paid time off due to expire during the absence, then all such paid time off must be paid out as its expiration date occurs. Note that the employee cannot use other available leave if s/he has any available PTO. See “Determining Time…

…leave without pay due to workers’ compensation will continue to earn sick leave. Leave Retention: Sick leave is accumulated indefinitely without maximum so long as the employee is a permanent SHRA employee. In addition, if an employee’s employment status is maintained through December 31 of a year, all vacation leave in excess of 240 hours must be converted to sick leave, effective January 1. Employees do not forfeit unused sick leave, except upo…

…ve. For more information, see “Leave Charge Options” section on the Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) policy. For more information, see the Faculty Serious Illness & Parental Leave webpage.     Nine-Month Faculty Nine-month faculty do not earn sick leave but may be eligible paid Faculty Serious Illness Leave (FSIL) or Faculty Parental Leave (FPL) if they request leave for a family and medical related reason. For more information see the Faculty Se…

…ary EHRA non-faculty position in which they are no longer eligible to earn leave, the leave must be paid out. Movement From EHRA Non-Faculty To 12-Month Faculty Position Employee may elect either transfer or payout of available annual and bonus leave up to permitted maximums. Movement From EHRA Non-Faculty To 9-Month Faculty Position Nine-month faculty positions are non-leave earning and not eligible to accrue or use annual or bonus leave. Therefo…