Request for Leave
UFF-BOT
POLICY LEAVES
Purpose: To establish policy and procedures concerning employee leaves.
Policy:
- Requests for a Leave or Extension of Leave of One (1) Semester or More.
- For a leave of one (1) semester or more, an employee shall make a written request
not less than 120 days prior to the beginning of the proposed leave, if practicable. - For an extension of a leave of one (1) semester or more, an employee shall make a
written request not less than sixty (60) days before the end of the leave, if practicable. - The University shall approve or deny such request in writing not later than thirty (30)
days after receipt of the request. - An absence without approved leave or extension of leave shall subject the employee
to the provisions of Section 7 of the BOT-UFF Policy on Disciplinary Action and Job
Abandonment. - An employee’s request for use of leave for an event covered by the provisions of
the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 (Public Law 103-3) shall be submitted
and responded to in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of this Policy.
- For a leave of one (1) semester or more, an employee shall make a written request
- Return from Leave. An employee who returns from an approved leave of absence with or
without pay shall be returned to the same classification, unless the University and the
employee agree in writing to other terms and conditions. The return from FMLA leave shall
be in accordance with Section 6 of this Policy. - Accrual During Leave with Pay. An employee
shall accrue normal leave credits while on
compensated leave in full-pay status, or while participating in the sabbatical or professional
development programs. If an employee is on compensated leave in less than full-pay status for
other than sabbaticals or professional development programs, the employee shall accrue leave
in proportion to the pay status. - Tenure Credit During Periods of Leave. Semester(s) during which an employee
is on compensated
or uncompensated leave for more than twenty (20) days shall not be creditable for the purpose
of determining eligibility for tenure, except by mutual agreement of the employee and the
University. In deciding whether to credit such leave toward tenure eligibility, the President
or designee shall consider the duration of the leave, the relevance of the employee’s activities
while on such leave to the employee’s professional development and to the employee’s field of
employment, the benefits, if any, which accrue to the University by virtue of placing the
employee on such leave, and other appropriate factors.
Grievance chair: