Other Leaves

Follow the ‘Requesting Personal Leave' quick references and select ‘Bereavement’ from the drop down. Please review the policy for further details.

• Immediate relative: Up to five (5) workdays of paid bereavement leave over six (6) consecutive calendar months for the death of the employee's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, great grandparent, grandchild, sibling, and corresponding in-law or step-relative, and corresponding step-relative of the employee's spouse.
• Relative living in employee’s home: Up to five (5) workdays of paid bereavement leave over six (6) consecutive calendar months for the death of the employee's uncle, great uncle, aunt, great aunt, niece, great niece, nephew, great nephew, cousin, and corresponding relative of the employee's spouse, if the relative lived in the employee's home.
• Relative: Up to one (1) workday of paid bereavement leave for the death of the employee's uncle, great uncle, aunt, great aunt, niece, great niece, nephew, great nephew, cousin, and corresponding relative of the employee's spouse, if the relative did not live in the employee's home.
• Fellow employee: Up to one (1) workday of paid leave to attend the funeral of a fellow employee, subject to the staffing needs of the employee's department as determined by the head of the department.

Employees in positions classified as Faculty, Executive, Management, Professional, Continuing Lecturer, Postdoctoral Researcher, Clinical Intern, Clinical Resident, and Operation/Technical are eligible for paid personal business leave upon their first day of employment. The purpose of this leave is to permit employees to conduct personal business during their regularly scheduled work time.

Employees may take up to three workdays (i.e., 24 hours) of paid personal business leave without loss of benefits each fiscal year. Unused paid personal business leave does not carry forward from one fiscal year to the next.

Follow the ‘Requesting Personal Leave' quick references and select ‘Personal Business Day’ from the drop down.

Paid Leave

The University grants unlimited leave with pay to allow employees to fulfill their civic responsibility when subpoenaed for jury duty or court witness duty. Follow the ‘Requesting Personal Leave' quick references and select ‘Other leave with Pay’ from the drop down and type Jury Duty or Court Witness in comments.

Up to 15 Calendar Days (Paid Leave)

The University grants up to 15 workdays of paid leave per year to allow employees to fulfill their responsibility when ordered to report for military duty. Follow the ‘Requesting Personal Leave' quick references and select ‘Military Paid’ from the drop down.