Regular attendance is a condition of employment. This results in a maximum earning of 96.2 hours in a calendar year. Appointed employees with full-time FTE equivalent, continuous hourly service in the same department or occupational unit for a minimum of two weeks are awarded, at time of appointment, earnings equivalent to appointed status up to a maximum of eight weeks' earnings.
Accruals are accumulative from year to year.
Transfers from academic appointments receive, at time of transfer, four hours for each month of academic appointment. Administrators may require confirmation of illness or injury through a licensed physician's statement, subject to the limitations set forth in section B.3 of this policy. If the probationary period is extended, accrued income protection credits can be used at the end of the initial probationary period. When income protection accruals are used, the exact number of hours including tenths of hours, are reported and subtracted from the accrued balance. There is no limit to the number of hours an employee may use to cover any period of personal illness or injury, but hours cannot be used in anticipation of their accumulation.