Eight days of sick leave time are allowed each year. Sick leave may accrue up to 130 days. During the first calendar year of employment, each employee will accrue 1 day of sick leave time per completed month, up to 8 days. Two days of personal time are also provided each year. The University provides protection for both short term and long term disabilities, free of cost to the employee.
Coverage is effective on the first day of the month following the employee's date of hire.
Payment is made by an insurance carrier and is offset by Social Security and payments from certain other sources. The LTD coverage also provides continued pension plan deposits in the event of an LTD occurrence which otherwise would have resulted in discontinued contributions to an einployee's pension account. The holiday schedule varies from twelve to fifteen holidays each year.