Department heads and supervisors may ask for a physician s statement as proof of illness or injury. Staff cannot borrow against future income protection earnings. When caring for family, staff should use the allowable 5-day period to arrange for further care, if necessary. Certain staff receive terminal pay for accrued income protection hours. Retirement on or after the 55th birthday, provided the employee meets the years of service required for terminal life insurance.
Eligible staff receive pay at the rates listed below.
Personal affairs allowance Staff may need to be away from work for reasons other than illness. Personal affairs time is an allowance. It does not provide extra days off from work. If staff need to be away from work because of personal business such as religious holidays, funerals, legal matters, and university class attendance, then they charge this time against income protection or vacation earnings in full-day increments . Charges to vacation earnings do not count against the amount of vacation staff can take in any calendar year.