Hours of absence are charged against accumulated absence leave, annual leave, or leave without pay. The hours missed must be reported to the Office of Human Resources and Affirmative Action on a University Leave Request Form. Employees are sent home a. If all employees are sent home by the University, they are given credit for all hours they were scheduled to work that day. A Leave Request Form is not required.
University is closed a.
An employee not scheduled to work is not given credit for the additional time off. However, if the President announces during the day that the employees may go home early that day due to inclement weather conditions, an employee on annual leave or absence leave is charged leave as scheduled. If a natural catastrophe occurs that requires prolonged complete or partial closing of the University, the policy of granting off-time without charging it against leave may be negated. B. Essential Personnel 1. Designated essential personnel are required to work during periods when the University is closed.