Employees outside of California and Illinois: Employees outside of California and Illinois who terminate, voluntarily or involuntarily, before becoming eligible for sabbatical, will not be paid for any time which would have counted toward sabbatical eligibility. Employees who have reached their sabbatical eligibility date at the time of their termination will be paid out for their unused sabbatical time which has not been forfeited.
California, Colorado and Illinois Employees: California and Illinois employees who terminate, voluntarily or involuntarily, will receive payment for unused sabbatical time. Payment upon termination for unused sabbatical time up to 11 weeks will be on a pro-rated basis, using a calculation that looks to the next sabbatical eligibility date, i.e., only the eligible service completed towards the next sabbatical eligibility date is calculated for payout at termination. If the employee has not taken the eight-week sabbatical by end of the three-year window, the employee will not be allowed to take a sabbatical until his/her next eligibility date and will not accrue additional sabbatical time for payout at termination because they will have met their 11-week cap (8 weeks for the sabbatical + 3 weeks for the 3-year eligibility window). These are prospective calculations and used only if a terminating employee opted not to take a sabbatical; they are not earned wages and are subject to adjustment and recalculation for use.
Sabbatical Pay: Sabbatical pay will be paid at employees’ final rate of pay based on a calculation including base pay, scheduled overtime, shift differential, compressed workweek schedule premium, and geographic salary differential, as applicable.
All Employees: A manager may extend an employee’s termination date rather than pay out sabbatical only under limited circumstances. If the exception is granted, the employee will have to schedule their sabbatical through the normal process and the manager should process the termination with a date immediately after the last day of sabbatical. Termination dates will not be extended for employees who are impacted by a people movement action, who accept a CAP buyout, or who are terminated for policy violations.