Paid Leave

UAH provides various types of paid leave to regular full-time staff employees and 12 month faculty members. For detailed information, please refer to the Staff Handbook and/or the Faculty Handbook.

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Annual/Vacation Leave

It is the policy of the University to grant paid vacation leave to regular full-time staff employees and 12 month faculty members in recognition of their service and as a means of providing periods for rest and relaxation. Staff members earn vacation leave in proportion to their length of service as follows:

	Length of Continuous Full-Time Service	Annually	Bi-Weekly Pay Period
Non-Exempt Employees	Under 5 years	12 days	3.69 hours
	6-10 years	18 days	5.54 hours
	11+ years	21 days	6.46 hours
Exempt Employees	Under 5 years	13 days	4.00 hours
	6-10 years	19 days	5.85 hours
	11+ years	22 days	6.77 hours
Senior Administrative Employees and 12 Month Faculty		22 days	6.77 hours

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Other Paid Leave

Bereavement	Employees will receive a maximum of 3 workdays for bereavement leave upon the death of an immediate family member.
Holiday	Under current policy, the University recognizes 14 paid holidays per year . Click here for a calendar of University Holidays.
Maternity	Absences from work due to pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions are to be handled, as necessary, under the University’s policies for sick leave, vacation leave, FMLA, and medical leave. For more information, please review Chapter 3 of the Staff Handbook.
Military	Employees will receive full pay for the first 21 working days of absence in a calendar year for such purpose.
Personal	Employees will be granted 3 personal leave days on October 1st in lump sum each year. Personal leave can be used for emergency situations such as illness in the immediate family, adverse weather conditions, personal business, etc., with appropriate supervisory approval. There is a six month waiting period for new employees on the accrual of personal leave. On October 1st any remaining personal leave is rolled into the sick leave balance. Personal leave balances are reset each October 1st.
Sick	Eligible employees earn 9 days of sick leave per year which is accrued at a rate of 2.76 each bi-weekly pay period.