The following apply only to faculty on nine-month contracts.  For calendar year appointments, the provisions of the University Personnel Manual on sick leave and vacation pertain.           

            Accumulation of sick days will begin with the most recent employment date.  Faculty accrues nine sick days per contractual year. For faculty hired before 1991, six days per year of past employment will be credited to the faculty member’s record, up to a maximum of ninety days.  Sick days may be used in cases of pregnancy, illness of the employee or member of the family, medical appointments, or days missed on account of inclement weather.  Faculty will use a sick day for each day during which they miss either classes or office hours or a required University activity.

            At the end of the fiscal year, unused sick days may be accumulated, up to a total of ninety days. This accumulation of days may be used in the event of a long-term illness, serious injury, surgery, pregnancy, etc., and applied toward the 90-day elimination period provided by the University’s long-term disability policy. Faculty who leave the University will forfeit unused sick time.

            Faculty must record and report used sick days each month on a Report Form available in the Business Office. Failure to submit the form results in the loss of accrued sick days for the reporting period.

            If a faculty member must be absent from a class due to illness, he/she must notify the division chair or the Registrar so that provision may be made for sending timely notification and instructions to the class.