IP 1.12 Faculty and Exempt Staff Leave

Leave for faculty/exempt staff members is accrued and may be used in accordance with BP 3-60.  Northeastern employees must submit a Leave Request Form through Access Northeastern and have their supervisor’s approval prior to taking leave.  Should an emergency situation make it impossible to submit a leave form before taking leave, employee must notify their supervisor at the time of the leave. A completed leave form must then be submitted the first day the employee returns to work.  It may be required for absences of Faculty who miss an entire scheduled day on-campus will be charged for eight (8.0) hours.  The State of Colorado Medical Certification form, completed by a health care provider, is required when the absence is more than three consecutive full working days or the use of sick leave shall be denied in accordance with statute.  The form may be required for absences less than three days.  This form is used for both personal and family conditions.

SP 3-60b A maximum of 16 hours per year of employee's sick leave may be granted to benefit-eligible Faculty for personal reasons (faculty personal leave). Faculty may carry over up to 16 hours of faculty personal leave from year to year. No more than 32 hours of faculty personal leave may be used in a any year and no more than 16 hours of faculty personal leave may be used in any week. 

In accordance with BP 3-60b, benefit eligible faculty members accrue 10 hours of sick per working month of their faculty contract.  The total annual accrual allowed will be credited to faculty at the beginning of the contract term. 

Other leave available to faculty/exempt staff as noted in BP 3-60 are:  jury leave, bereavement leave, military leave, Community and Parental Academic leave, and leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (must meet eligibility criteria for FMLA)

Note:  Employees within the scope of BP 3-60 may only use bereavement leave in the event of the death of a wife, husband, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law of the employee or the employee’s spouse, or a member of the immediate household.