POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Effective January 1, 2005
Sick Leave
See 
Academic Personnel Manual 390.60
- Postdoctoral Scholars – Employees are eligible for paid sick leave of up to 12 days per 12-month appointment. Postdoctoral Fellows and Paid Directs are also eligible for the same sick leave unless the extramural funding agency has different sick leave requirements. Postdoctoral Scholars with less than 12-month appointments are eligible for sick leave in proportion to the appointment period.
- Unused sick leave is to be carried forward to subsequent Postdoctoral Scholar appointments.
- Sick leave is not accrued and, therefore, cannot be tracked in the Payroll/Personnel System. Departments are responsible for maintaining records on sick leave eligibility and usage.
- The administration of Postdoctoral Scholar sick leave in tandem with Workers Compensation, family and medical leave, and short-term disability is awaiting written guidance from the Office of the President.
- If a Postdoctoral Scholar moves to an appointment that accrues sick leave, any unused sick leave cannot be carried forward to the new appointment.
Time Off
See Academic Personnel Manual 390.61
- Postdoctoral Scholars do not accrue vacation.
- Postdoctoral employees are expected to take time off each academic
year in the intersession and recess periods (which constitutes
about four weeks, excluding University holidays) between the beginning
of Fall Quarter and the end of Spring Quarter. If, however, the
Postdoctoral Scholar's training and research program involves work
during these periods, it is expected that the mentor will approve
equivalent time off at another mutually agreeable time.
Postdoctoral Fellows and Paid Directs are eligible to take time off under these same conditions unless the extramural funding agency contains provisions to the contrary. - Postdoctoral Scholars remain on pay status during intersession and recess periods or their alternatives.