Family Illness Days for Non-exempt Personnel

for non-exempt members of the professional staff

Eligibility

Each full-time, non-exempt employee is eligible for up to three (3) days of paid leave per fiscal year, in the event he/she must care for an ill family member, and doing so prevents the staff member from coming to work. Non-exempt employees are those who complete time sheets.  

For purposes of this policy, eligible family members include the staff member's spouse or same-sex domestic partner, child, mother, father, step or foster parent, step or foster child, mother-in-law, and father-in-law.

Policy

Non-exempt employees are eligible for this benefit immediately upon appointment to a full-time position. Upon hire, a full-time employee may take up to 3 paid Family Illness Days by June 30. As of the July 1 following the date of hire, a full-time employee is eligible to use 3 paid Family Illness Days per fiscal year, in the event a bona-fide family illness keeps him/her from being able to work. Paid days will be prorated for those working less than 1,820 hours per fiscal year.  

Whenever possible, employees should arrange any necessary time off due to family illness in advance with their supervisor.

Family Illness Days may not be carried over from year to year, pay is not granted in lieu of using Family Illness Days, and there is no payment for unused Family Illness Days when employment terminates.

Please note: the Paid Sick Leave Policy for Professional Staff applies in the event an employee's illness prevents him/her from reporting to work. Please also see the Family & Medical Leave Policy if time away from work is necessary due to the employee's serious health condition, or to care for a parent, dependent child, or spouse with a serious health condition.