Personal Leave

Hourly support staff who are scheduled to work at least 50 percent time and who have completed six months of service at the Institute may use up to three days of their accrued sick time each year for absences associated with personal situations such as home repairs, or legal or financial business, that necessitate short-term absences. Support staff may also use all or part of their personal time for the illness of a family member, in addition to the 40 hours from their accrued Sick Time leave that they may use for family illness. For purposes of tracking the three days of personal leave, the year runs from the employee’s anniversary date.

Salaried Administrative and Sponsored Research staff are not eligible for personal leave. These staff should be allowed to use flex time or take paid vacation leave to address personal situations that may occasionally need to be handled during business hours. 

Please follow the following procedures when planning a personal day:

▪          Inform your supervisor that you will be out of the office (with advanced notice, when possible);

▪          If there are any work issues that will require attention in your absence, inform your supervisor and any relevant parties;

▪          Add your day off to the NA travel calendar using the format “Name-personal day.”

Information on personal leave can be found here.