Southern Polytechnic State University
Policy and Procedure Manual
P&P Number:  828.0
Original Date: February 1985
Previous Revisions: April 1997
Approved: July 1, 2002
 
Pay During Sick, Vacation, Holiday, and Administrative Leave

Contents This P&P includes the following main sections:
  • Background
  • SPSU policy guidelines
  • Pay during sick leave
  • Pay during vacation leave
  • Pay during holiday leave
  • Pay during administrative leave
  • Pay for all leaves

Background This P&P provides guidelines for the provision of pay during sick, vacation, holiday, and administrative pay for SPSU employees.  The term "employee" in this procedure refers to regular employees and not to temporary employees or student assistants.

SPSU Policy
Guidelines
  • Personnel who utilize time sheet forms for non-exempt employees will keep a record of hours worked on the time report forms. Other hours of authorized pay (not working hours) i.e., vacation (same as personal leave), sick leave, holiday and administrative leave will appear on the time sheet form by each day as they occur as other hours, along with the proper code indicator.
  • Personnel who do not use a time sheet form record their leave (vacation and sick leave) on the Employee Leave Request form.
  • Overtime pay or compensation time (1.5 time) for non-exempt employees will exist only when the total work hours, including scheduled holidays, exceed 40 hours. Overtime must be approved in advance by an administrative officer, or his/her designee, who reports directly to the president. All other time worked will be at the regular hourly pay basis.
  • Monthly-paid employees receive only their regular scheduled pay subject to vacation and sick leave accruals. 

Pay During Sick
Leave
  1. When a bi-weekly employee uses sick leave during a work week, returns to work during the same work week and is approved to work in excess of 40 hours as shown on the time card (sick leave plus work hours), the employee will be paid for these excess hours at his/her regular rate of pay.
  2. If an employee is on a full week, or more, of vacation leave and becomes sick, a doctor's certificate indicating the days sick will be needed to change from vacation leave to sick leave.
  3. If administrative leave is declared during an employee's sick leave period, the time off will be charged to administrative leave.
  4. If an employee is on sick leave and has utilized all accrued sick leave, the remainder of the sick leave taken will be charged to vacation leave. If all vacation accrued leave is utilized during the sick leave time, then a no-pay situation will exist.
  5. If a holiday occurs during a sick leave period, sick leave will not be charged, but holiday leave will be charged.

Pay During
Vacation Leave
  1. If vacation leave and work time are utilized during the same work week whereby the total hours exceed 40, the vacation leave will be reduced before paying overtime. Vacation is the property of the employee and can be utilized later.
  2. If a holiday occurs during a scheduled vacation period, vacation will not be charged for the holiday. The only exception to this procedure will be if the employee is not returning to the employment of Southern Polytechnic State University.
  3. If an employee is on vacation leave and administrative leave is declared by the university, administrative leave will be charged.

Pay During
Holiday Leave
If an employee is either scheduled to work on a holiday, or is approved to work on a holiday due to an emergency, and the combination of hours for holiday(s) and work exceeds 40 hours, the excess hours over 40 will be paid at the overtime rate of pay (assuming prior approval).

Pay During
Administrative
Leave
  1. The amount (number of hours) and time period of administrative leave to be taken will be determined by the president. If an employee could have lunch before coming to work after the expiration of the declared administrative leave, then no lunch time will be allowed except as vacation leave.
  2. Employees who work a portion, or all, of the declared administrative leave period will be allowed time off equal to the time worked, but not to exceed the administrative leave declared, at the discretion of their supervisor.
  3. When administrative leave is declared for a portion of the day, employees who are scheduled to work will be charged with vacation leave if they fail to report to work during the portion of the day not declared administrative leave.

Pay for all Leaves Pay, if any, for all leaves will be made during the regularly scheduled pay issue date as the leave occurs.