Employees working full time, other than temporary employees, shall be entitled to vacation at the rate of one and one-fourth (1-1/4) working days per month for each of the first five years of employment, one and one-half (1-1/2) working days per month for each of the next five years of employment, and one and three-fourths (1-3/4) working days per month for each year after the completion of ten years of continuous service. Employees, other than temporary employees, working one-half time or more but less than full time shall earn and accrue vacation time in an equivalent ratio to their percentage of time employed.

Earned vacation may be accrued up to a maximum of 45 working days and employees shall be compensated for all accrued vacation time upon termination of service from the University System of Georgia for any reason. Such compensation shall be based on information from institutional vacation leave records. A terminating employee shall not accrue vacation leave after the last working day of his or her employment.

Earned vacation shall be taken at times mutually acceptable to the employee and his or her immediate supervisor.

Temporary employees, including student assistants, and regular employees working less than one-half time do not earn or accrue vacation time.

NOTE: Refer to procedures for payment of vacation leave and the relationship to holidays, sick, and administrative leave.