The final pay period of the 2007 “calendar year” for leave purposes is pay period 12/19/07-1/1/08. As a result, all earned 2007 holiday and personal leave hours must be used on or before 1/1/08 or they will be lost. When planning on leave usage during the winter break (12/24/07 through 1/1/08) full time employees need to remember that they will be given three university holidays in addition to Christmas Day and New Year?s Day. They will therefore have to use their own earned leave for 12/28 and 12/31. As an example, if an employee begins the winter break with two holidays and one personal day in their leave balance, they will only be able to use two days during the winter break and will thus lose one day of leave.
The maximum amount of annual leave that full-time regular staff, librarians, and 12-month faculty may carry over from one “calendar year” to the next is 50 days (400.00 hours). The 50-day carry over will also be effective with the 12/19/07 – 1/1/08 pay period. Both annual leave earned and used during this pay period will be factored in prior to setting the balances back to the allowable maximum.
The maximum carry over of 400.00 hours is pro rated for part-time employees based on percent employed. For example, the maximum carry over for a 50% employee (0.50 FTE) is 200.00 hours, and for an 80% employee (0.80 FTE) is 320.00 hours.
Three personal leave days (pro rated for part time employees based on percent employed) will be added to regular staff, librarians, and 12-month faculty personal leave balances effective 1/2/08. Questions should be directed to Cheryl Harris (x4-6022, {charris@towson.edu}) or Dave Curtis (x4-6018, {dcurtis@towson.edu}).
