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SECTION 313: ANNUAL LEAVE AND SICK LEAVE

SOURCE: NDSU President

1. ANNUAL LEAVE

   1.1

   All 12 month faculty shall be entitled to annual leave at the rate of 16 hours per month, 24 days per year.

   1.2

   Leave benefits are not granted to faculty on an academic year (9 or 10 month) contract. See Section 320 of this Manual.

   1.3

   Annual leave earned by a faculty member or other academic staff employee on a limited term 12 month appointment may not be carried forward by the employee to be used or paid for during the term of a subsequent 9 month appointment. The unused annual leave hours shall not be forfeited, but shall be reserved for use during a subsequent 12 month appointment or paid for at the time of the employee's eventual resignation or retirement from the University.

2. SICK LEAVE

   2.1

   Sick leave for full-time 12-month faculty accrues on the basis of one working day per month of service. Sick leave accumulation is unlimited.

   2.2

   Faculty on an academic year appointment are not entitled to sick leave within this definition. See Section 320 of this Manual.

   For general policies regarding annual and sick leave, see Sections 130 and 143.

HISTORY: July 1990, October 2007