VCOM Faculty Handbook

Leave

Leave Reports Requests for leave must be made using the TimeClock Plus leave tracking system. TimeClock Plus may be accessed through the implanted icons on your VCOM-issued computer. TimeClock Plus will generate an email to notify the supervisor for review and approval/disapproval of the requested leave. It is the responsibility of the employee to notify Human Resources of any days missed by submitting accurate leave requests. Failure to submit leave requests and reports for time away from work is considered falsifying information and the employee is subject to dismissal. Annual Leave Annual leave is awarded as a block of time each July 1 in accordance with the new fiscal year. Full-time VCOM faculty, whose employment is based upon a forty-hour (or greater) work week, are eligible for a minimum of twenty paid working days of vacation annually. Full-time faculty whose employment is based on a thirty-two-hour work week are eligible for sixteen paid working days of vacation annually. All negotiations that may occur for an increased vacation are specified in the contract. Faculty must submit vacation requests online for approval by their supervisor. Adherence to the leave process will allow the Discipline or Department Chairs and Course Directors the ability to assess the leave as it relates to other obligations. As a matter of integrity and professional behavior, full time faculty must report all time they are absent from their duties and the reason they are absent from work using t the TimeClock Plus leave management system. Employees absent from work, without completing such documentation, are engaged in unprofessional behavior, and in some cases, unethical behavior (receiving pay for time not worked) and may result in dismissal. Faculty members who work greater than 10 years for the college may have an additional vacation day for each five years, awarded at the discretion of the Campus Dean and Provost.

Annual Leave Table for Full-time Teaching Faculty Full-time Status

Leave Days Earned Per Year

40 + hours per week 32 hours per week

20 days 16 days

Holidays VCOM observes standard holidays. The following days are currently observed as paid holidays for VCOM employees: Holiday Date Martin Luther King Jr. Day Third Monday of January Memorial Day Last Monday in May Independence Day July 4 th Labor Day 1 st Monday in September Thanksgiving Day 4 th Thursday in November Day After Thanksgiving Friday after Thanksgiving Winter Break December 24 th , 25 th , 31 st , and January 1 st Employee’s Birthday Floating Holiday

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