Types of Leave

Randolph Community College values a work-life balance and offers a generous leave package in support of our mission. Our hope is to have our employees excel at work, be involved in the community and have a balanced home life. Randolph Community College offers leave in the following categories: vacation leave, sick leave, Family and Medical Leave (FMLA), civil leave, military leave, and voluntary shared leave.

Vacation leave for employees that are classified as Faculty is handled distinctively different from employees in other classifications. Faculty are given the time between academic terms as leave in lieu of accumulating vacation leave.

Eligible on-faculty employees can earn vacation and/or sick leave. Accrual of vacation hours are based on years of service.

Years of Service/Days Earn Annually

0 to 5 yrs./14 days   

5 but less than 10 yrs./17 days

10 but less than 15 yrs./20 days      

15 but less than 20 yrs./23 days       

20 yrs. or more/26 days

 

Years of Service/Hours Earned Monthly

0 to 5 yrs./9.33   

5 but less than 10 yrs./11.33

10 but less than 15 yrs./13.33  

15 but less than 20 yrs./15.33    

20 yrs. or more/17.33

 

All annual employees of the College earn sick leave.

Amount Earned - A full-time annual employee who is working or on paid leave for one-half or more of the regularly scheduled workdays in any month earns sick leave computed at the following rates:

  • Hours Earned Annually = 96 (12 days)
  • Hours Earned Monthly = 8

Employee Eligibility
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave time per year for family and medical needs. To be eligible for FMLA leave, an employee must have worked for the college

  • for a total of 12 months; and
  • for at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months immediately prior to the start of the FMLA leave

 

Civil Leave

  • Jury Duty
    When an annual employee serves on a jury, he/she is entitled to leave with pay for the period of absence required. The employee is entitled to regular compensation plus fees received for jury duty.
  • Court Attendance
    When an employee attends court in connection with official duties, no leave is required. Fees received as a witness while serving in an official capacity will be turned in to the College. (When an employee is required to attend court on a day that he/she would normally be off, the time is to be considered as working time and included in the total hours worked per week.)
  • When an annual employee is subpoenaed or directed by proper authority to appear as a witness, he/she will be granted civil leave with pay. Any fees received will be turned in to the College. The employee may use vacation rather than take civil leave with pay, in which case he/she may retain any fees received. Note: An employee who is a party (plaintiff or defendant) in court procedure is not considered as a "witness"; therefore, vacation leave must be used, or leave without pay, for purpose of attending court.

Military Leave

  • Annual employees who leave the service of the College to be inducted into the military forces of the United States or are called to federal active duty during time of war or national emergency will be placed on military leave without pay. Such leave will extend through a date not to exceed 90 days after relieved from military service or the end of the first enlistment. Upon application to the College within 90 days of the date of discharge, the employee will be entitled to reinstatement in the same position or one of like seniority status and pay.
  • Military leave with pay may be granted for up to 120 working hours (prorated for part-time, annual employees) during the Federal fiscal year, beginning October 1 and ending September 30, for any type of active military duty for members not on extended active duty. See FMLA (Military Leave) for Active Duty Leave or Service member Covered Leave policies

 

Purpose

An employee may donate leave, as outlined below, to an employee approved to receive voluntary shared leave because of a medical condition of the employee or of a member of the employee's immediate family that will require the employee's absence for a prolonged period.

Employee Eligibility

  • To be eligible to receive shared leave the recipient must be earning leave.
  • The medical condition must require the recipient employee's absence for at least 20 consecutive workdays. The President, or designee, may make an exception to the 20-day period if the recipient has had previous random absences for the same condition that has caused excessive absences, or if the employee has had a previous, but different, prolonged medical condition within the last twelve months.
  • The employee must apply for shared leave.
  • The employee must provide medical evidence to support the need.
  • If not an employee of the College, the recipient must be approved by the parent agency to participate in the program.
  • The employee must have exhausted all sick, vacation, and bonus leave.

Detailed information about each leave plan can be found in the Employee Handbook, Chapter 6.