University of Nebraska Administration

University of Nebraska Policy on Vacation Leave

All regular employees of the University of Nebraska shall be granted vacation leave according to schedules in Sections 2.0 and 3.0.
1. Vacation leave shall accrue on a pay period basis, and an account of such leave earned and used shall be maintained and balanced annually.
2. Regular part-time employees shall earn vacation leave on a proportionate basis to their FTE.
3. The maximum amount of vacation leave which may be earned shall be two hundred eighty (280) hours. Employees who have a vacation leave balance that is in excess of 280 hours will not accrue additional vacation leave hours until their balance falls below the maximum of 280 hours.
4. The rate at which an employee accrues vacation leave shall be computed from the service date and adjusted by breaks in service if such break in service is less than three years.
5. Employees may be advanced vacation leave in an amount not to exceed a total of forty hours (40) (one work week), prorated for part-time employees. Employees shall reimburse the University for all used, unearned vacation leave upon separation.
Managerial-Professional Staff - Members of the Managerial-Professional staff shall earn twelve (12) workdays of vacation during each of the first two (2) years of employment, eighteen (18) workdays during the third through the fifth year of employment, and twenty-four (24) workdays during each year thereafter.

Office and Service Staff - Office and Service employees shall earn vacation according to the following schedule

Years of Employment	Hours per Month	Hours per Year	Days per Year	Hours per Day
1st through 5th year	8.00	96	12	0.26301
Beginning of 6th yr.	10.00	120	15	0.32877
Beginning of 7th yr.	10.67	128	16	0.35068
Beginning of 8th yr.	11.33	136	17	0.37260
Beginning of 9th yr.	12.00	144	18	0.39452
Beginning of 10th yr.	12.67	152	19	0.41644
Beginning of 11th yr.	13.33	160	20	0.43836
Beginning of 12th yr.	14.00	168	21	0.46027
Beginning of 13th yr.	14.67	176	22	0.48219
Beginning of 14th yr.	15.33	184	23	0.50411
Beginning of 15th yr.	16.00	192	24	0.52603
Beginning of 16th yr. and all following years	16.67	200	25	0.54795

Vacation Leave Use
1. Vacation leave shall be arranged to not interfere with the conduct of University business.
2. Unused vacation shall be paid when an employee separates. Upon death of an employee, his or her beneficiary shall be paid for any unused vacation leave of the employee.
3. If an employee's balance of floating holidays is in excess of 32 hours, the employee must first submit floating holiday absences to bring that balance to 32 hours or less prior to submitting vacation leave.
All regular employees who transfer from employment with the State government or the State colleges shall accrue vacation leave at a rate based on the hiring date with the organization from which they are transferring.
New senior members of the managerial-professional staff may be granted, upon employment, the right to earn vacation days at the rate of eighteen (18) work days or twenty-four (24) workdays per year at the discretion of the Chancellor or President where such exception is necessitated by the conditions in Sections 6.1 and 6.2.
1. Exceptions may be granted in order to continue such provisions to a staff member who has been eligible for the benefits of such provisions under a prior University employee category.
2. Exceptions maybe granted in order to recognize prior related work experience.
3. If eighteen (18) workdays of vacation are granted during the first year of employment, the employee shall earn twenty-four (24) vacation days beginning with the fourth year of employment.