Paid or Unpaid Leave
Will I be paid or unpaid?
The university will require you to use sick leave for your own serious health condition, or a medical condition of a qualifying family member. After all sick leave has been exhausted, all vacation eligible employee groups must use vacation and/or personal time prior to taking unpaid leave (unless you are exercising the option to bank time – see CMU's Family and Medical Leave Policy for additional information).
**To estimate how much leave time you'll have available at the start of your leave, how it will be used and/or accrue while you are out, you can utilize the appropriate leave balance spreadsheet by clicking your employee group below:
- Broadcasting Hourly
- Broadcasting Salaried
- Lieutenants
- Administrative Office Assistants
- Police/Command Officers
- Police/Dispatchers
- Professional & Administrative Hourly
- Professional & Administrative Salaried
- Senior Officer
- Sergeants
- Service Maintenance
- Supervisory Technical
Wage continuation on unpaid leave
Serious and catastrophic leave
Serious and catastrophic leave banks have been established so that qualifying individuals who have exhausted all paid leave (sick, vacation, personal and accrued compensatory time) may apply for supplemental paid time off to attend to their own, or a family member's serious & catastrophic illness.
In order to be eligible to apply for Serious and Catastrophic Leave, you must:
- Be employed in a participating employee group.
- Have successfully completed twelve (12) months of employment and 1250 hours of service.
- Have exhausted all paid leave, including sick, vacation, personal and accrued compensatory time.
- Not have been formally disciplined during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding application for leave under the Serious and Catastrophic Leave Policy.
- Be on an approved medical leave of absence in accordance with the appropriate staff employment handbook or collective bargaining agreement due to your own or a family member's serious health condition, supported by qualifying adequate written medical documentation.
If you are receiving workers compensation benefits, income replacement through short-term disability, or long-term disability you are ineligible to receive paid sick leave through the Serious and Catastrophic Leave Bank.
See Serious and Catastrophic Leave (SCL) Bank Procedure/Guideline for more information.
Catastrophic leave bank application
Short-term disability
Short-term disability provides financial protection for you by paying a portion of your income while you are disabled (less than 6 months). The amount you receive is dependent on the income you earned before your disability began and the monthly benefit option you chose for the current benefit plan year. In some cases, you can receive disability payments, even if you work while you are disabled.
Short-term disability information
Long-term disability
Long-term disability provides financial protection for you by paying a portion of your income while you are disabled (more than 6 months). Upon approval from CMU's Disability Carrier, you will receive a monthly disability benefit check based on 67% of base salary at the time of your disability.