When You Need to Get Away
Duke University Health System (DUHS) recognizes a staff member's need for
flexibility in scheduling personal time off to meet family needs and to balance
work and personal life. DUHS has created consistent policies for each facility for
Paid Time Off (PTO), and the policies on leaves of absence, voting time, and funeral
leave that support employees in scheduling time away from work.
- One system inclusive of Vacation, Sick, Holiday and Funeral Leave benefits.
- You may use time in short-term bank to arrange necessary time off.
- No set number of days.
Family Medical Leave (FMLA)
Consolidate FMLA, Maternity and Illness/Injury leaves. The first 7 days (56
hours) of either continuous or intermittent Family Medical Leave will be
deducted from the Short-Term Bank (STB). With continuous leave, the 7 days
are consecutively scheduled days. In intermittent leave, the first 7 days may or
may not occur as consecutively scheduled days. After the first 7 consecutive days you may
use hours in your Carry Over and/or Long-Term Banks (LTB). When the COB and LTB
are depleted, you will return to the hours remaining in your STB. Personal Leave
Consolidate Personal and Educational leaves. You may use STB to maintain salary.
You may use STB, LTB and COB for maternity or illness/injury event if you have less than 1 year service or less than 1250 hours worked in a 12 month period.
Military Leave
Eligible staff may use STB for Temporary training Duty and Pre-Induction Military Physical.
Voting Time
If you need time away from work to vote, you must schedule the absence from work using PTO or time off without pay. |
