Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
The following rule applies to all employees except those
employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement addressing this
topic.
(A) Eligibility and approval
(1) An eligible employee may be granted a
personal leave of absence without pay, subject to approval by the employee's
supervisor/manager/director.
(2) All
accrued vacation time must be used before a personal leave of absence without
pay may be approved.
(3) The
request for personal leave of absence shall only be granted by the
supervisor/manager/director when the interest of the employee and the
university would best be served by the granting of this
leave.
(B) Duration and
requests
(1) Personal leave of absence
without pay may be granted to an employee for any period of time not to exceed
one year.
(2) All requests for
personal leave without pay must be made in writing to the employee's
supervisor/manager/director.
(C) Continuation of benefits
(1) An employee does not accrue sick leave
(time) or vacation time during a personal leave of absence without
pay.
(2) An employee shall not
receive pay for holidays which fall within the period of the personal leave of
absence without pay.
(3) The
university shall not continue to contribute to health care, group life
insurance or long term disability, if applicable, during the period an employee
is on personal leave of absence without pay.
An employee receiving a personal leave of absence without pay
must make arrangements with the human resources department in order to continue
payments for applicable benefits during the period for which no salary is
paid.
(D)
Retirement plan contributions will be made pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the applicable pension system or plan.
(E) Return to position
(1) Upon completion of a personal leave of
absence without pay, the employee is to be returned to the position formerly
occupied unless the position has been abolished.
(2) Any person appointed to the position
while an employee is on personal leave of absence without pay is to be
appointed on a temporary basis.
(3)
If an employee fails to return to work at the expiration of an approved
personal leave of absence without pay and is notified by certified mail of the
failure to return at the appointed date, the employee is reported as "absent
without authorized leave" and subject to disciplinary action up to and
including termination of employment.
(F) In accordance with divisions (F)(1) and
(F)(2) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code, this
rule supersedes any portion of the Revised Code or Administrative Code covering
the same subject matter, including but not limited to section
124.386 of the Revised
Code.
