Time & Leave Benefits Summary – College Assistants 

Adjunct classroom teachers and teachers on multiple position assignments employed for a course may be excused for personal illness or personal emergencies, including religious observance, death in the immediate family or similar personal needs that cannot be postponed for a period of 1/15 of the total number of clock hours in the particular session or semester.

Request for such leave, where possible, must be made in advance, in writing. If it is not possible to make such a request in advance, the department chairperson should be informed as soon as possible. The reason provided must be satisfactory to the chairperson.

Effective August 25, 2006, adjunct classroom teachers, teachers on multiple position assignments employed for a course, non-teaching adjuncts, including full-time instructional staff on non-teaching multiple position assignments, and adjunct College Laboratory Technicians, including full-time instructional staff in adjunct college laboratory multiple position assignments may be excused for personal illness or personal emergencies, including religious observance, death in the immediate family or similar personal needs that cannot be postponed to a period of 1/15 of the number of clock hours in the particular session or semester.

Request for such leave, where possible, must be made in advance, in writing. If it is not possible to make such a request in advance, the department chairperson or supervisor should be informed as soon as possible. The reason provided must be satisfactory to the chairperson or supervisor.

Permanent instructional staff and Lecturers with a Certificate of Continuous Employment.

After six years of continuous full-time employment.

No.

Three types:

• A full year at full pay
• A half year at 80% pay
• A full year at 80% pay

Although very few full-pay awards are approved by the University

For the following purposes:

• For research (including study and related travel)
• For improvement of teaching
• For creative work in literature of the arts.

To serve the University for at least on year after the expiration of the leave and upon return to submit a written report outlining the work accomplished during the period of the leave to the Department Chair, Provost and President.

Sick leave and annual leave is accrued based on your title, years of service and date of appointment.

You are entitled to maintain an annual leave balance of 2 times your annual leave rate. For example, if you earn 15 days annual leave per year, your annual leave cap is 30 days. Any leave balance over that rate by August 31st is lost, unless your supervisor writes a justification and a schedule for using it.

For PSC-CUNY employees, The annual leave cap is 45 days, 50 days if you are excluded.  The annual leave balance in excess of 45 working days, excess of 50 days or personal accrual maximum, will be deducted from the employee's accrual balance on each December 31st, at the close of business unless they receive approval. See Memorandum of Agreement -Accrued Annual Leave Usage Extension.

Yes, you must complete an authorized request for annual leave form that can be obtained from your department or the Department of Human Resources. It should be requested 7 days in advance. Your supervisor approves annual leave based upon the needs of the department.

The number of unscheduled holidays you have depends upon your contract and the calendar year. 

Yes, if you are called for jury duty, you will receive your regular salary while serving, provided that you remit to the College an amount equal to what you are paid for jury duty.

No, meal breaks are not paid for.

No.

No.

Contact your timekeeper or fill out the Request for Leave Balance Form and submit to your timekeeper.

In the event that you are injured in the course of employment, the Public Safety Office should be notified immediately at ext. 8228. You, or a family member, should call Human Resources at ext. 8181 as soon as possible for forms and information. You must complete an incident report.