The University is dedicated to helping you find balance between your work and personal life. Vacations and other types of leaves of absence provide time away to care for yourself or others.
For details about each of these leaves, including eligibility, check your employee group governance document and the administrative policies for leaves.
Vacation and Sick Time Off
Some reasons for using paid time off (for example, personal illness) can be covered by multiple sick and time away benefits you may receive. In such cases, you can choose which paid time off benefit to use.
You can request time away or view the balance and rate of accrual for your vacation and sick time benefits in MyU by clicking My Time.
More detailed instructions for requesting time off for hourly employees or those with no schedules can be found on the Human Resources Management System (HRMS) training website. You will need your internet ID and password to log in.
Learn more on the Vacation Paid Time Off and Sick Time Off pages.
Leaves of Absence
In order to support a healthy balance between your work and family life, the University provides a variety of both paid and unpaid leaves of absence to employees, including:
- Bereavement
- Court Appearance or Civic Duty Leaves
- Employee Development and Educational Activities
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Medical Leave
- Military Leave
- Minnesota Paid Leave
- Parental Leave
- Personal Leave
- Pregnancy and Parental Leave
- School Conference and Activity Leave
Leave of Absence Assistance
Certain types of extended leaves of absence are more complex to administer. To help guide employees through the process, the University now uses a case management approach to support employees, their families, and supervisors during an extended leave. Learn more on the Planning a Leave of Absence page.