Employees Can Change Sick Days for Vacation Time

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 1, 2010) – Through April 30, University of Kentucky employees may convert accrued temporary disability leave (TDL) to vacation leave (VL).

Any regular full-time staff employee who has an accrued TDL balance of 69 days or more may convert part of this balance to vacation leave at a conversion rate of three TDL days for one VL day. 

Employees with a perfect attendance record (between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2010) who convert 12 TDL days to four VL days will be granted a fifth vacation day at the time of conversion on May 1, 2010. Employees converting leave time in this manner must retain a balance of at least 66 days, or the prorated equivalent, of accrued TDL after conversion.

To convert temporary disability leave to vacation leave, employees should complete a Temporary Disability Leave conversion form by April 30 and submit it to HR Employee Relations no later than May 14 (see details below). The conversion form may be found here (or contact your supervisor for details): http://www.uky.edu/eForms/forms/templeave.pdf. Note: Vacation leave time granted through this conversion will be subject to loss 6/30/2011. 

The conversion form should be signed by the appropriate departmental official, with copies forwarded to the employee, the department’s file and the HR Employee Relations Office at, 213 Scovell Hall, 0064. Hospital employees must send their conversion forms (plus one copy) to the Hospital Payroll Department.  

For questions, please e-mail er@email.uky.edu or call (859) 257-8758.