Twelve-month faculty and full-time core staff are eligible to accrue sick time beginning the first full calendar month following the successful completion of the Orientation Period, if applicable. Eligible employees who have accrued 60 sick days may not continue to accrue sick time. Nine-month faculty, part time core staff, term, temporary and/or seasonal employees are not eligible to accrue sick leave. 

 

Eligible employees of Cumberland University accrue one (1) day per calendar month, up to 60 days.

 

Sick time must be recorded through the ADP system and approved by the supervisor before the last pay in the pay period that the sick day was taken.  If for some reason the sick time was not entered in a timely fashion, it will be the supervisor’s responsibility to adjust the employee’s sick time through the ADP time and attendance module.   An employee that misses three consecutive days due to their illness or an illness of a dependent child will be required to provide documentation from the primary care provider.

 

 

In keeping with the purpose of sick leave, unused sick time is not paid as a terminating benefit of Cumberland University. In no case may accumulated sick leave days be converted to pay.

 

If the employee's sick leave is taken, in whole or in part, to care for a newborn or adopted child, a family member with a serious health condition, or as a result of the employee?s own serious health condition, the employee must follow the requirements set forth in the Family & Medical Leave policy. These requirements include prior notice of the need for leave, certification of a serious health condition, and the provision of a fitness for duty certificate in the event of the employee's own serious health condition. Where applicable, employees must exhaust their accrued sick leave as part of their annual Family & Medical Leave entitlement. Employees cannot elect unpaid Family & Medical Leave when vacation and sick leave have not been fully exhausted.