More information is available in the Employee Handbook.
Paid
Time Off Policy
Manchester
College offers comprehensive paid-time-off benefits in support of
the total employee: mind, body and spirit. Staff
members are encouraged to take their paid holidays and vacation
time; paid sick time should be used when necessary.
Note: Athletic interns do not qualify for paid time off.
Paid
Holidays
Manchester
College provides nine paid fixed holidays and three floating holidays
annually for regular, full-time staff. Additionally, each full-time
staff member may earn one floating wellness
holiday after participating in pre-approved, wellness-related activities.
Official
Manchester College holidays are as follows:
New Year's Day (usually January 1)
Good Friday (date varies)
Memorial Day (date varies)
Independence Day (usually July 4)
Thanksgiving (date varies)
The day after Thanksgiving (date varies)
Christmas Holiday (usually December 23)
Christmas Eve (usually December 24)
Christmas Day (usually December 25)
Three
Floating Holidays (employee's choice with advance approval)
Floating
wellness holiday (employee's choice with advance approval)
Holidays
recognized by other religious faiths may be substituted by employees
of that faith for those listed above. Staff members who elect to
recognize an alternate religious holiday schedule are required to
make those intentions known to their supervisors by December 31
of the preceding year or at the time of employment.
A maximum total of four religious holidays may be substituted in
lieu of Christmas (three days) and Good Friday (one day). In this
situation, the official college holiday will be taken off without
pay if other paid-time-off benefits (i.e., vacation or floating
holiday) have been exhausted.
Eligibility
and Accountability
The
following terms and conditions shall apply to all
eligible staff members:
Full-time, regular staff members are eligible
immediately for holiday pay upon hire. Part-time staff who work a minimum of 1040 hours per year, (average 20 hours per week) are eligible for holiday pay on a pro-rated basis if the holiday falls on a regularly schedule work day. Floating holidays are also pro-rated.
Floating
Wellness Holiday
The
Wellness Holiday encourages each staff member to become healthier,
which in turn, can collectively have a positive impact on health
insurance premiums for everyone. The annual Wellness Holiday is
a floating day off that can be taken any time after it is earned,
subject to prior approval from the employee's supervisor.
It
may be earned by each full-time staff member through participation
in various wellness activities that have point values assigned to
them. These activities include the yearly fall Wellness Extravaganza
and other options employees can tailor to their needs and interests.
The Wellness Holiday is earned by accruing a total of five wellness
points per year.
PAID
VACATION TIME
Vacation
is paid time off provided by Manchester College to full-time and
part-time staff members at the levels outlined below, following a 90-day orientation period for new hires. Employees receive 1/24 of their annual vacation amount each pay period up to one-and-one-half times their annual rate.
Non-Exempt
Staff
Regular
full-time hourly (non-exempt) staff scheduled to work 40 hours per
week for 12 months per year are granted vacation according to the
following schedule:
00-05
years of service 10 days per
year (80 hours)
06-15
years of service 15 days per
year (120 hours)
16
years and over 20 days
per year (160 hours)
- Year-round, part-time employees who are regularly scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week will receive vacation time on a prorated basis.
Exempt
Staff
Regular
full-time salaried (exempt) staff scheduled to work 12 months per
year are granted vacation according to the following schedule:
00-10
years of service
15 days per
year (120 hours)
11
years and over 20 days
per year (160 hours)
- Traveling
admissions counselors are eligible to receive 20 days of vacation
annually.
- Full-time,
partial-year employees will be granted paid vacation time on a
pro-rated basis.
New
staff members are eligible to use vacation following successful
completion of the 90-day new employee orientation period. Vacation will accrue during the orientation period.
PAID
SICK TIME
Manchester
College provides paid time off to regular full-time staff members when absent
from work due to illness, hospitalization, or medical disability.
More specifically, paid sick time may be taken for the following
reasons: Personal illness or injury that prohibits the employee
from performing the required duties of the job; contagious disease
that would constitute a health danger to others; illness or injury
in the employee's immediate family (spouse, children, step-children,
legally adopted children, siblings, parents, and spouse's parents)
that requires the employee's care; and medical/dental appointments
for the employee or the employee's parents or children that cannot
be scheduled outside of normal work hours.
Sick time is granted on September 1 of each year. All full-time, 12-month employees are granted 80 hours of sick time per year with 9- and 10- month employees prorated accordingly. Part-time, 12-month staff who work a minimum of 20 hours per week are granted sick time on a prorated basis as well. Sick time is cumulative to a maximum of 90 days or 720 hours for full-time, 12-month positions. (Less than full-time are prorated).
New employees are eligible to begin using sick time after successful completion of the 90-day orientation period.
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