Vacation
Vacation is an accrued benefit which provides time off with pay with management pre-approval. Vacation is accrued following completion of a qualifying month of service. A qualifying month of service consists of 11 days or more of pay in a pay period for full-time and part-time employees. Accruals earned after 11 days of pay cannot be used until the first day of the following pay period. For intermittent employees, a qualifying month of service consists of 160 hours.
The amount of accrual is based on the employee's time base, i.e. full-time = full rate; part-time = pro-rata; intermittent = full-time rate after a month of qualifying service.
Schedule of vacation rate increases (Based on full time)
| Length of Service | Monthly Allowance (in hours) | Annual Allowance (in days) |
|---|---|---|
| 1-36 months (3 years) | 6.67 | 10 |
| 37-72 months (6 years) | 10 | 15 |
| 73-120 months (10 years) | 11.33 | 17 |
| 121-180 months (15 years) | 12.67 | 19 |
| 181-240 months (20 years) | 14 | 21 |
| 241-300 months (25 years) | 15.33 | 23 |
| 301 months and over | 16 | 24 |
| Flat rate | 16 | 24 |
To be eligible to use vacation, an employee must be in active status (not on Leave Without Pay or working a 10/12 month or 11/12 month off schedule). Vacation may be used in increments of 1/2 hour (nonexempt only).
All employees eligible to earn vacation (represented and non-represented) may accumulate unused vacation hours provided that, on December 31; the following limits are not exceeded:
Vacation maximums group length of service vacation maximum (in hours)
| Group | Length of Service | Vacation Maximum (in hours) |
|---|---|---|
| R01, R06, R08 | 10 years or less | 272 |
| R01, R06, R08 | More than 10 years | 384 |
| R02, R03, R04, R05, R07, & R09 | 10 years or less | 320 |
| R02, R03, R04, R05, R07, & R09 | More than 10 years | 440 |
| Confidential | 10 years or less | 384 |
| Confidential | More than 10 years | 440 |
| Management | 10 years or less | 384 |
| Management | More than 10 years | 440 |
| President | Regardless of service | 480 |
| Other non-represented | Contact Payroll Services |
Upon separation from state service, employees are entitled to a lump-sum vacation payment. Employees who move to an academic-year position or to a position in which vacation credits are neither accrued nor used are entitled to receive a lump-sum payment for the balance at the time of the appointment to the other position. Employees leaving CSU to go to another state agency in which vacation credits are accrued and used differently are entitled to receive a lump-sum payment for the balance at the time of separation.
Employees who separate and move to another campus or non-CSU position within state service may be allowed to carry over a mutually agreed upon vacation balance. (Note: mutually agreed implies agreement between the employee and new employer.) The information provided here does not represent complete details about these leave benefits and their effect, if any, on your service credit, status, benefits, and pay. Benefit programs are subject to change.