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When can I take vacation time?
Vacation begins accruing on your first day of work, but it may not be used until it has accrured accrued and is available in Workday. Accrued vacation time may be used with your supervisor’s approval.
How do I accrue health and personal leave?
Health care and personal leave time are part of your accrued sick leave and begin (HAP) begins accruing on the first day of employment. For nonexempt staff, health and personal leave accruals are based upon the total number of hours paid. Exempt full-time staff members accrue 1.0 days of health and personal leave a per month. The primary purpose of health and personal leave is to provide paid time off due to a staff member’s own medical needs. For full policy information, see Health and Personal leave.
Am I paid if I am unable to work because of illness and do not have any sick time accrued?
Employees may not use more sick leave than has been accumulated. If you are sick and do not have sufficient accrued time to cover the sick leave period, you must take the sick leave time either as leave without pay or as vacation time (as long as you have accrued vacation time and are eligible to take it). If you are sick but have been employed more than 6 months, but less than one year, you can use vacation time to cover your absence. A Vacation Consent Usage form (can be obtained in Library HR, 213 Olin Library) must be signed by you and your supervisor, and forwarded to Library Human Resources. Supervisors must approve vacation time and/or leave without pay.
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The best practice is to record time on a daily basis. Your time card is a legal document that must accurately report your time worked.
After the time card is completed, both you You must submit your timecard and your supervisor must approve it on a weekly basis. Each department has its own deadlines, so be sure to check confirm timing with your supervisor for yours.
Where can I find out additional information on benefits or policies?
Staff Specialists at the onboarding appointment will be able to provide brief summaries to most questions. More detailed information will be made available to you at your Welcome to Cornell meeting. All Cornell policies are also on the Office of Human Resources website for review. You are encouraged to check with your supervisor, Library Human Resources, or the Office of Human Resources in Day Hall, whenever you have a question or concern.
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