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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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comments have been solicited by the University Director of Nonacademic Personnel from deans, directors, and department heads and from employee organizations. Draft revisions were submitted to the Nonacademic Personnel Advisory Committees on each campus and to the University Nonacademic Employees Advisory Committee. Revised drafts were reviewed by the University Nonacademic Personnel Advisory Committee. In the light of such reviews and upon recommendation of the Vice President and Comptroller and the University Director of Nonacademic Personnel, the following revisions to the Policy and Rules are presented to the Board for approval. The changes are to become effective immediately. Eligibility of Learners for University Benefits The "Learner"-type of appointment is classified by the University Civil Service System as a non-status appointment. In view of this, incumbents of "Learner" appointments have not met the test of permanent and continuous, as required under the old Policy and Rules,1 for coverage by University benefits generally. The "Learner" appointment may appropriately be regarded as antecedent to a permanent appointment which normally will follow without break in service. It is, therefore, proposed that "Learner" appointments be incorporated in the statement of eligibility in the policy statements in Chapter X, Disability Benefits (i.e., Sick Leave) and in Chapter X I I I , Vacation and Personal Leave. Upon approval of these changes by the Trustees, it is proposed that the President will add "Learner" appointments to those covered in the statements of eligibility for Holidays, Chapter X I I , and Leaves of Absence, Chapter V I I . (Determination of eligibility for these latter two benefits has been delegated to the President.) Six Months Service as a Condition Precedent to Leave With P a y Prior to 1953, Vacation and Personal Leave was subject to completion of eleven months of service. Since 1953, it has been "subject to completion of an initial six months" of service. Presently, for good cause shown, an employee may be granted leave by his supervisor up to the amount then earned even before completion of the six months. However, if his employment is terminated before the end of the six months, the University withholds its costs for any such leave already taken from salary and wages due the employee. It is proposed to extend the requirement for completion of an initial six months' service to all forms of leave with pay, i.e., Sick Leave, Jury Duty, Funeral Leave, and Military Training Duty. The proposed additional language in the policy statement of Chapter V I I and Chapter X respectively is : Leaves of absence without loss of pay will be subject to completion of an initial six months of pay-status service. Sick Leave benefits are subject to completion of an initial six months of pay-status service. Upon approval of this language by the Trustees it is proposed that the President will issue the same rules for administration of Sick Leave and Leaves with Pay as now exist for Vacation and Personal Leave. Following is the text of the sections of Chapters X, X I I I , and V I I affected by these changes — new language is in italics. Chapter X — Disability Benefits B. Sick Leave— disability not arising out of and in the course of employment 1. An employee in a Trainee, Apprentice, Provisional, Learner, or Status Appointment will accumulate paid Sick Leave without limit at the rate of .05 hours for each hour, exclusive of overtime, that he is in pay status, or approximately thirteen days per annum for an employee who works either 2080 or 1850 hours. Sick Leave benefits are subject to completion of an initial six months of pay-status service.

1 A permanent and continuous employee is (a) one employed in a position or in work which the University contemplates continuing? for the next six months, or is (b) a person who has completed six months of service. For this purpose a month of service shall be no less than twenty work days, excluding approved absences. A person employed regularly but on a parttime basis and fulfilling the above conditions will be considered a permanent and continuous employee,