OPTION 1 - Employee Requests not to use Accrued Sick Leave and Vacation
The employee provides a written election NOT to use sick leave or vacation accruals.
The employee receives no supplement from the University.
The employee is entitled to receive only the td payments made by Sedgwick CMS.
The employee is not entitled to receive any University supplement.
Any regular salary paid by the University is an overpayment and must be repaid directly by the employee or through an adjustment to the employee's earnings accordingly by normal payroll methods.
The employee is placed on Leave of Absence Without Pay.
Effects on Benefits
The employee will accrue sick leave and vacation as though regularly employed.
These accruals are credited to the sick and vacation leave records ONLY upon the employee's return to work.
If the employee terminates without returning to work, (s)he is not eligible to be paid the vacation leave accrued while on leave of absence.
The employee loses all Regents Contributions to all benefit programs.
The employee is not eligible for the 26 weeks of Extended Sick Leave (ESL) benefit.
The department should advise the employee that the employee may make arrangements for paying the full cost (no Regents contribution) of University group insurance plans by contacting the UCOP Benefits Office.
