Leave Options

An employee is defined as one who is employed to work at least twenty (20) hours per week for a period of at least four and one-half (4-1/2) months, excluding students employed in positions, which require student status as a condition for employment. Faculty members appointed on a nine-month basis at least half time or more for a period of four and one-half months or longer are eligible to accrue sick leave, under the same provisions applicable to other University employees. For more information on UTSA Authorized Leave, visit the UTSA HOP (Handbook of Operating Procedures) http://www.utsa.edu/hop/chapter4/4-20.cfm .

NEW for Military Family Leave

• Up to 12 weeks of leave because of  "any qualifying exigency".
• Up to 26 weeks of leave in a single 12 month period to care for a service member.

Additional information on the amendments and a version of Title I of the FMLA with the new statutory language incorporated is available on the Department of Labor - FMLA web site.