Adjunct Short Term Disability, Sick Leave and LTD

Short Term Disability (STD) and Travel Fund

Short Term Disability and the Travel Fund are administered through the Adjunct/Visiting Lecturer Federation. To receive further information on how these programs work please contact the federation at ext. 8600.

Sick Leave

Any Employee shall be entitled to the equivalent of one (1) full work week off with pay for illness or accident during a traditional semester (Spring and Fall semesters); and during a non-traditional semester (any other, including Summer sessions) the time off shall not exceed 1/15 of that semester’s hours.

Short-term Disability

A non-probationary Employee who 1) is unable to work because of personal sickness or injury and 2) has exhausted the sick days in paragraph A above shall be granted a short-term disability leave (unpaid) until the end of the semester. The Employee shall provide the Board with satisfactory proof of sickness or injury.

Long-term Disability

A non-probationary Employee who 1) is unable to work because of personal sickness or injury and 2) has exhausted sick days and short-term disability in paragraphs A and B above shall be granted a long-term disability leave (unpaid). The Employee shall provide the Board with satisfactory proof of sickness or injury. The leave of absence shall be for the period of continuing disability, but not to exceed one (1) additional semester.