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Annual Leave
For current eligible employees as of December 31, 2024: On and after January 1, 2025, those employees will continue to accrue annual leave at their existing December 31 accrual rate OR they will be slotted into the new annual leave accrual structure based upon whichever rate is the higher accrual rate for the employee.
Current employees will not experience a reduction in their annual leave accrual with the new annual leave accrual formula. An employee accruing at the maximum 15 hours per month will continue to accrue at 15 hours per month.
And as an example, an employee in the current non-exempt accrual formula with two completed years of service is currently accruing annual leave at eight hours per month. In the new accrual formula, that employee will accrual annual leave at 12 hours per month.
On and after January 1, 2025, employees hired or returning to employment with the University with prior creditable service (worked for two years at another Arkansas public university) will continue to receive service credit for that prior service in the new accrual formula.
Accrual Formula As of January 1, 2025
| Years of Eligible Employment | Annual Leave Earned |
|---|---|
| Through the first year | 10 hours per month |
| Through the second and third years | 12 hours per month |
| Through the fourth and fifth years | 14 hours per month |
| Upon completion of the fifth year | 15 hours per month |
Note: You accrue annual leave at the end of each month. Eligible part time employees earn leave in proportion to time worked.
Refer to Board Policy 420.1 for additional information.