Exempt Employees
Any 12-month exempt positions will receive 22.5 days of annual leave, earned at a rate of 15 hours per month of service, with accrual at the end of the each month.
Part-time employees earn leave in proportion to the time worked.
Refer to Board Policy 420.1 and 420.2 for additional information.
Non-Exempt Employees
Employees who work 1,000 hours or more per year in a regular salary position accrue annual leave at the end of each month. Full-time eligible employees accrue annual leave in accordance with the following schedule. Employees who work less than full time but more than 1,000 hours per year accrue annual leave in the same proportion to the time worked.
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Years of Employment
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Annual Leave
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Earned Each Month
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Earned Each Calendar Year
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Up to 3 years
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8 hours
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12 days
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3 – 5 years*
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10 hours
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15 days
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5 – 12 years*
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12 hours
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18 days
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12 – 20 years*
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14 hours
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21 days
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More than 20 years
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15 hours
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22.5 days
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* Example: Annual leave is accrued at the end of the month. So, if you reach your 3-year anniversary in March, you will receive 8 hours of annual leave for the month of March. Starting in April, you will earn 10 hours of annual leave per month.
Refer to Board Policy 420.1 and 420.2 for additional information.
Eligible EACC employees currently accrue annual leave on a seniority-based formula, with one formula for exempt positions and a separate formula for non-exempt positions.
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
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Years of Employment
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Annual Leave
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Earned each month
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Earned each calendar year
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Up to 2 years
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10 hours
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15 days
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2 – 3 years
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12 hours
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18 days
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4 – 5 years
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14 hours
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21 days
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More than 5 years
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15 hours
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22.5 days
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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.
