Subject: Staff/AAP -- Payout of Accrued Leave
From: Campus Broadcast <[email-masked]>
To: Campus Broadcast <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:34:02 +0000

Dear Members of the Georgetown Community,

In a continuing effort to contain costs while maintaining valuable offerings for the Georgetown community, we have reviewed the policies for paid leave accrual and payout at termination. After careful consideration and input, University policy will be changed to cap the payout of accrued leave at $15,000. This will result in changes to Human Resources Policies 602 (Paid Leave for Staff) and 612 (Paid Leave for AAPs).

Effective June 30, 2015, the maximum amount of accrued and unused paid leave that will be paid at time of termination will be $15,000, except for employees earning $200,000 or more annually who will receive no payout at termination. This change will not affect accrual rates.  Staff and AAP employees will continue to accrue up to a maximum of 288 hours of paid leave.  In practical terms, this change will have no effect on those with annual earnings up to $108,333, as those employees will still receive full payment for 100% of their accrued and unused paid leave. Staff and AAP employees earning between $108,333 and $200,000 will be paid for their accrued and unused paid leave up to a maximum of $15,000. Those earning $200,000 or more will not be eligible for payout at termination.

The University recognizes the importance and value of paid leave for a variety of reasons, and encourages employees to utilize their leave to help maintain a healthy work-life balance, a key tenet of our GUWellness program.  Managers should do their best, consistent with operational needs and considerations, to grant requests for leave.

Should you have any questions regarding this change, please contact the Human Resources Generalist assigned to your department.

Thank you.
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