Annual Leave

Instructional faculty members employed for nine months do not receive annual leave, but observe University holidays and determine their own hours during semester breaks scheduled in the academic calendar. They do not have specific University responsibilities or duties during the summer apart from those associated with registration and the preparation of materials for the academic year. The academic calendar is set approximately two years in advance.

Annual leave is available to other faculty, research associates, and senior professional research staff who hold full-time appointments of a year or longer. Annual leave is granted in accordance with the following schedule:

12-month contractual cycle	22 working days
11-month contractual cycle	20 working days
10-month contractual cycle	18 working days
09-month contractual cycle	16 working days

Part-time faculty, research associates, and senior professional research staff are eligible for leave proportionate to working time. Annual leave need not be taken all at once but may be distributed throughout the year at the faculty member's option with the concurrence of the supervisor.

Any unused annual leave lapses at the end of each fiscal year and may not be accumulated. There is no compensation made for any unused leave at the time of separation from University employment, or in the event that a member transfers to the classified employment system. Responsibility for record-keeping of annual leave for members of the faculty, research associates, and senior professional research staff lies with the departments.

University holidays are scheduled throughout the year so as to least disrupt the academic calendar. Inside UVA publishes the holiday schedule in July and publicizes each holiday as it occurs throughout the year.

If the academic calendar schedules classes on a holiday, Labor Day for example, faculty members do not observe this holiday. Other employees are permitted an alternative if their services are required on a holiday.

For more information, please visit Leaves of Absence.