Effective April 5, 2022, the University of Illinois System offers COVID-19 Paid Administrative Leave time to eligible employees in accordance with Illinois Public Act 102-0697. The expanded leave benefits of COVID-19 Paid Administrative Leave provided under Public Act 102-0697 replaces the University’s previously provided temporary coronavirus-related paid leave.
To be eligible for COVID-19 Paid Administrative Leave, employees must be
- Fully vaccinated with an approved COVID-19 vaccine OR
- have an approved medical or religious COVID-19 vaccination accommodation with the University at the time of leave (and be fully compliant with all requirements of that accommodation including testing and/or masking), AND
- be unable to work or telework for qualifying reasons.
Eligible employees may include faculty and staff, as well as graduate assistants, extra help, hourly, and student employees.
COVID-19 Paid Administrative Leave time is separate from accruable personal sick leave. It does not carryover from previous allocations, is not accruable, and does not carryover once leave availability expires.
See COVID-19 Paid Administrative Leave for more details. Public Act 102-0697 also includes provisions for retroactively restoring certain leave time previously taken for prior COVID-19 related absences. More information about how employees can request this retroactive leave will be forthcoming.
Vaccine doses and recovery from side effects
During the Governor’s declared disaster due to a public health emergency related to COVID-19 pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, and in accordance with Policy and Rules, Rule 11.12 - Excused Absences With Pay/Approved Events, obtaining an FDA approved COVID-19 vaccine dose or booster is designated as an approved event for non-exempt employees. Employees may be excused for up to two hours, without having to charge a benefit, operations permitting and with prior supervisory approval, when absenting themselves for the purpose of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine dose or booster.
Upon receiving the vaccine doses required for being fully vaccinated, employees should upload their Vaccination Record Card in accordance with UIC, UIUC, or UIS guidelines and/or procedures.
Beginning April 5, 2022, employees need to use their own accrued sick leave or other appropriate leave for time needed for recovery from any side effects of a COVID-19 vaccine dose or booster.
Leave provisions may differ for employees of the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System. Employees in these health care settings should contact their leave representative at uihloa@uic.edu for specific paid leave guidelines available to health care employees.
Questions?
Contact your university or system Human Resources office with questions. Employees of UI Hospital and Health Sciences System should contact their leave representative at uihloa@uic.edu for COVID-19 Paid Administrative Leave and other related paid leave programs available to health care employees under Federal guidelines.
