Additional Leave Policy for Admin, Technical & Support Staff

The specific scheme is designed to reward administrative, technical, library and buildings staff who have been on the top of their scale for 3 or more years.

All non-academic staff that satisfy the following conditions will be eligible for reward;

• Must be on the maximum point on their current salary scale for a minimum of 3 years
• Must not have exceeded the maximum number of uncertified sick days in a rolling 12 month period
• Must have a satisfactory performance

The reward will be additional annual leave. No greater than 3 days annual leave can be awarded during a staff member’s career with the University. The award of additional annual leave will therefore be linked to service.

A staff member’s overall leave entitlement, including additional leave must not exceed 32 days for staff employed before 7^th January 2014 who remain in their existing grade. Staff appointed or promoted on or after that date will have an overall leave entitlement of 30 days.

A staff member promoted will be assigned the annual leave entitlement relevant to that grade and can keep additional days rewarded as long as his/her overall leave entitlement does not exceed 30 days. Please see the table below for some examples.

• The award of additional leave will be the same as the award of increments.
• The Head of School/Unit will, therefore, have the responsibility of assessing performance and recommending the award of additional leave.
• The Human Resources Department will administer the award of additional leave entitlement.