Time Off

The information on this page is intended for Staff Campus employees; if you are not a Staff Campus employee, refer to the appropriate menu below for guidance.

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On This Page:

• Time Off Types
• Time Off Usage Hierarchy
• Requesting Time Off
  • Recording Holiday Time Off in Workday
  • Using Your Personal Holiday
• Correcting Time Off
• Viewing Your Time Off Balances

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An important part of managing your Time Off is understanding the various types of Time Off. Follow the links below for information and policies associated with each type of Time Off.

• Vacation
• Holidays
• Personal Holiday
• Sick Time Off:
  • For Student Employees: Information and FAQs
  • For Monthly Paid Classified and Professional Staff: Information and FAQs
• Bereavement Time Off
• Discretionary Time Off
• Civil Duty Time Off
• Military Training Paid Time Off

For information about other types of Time Off not listed above, refer to the below menus as well as UWHR’s Time offs, leaves & holidays pages.

Workday uses the below sets of validation rules to enforce a hierarchy for time off usage, per UW time off policies.

Time Off Usage hierarchies do not apply to employees on an approved Sick/Injured or Becoming a Parent Leave of Absence. These employees may use their Time Offs in any order.

For Professional Staff:
A Prostaff employee’s time off balance, based on already approved time off requests, is assessed in this order:

1. Use up all Holiday Credit Time Off before using Compensatory, Discretionary and Vacation Time Off – to improve user experience this is not enforced in Workday; however, employees should still be aware that exhausting this Time Off first is UW policy
2. Use up all Compensatory Time Off before using Discretionary and Vacation Time Off
3. Use up all Discretionary Time Off before using Vacation Time Off
4. Use up all Holiday Credit, Compensatory, Discretionary and Vacation Time Off before using Unpaid Time Off

For Classified Staff:
A Classified staff employee’s time off balance, based on already approved time off requests, is assessed in this order:

1. Use up all Compensatory Time Off before using Vacation Time Off
2. Use up all Holiday Credit, Compensatory and Vacation Time Off before using Unpaid Time Off

Administrators may additionally wish to refer to the Time Off Usage Hierarchy page in the Admins Corner.

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To submit a time off request in Workday, refer to the step-by-step instructions in the Enter Absence (Time Off) User Guide, linked below.

Enter Absence (Time Off) User Guide

In order to receive pay for hours on your normally-scheduled payday for the pay period, Time Off requests must be entered, submitted, and approved prior to the Timesheet Approval Deadline.

Submitted Time Off will automatically route to your designated Time & Absence Approver to review and approve.

Detailed information is available at the Recording Holiday Time Off page.

Detailed information is available at the Using Your Personal Holiday page.

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Even after your Time Off has been approved, you can correct your Time Off and resubmit to your Time & Absence Approver for up to 90 days.

Correct Time Off User Guide

If you have already submitted Time Off, navigate to your absence calendar, select the previously entered time off entry, and adjust the time off type or hours as needed. Submitted Time Off will automatically route to your designated Time & Absence Approver to review and approve.

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Time Off-eligible employees can locate their accrued Time Off balances by type in Workday.

• For your current Time Off balances, select Menu > Absence and refer to the “Time Off Balance as of Today” table.
• For your estimated future Time Off balances, select Menu > Absence, then select the Request Absence button. On the left side of the next screen, under “Balances,” the Balance as of field indicates your estimated accruals for a future month and day.

To learn about your Time Off accrual rates (i.e., how much Time Off you accrue per month), visit UWHR’s Time Offs, Leaves & Holidays page.