To: Deans, Directors, and Department Heads
From: Jami Painter, Senior Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
This communication is a follow-up to the January 2024 communication you received regarding Paid Leave for All Workers. The Paid Leave for All Workers Act provides up to 40 hours of paid leave per year to employees who do not currently receive vacation leave or Employee Requested Supervisor Approved (ERSA) leave. All eligible employees will be able to utilize this leave beginning March 31, 2024. Employees in the following employment categories at the University of Illinois System that do not already receive vacation leave or ERSA leave are eligible for Paid Leave for All Workers leave:
- Faculty with a 9-month or 10-month appointment or less
- Academic Professionals with a 9-month or a 10-month appointment or less
- Civil Service Extra Help
- Civil Service Seasonal Extra Help
- Academic Hourly
- 9-month Post Doctoral Research Associates
The University of Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers website contains additional information, including FAQs. Please share this communication with those in your area with human resource responsibilities. Your university or system office will follow up with specific university/system office guidelines and standards. A communication to employees eligible for this leave will be sent soon.
Questions regarding these changes may be directed to:
- Urbana-Champaign: Illinois HR (217) 333-3105; ihr-LER@illinois.edu; or czys@illinois.edu
- Chicago: UIC Human Resources (312) 413-3490 or uichrleaves@uillinois.edu
- UI Hospital and Clinics (UI Health) uihloa@uic.edu or fax (312) 355-1548
- UIC College of Medicine at Peoria (309) 671-8518
- UIC College of Medicine at Rockford (815) 395-5862
- Springfield: UIS Human Resources (217) 206-6652; uishr@uis.edu
- System Office: System Human Resource Services (217) 333-2600; erhr@uillinois.edu