Sick Leave

Overview

Texas A&M University provides eligible employees with paid sick leave to address medical and mental health issues. Employees can begin using sick leave accruals immediately upon hire, with no waiting period. This benefit ensures employees can take necessary time off for their health and well-being.

Use this service request to ask questions about:

  • Eligibility and Accrual Rates: Understand who qualifies for sick leave, when you can start using it, and how it is accrued.
  • Qualifying Absences: Use sick leave for your own illness, injury, or pregnancy (excluding baby bonding), or to care for immediate family with a documented medical condition.
  • Children's Educational Activities: Use up to eight hours of sick leave per fiscal year to attend school-sponsored activities for children in pre-K through 12th grade.
  • Leave Transfer: Transfer sick and vacation leave to/from other state agencies, with accruals credited to the agency of employment on the 1st of the month.
  • Sick Leave Upon Reemployment: Your previously accrued sick leave MAY be restored unless you donated your sick leave to the sick leave pool or Family Leave Pool.
  • Sick Leave Pool: Access additional sick leave for catastrophic illness or injury after missing 80 hours of work. A licensed practitioner must certify the condition.
  • Sick Leave Pool Forms: Use forms to request or donate sick leave pool hours, or to return unused hours. Certification forms are required for medical conditions.
  • Sick Leave Direct Donations: Guidelines for donating sick leave to other employees or receiving donated leave.
  • Documentation Requirements: Information on the documentation needed for various types of sick leave absences.
  • Family Leave Pool:  A pool of donated leave for employees to use for family-related emergencies or caregiving.

Eligibility

Eligible employees may begin to use sick leave accruals immediately upon hire. Sick leave is accrued at a rate of eight hours per month for full-time employees, with proportional accrual for part-time employees.

Resources

Need More Help?

Click the "Ask a Sick Leave Question" button on the top right of this page.  Complete the required fields and submit the request. You will receive an open ticket notification.  If additional information is needed, you will be contacted by the respective support team.  Ticket status can be tracked in the portal under the View Tickets tab.

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