9-month Faculty
Terms
- Continuous assignment from 8/16 to 5/15 except for legal and UF holidays
- Labor Day
- UF Homecoming (if applicable)
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving Holiday (Thursday and Friday)
- Christmas Day
- Holiday Closing Period (2009: December 28 to December 31)
- New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday
- No guarantee of returning to a 12 month assignment
- Does not extend mandatory tenure review period
- Applicable MOA is Article 12 – Appointment (http://www.hr.ufl.edu/labor-relations/moa/12Appointment.pdf)
Payroll and Benefits
- Annualized base salary reduced to 81.8 percent
- Biweekly gross salary increased to achieve the 81.8 percent
- No pay for period of no assignment
- Retirement contributions reduced accordingly
- Pension plan participants will receive service credit for an entire year
- Employer’s annual contribution to health insurance is unchanged
- Employer’s annual contribution to life insurance expense and coverage level is determined by the employee’s annual salary so this would decrease
- Double payroll deductions for employee for the 1st and 2nd paydays of February, March and April; and first payday in May
- Funding for professional development travel or similar is permissible during the period of no assignment
- Research time still offered during period of assignment
Sick Leave
- Current balance rolls over and is accessible for use after conversion
- Sick leave accrues based on hours worked after conversion
Vacation Leave
- Current balance is cashed out or held in balance for 2 years and then cashed out
- Not cashed out to 401(a)
- Unavailable for use after conversion even if held in balance
- No additional vacation leave accrues
Holidays
- Paid for official holidays during assignment
- No pay for holidays when on break from assignment (summer)
Process
- Meet with Library HR to discuss changes in terms and benefits with employee
- Confirm the position is eligible for conversion (department, division, and college level reviews)
- Determine effective year
- New appointment letter issued