An extension on total maximum accrual of vacation time, allowing employees to carry up to three times their annual vacation accrual, is set to expire at the end of this year.
On December 31, 2023, the total maximum accrual will revert to two times the annual vacation accrual, and beginning January 1, 2024, any excess vacation will be converted to sick time to align with HR Policy 301: Vacation. See table below for accrual details.
Employees have been allowed to keep and roll over their unused vacation time under an extension approved by UAB and UAB Medicine in 2020, in response to pandemic-related restrictions on gathering and travel that made it difficult to use paid leave. As use of vacation time has returned to pre-pandemic levels, the policy exemption will expire as intended.
— Posted November 15, 2023