FOREWORD - Wentworth Institute of Technology

WIT Employee HandbookSection V: Holidays, Leaves and VacationsGenerally this vacation time is taken with the approval of the Department Head. It isrecommended that the vacation be taken during the student vacation periods duringthe academic year.b. Earned Vacation Days—Regular Part-Time EmployeesVacation time for regular part-time employees who are authorized by the HumanResources Department to work more than 910 hours per year (more than 17.5 hoursbut less than full time per week) is prorated based on the vacation time allotted tofull-time employees who work a twelve-month schedule per year.Example for a part-time employee:The number of hours worked per week divided by 37.5 (standard full-time workweek) = X percent of full-time employment. Multiply by the hours a full-timeemployee would accrue.c. Vacation Time AccrualEligible employees hired on or before the fifteenth (15th) of the month will becredited with a full month of service on the first day of the following month.Eligible employees whose employment by Wentworth is terminating must workthrough the fifteenth (15th) day of the month to be credited with a full month ofservice for that month.Vacation time is earned by the month in accordance with the employee's anniversarydate (date of hire) and must be used by the next anniversary date. For example, ifan employee's date of hire was February 1, 2004, vacation time earned fromFebruary 1, 2004 to February 1, 2005 must be used by February 1, 2006. Vacationmay not exceed 200 hours for employees.On a quarterly basis, Department Heads will be supplied a report detailing theamount of vacation time that each individual employee should use by the end of thatcalendar quarter. All vacation time that is not used by the end of that quarter will beforfeited unless the Department Head makes a recommendation to carry overvacation, and it is approved by the Division Head and Human Resources. Paymentin lieu of vacation time is not permitted.1) Absentee EmployeesAn employee on an unpaid leave of absence (after exhausting all Wentworthvacation time or sick leave), will not earn vacation or sick pay during the period ofunpaid absence.d. Holiday—VacationIf a holiday falls during an employee's regularly scheduled vacation, that day will beconsidered as a holiday, and not as a day of vacation.March 200960