Employees of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H) who are unavailable to work during their regularly scheduled working hours will be considered absent by the university, regardless of circumstance or excuse. An absence may be further identified as an approved leave, an excused absence, or an unexcused absence.
Among the approved paid leaves provided by the UTHSC-H are the following: vacation, holiday, sick (personal or family), funeral, administrative, civic duty, and military leave of absence. In addition, the current Appropriations Bill allows the university to grant a leave of absence with pay to an employee who is a foster parent of a child under the conservatorship of the Department of Human Services, in order for the employee to attend Department meetings or school conferences regarding the child. For more information on leaves, refer to policies 2.39 Paid Leave Eligibility and 2.40 Unpaid Leave Eligibility. All excused and unexcused absences (as opposed to approved leaves) will be without pay:
Employees shall notify or cause their immediate supervisor to be notified promptly if they are unable to report for work at their regularly scheduled time. Employees arriving for work after their regularly scheduled starting time shall be considered tardy. With prior approval of the supervisor, an employee may use accrued vacation time rather than be docked for an excused absence. Supervisors are not obligated to grant vacation leave in lieu of leave without pay. Policy 5.13 Disciplinary Actions may be invoked to discipline a classified employee who requests an inordinate number of absences; is absent without an acceptable reason; and/or is excessively tardy and/or absent.
Updated 08/05