Additional Personal Leave Days for 2024

The Executive Leadership has approved six (6) additional Personal Leave Days (PLDs) for Management and Professional Staff (MaPS). These six (6) additional personal leave days are being offered as a temporary measure for our MaPS employees until a more permanent approach to all leave entitlements can be developed within the MaPS Terms and Conditions of Employment handbook (currently under review).

PLDs will be loaded into PeopleSoft as follows:

  • January 1: annual allotment of three (3) PLDs + additional allotment of three (3) PLDs 

  • July 1: additional allotment of three (3) personal leave days 

PLDs do not hold cash value, so any unused days remaining by December 31, 2024 will be forfeited. PLDs can be used for any reason, but scheduling must be approved in advance.

Any Management and Professional Staff (MaPS) who are currently eligible to receive PLDs and who have successfully completed the three-month waiting period on the dates the additional days are loaded, have access to these additional PLD days.

PLDs can be used for any reason, but scheduling must be approved in advance. Any unused days remaining by December 31, 2024 will be forfeited.

In order to manage operational requirements, requests to use PLDs should be made in advance as much as possible. Circumstances will arise where an employee asks to use their PLDs on short or no notice (i.e., broken furnace, medical appointment for family member). These circumstances should be addressed on a case-by-case basis.

No, employees can only use the additional PLDs once they have been allotted.

PLDs will not be prorated. To be eligible for the first additional PLDs you must be an active employee and have successfully completed the three-month waiting period on January 1, 2024. To be eligible for the second additional PLDs you must be an active employee and have successfully completed the three-month waiting period on July 1, 2024.

The additional PLDs are added to your bank even if you are on a leave of absence. If you return from leave before Dec. 31, 2024, you may use the additional days; however, you must use the days by Dec. 31, 2024 or they will be forfeited.

PLDs are intended for conducting personal business and meeting family obligations versus supplementing other planned and pre-approved time off. Therefore, as a general rule, no more than one permanent PLD and one additional 2024 PLD should be used in combination to extend vacation time or a long weekend.

At this time the six (6) additional PLDs are being renewed for 2024 only.