Paid Holiday Schedule

Employees receive 13.5 holidays, plus three floating holidays a year. Details are available on the paid holiday schedule.

Floating Holidays

Regular full-time administrators and staff receive up to three floating holidays per year. These holidays are designed to allow employees to celebrate religious or cultural holidays not recognized on the University calendar; the days may also be used for other personal needs.

Part-time employees are entitled to a prorated portion of these hours.

Unused floating holidays must be used before the end of each academic year.

Vacation

Administrators/Staff Coaches (Exempt, Salaried)

Regular full-time employees on administrative appointments are entitled to receive 20 days of vacation per year. Employees in regular part-time positions are entitled to a pro-rated amount of vacation each year.

Please visit the Employee Handbook for further information, including the accrual schedule for technicians, support staff, campus safety officers, and facilities employees.

This benefit does not apply to teaching faculty. 

Sick Time

Exempt, salaried employees and faculty at Colgate receive 56 hours of paid sick leave each calendar year. Up to 56 hours — for a maximum of 112 hours — may be carried over annually. Sick leave is to be used in half-hour increments. 

Under Colgate’s sick leave policy, administrators are able to take a reasonable amount of sick leave that may be beyond the allowed 56 hours.

Unused sick leave balances have no monetary value and will not be paid out at termination or retirement for exempt employees.

Sick leave should be recorded in the leave scheduler, which can be found in the portal

Questions

If you have additional questions about these benefits, contact Human Resources at benefits@colgate.edu or 315-228-7565.