{"id":1504,"date":"2024-08-04T01:33:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T05:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/?page_id=1504"},"modified":"2025-08-25T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T12:27:00","slug":"time-off","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/creative-services\/creative-services-policies\/time-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Types of Leave<\/h2>\n<p><span>Creative Services abides by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/lifebu\/time-off-leaves-of-absence\/\">BU HR&#8217;s policy<\/a> of time off for full-time employees. The specific types of time off available to eligible employees are as follows:<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-disc pl-8\">\n<li index=\"0\"><span><strong>Vacation Days<\/strong><\/span><span>: Employees accrue vacation days based on their length of service and employment status.<\/span><\/li>\n<li index=\"1\"><span><strong>Sick Days<\/strong><\/span><span>: Employees are entitled to sick leave for personal or family illness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li index=\"2\"><span><strong>Personal Days<\/strong><\/span><span>: These are available for personal matters that require time off from work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li index=\"3\"><span><strong>Unpaid Time Off<\/strong><\/span><span>: Employees can take unpaid leave under certain circumstances.<\/span><\/li>\n<li index=\"4\"><span><strong>Sympathy Time<\/strong><\/span><span>: Leave is provided for bereavement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li index=\"5\"><span><strong>Jury Duty<\/strong><\/span><span>: Employees are granted time off to fulfill their civic duty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li index=\"6\"><span><strong>Intersession<\/strong><\/span><span>: Time off during periods when the University is not in session.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>These benefits are available under the appropriate circumstances as defined in the employee handbook or collective bargaining agreement<\/span><span><span class=\"whitespace-nowrap\"><button data-state=\"closed\" class=\"\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" class=\"citation ml-xs inline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/lifebu\/time-off-leaves-of-absence\/\"><span class=\"relative -top-[0.3rem] light font-sans text-base text-textOff dark:text-textOffDark selection:bg-super\/50 selection:text-textMain dark:selection:bg-superDuper\/10 dark:selection:text-superDark\"><span class=\"inline-flex h-[1rem] min-w-[1rem] items-center justify-center rounded-full px-[0.2em] text-center font-mono text-[0.60rem] tabular-nums before:content-[attr(data-number)] md:hover:text-white border-borderMain\/50 ring-borderMain\/50 divide-borderMain\/50 dark:divide-borderMainDark\/50 dark:ring-borderMainDark\/50 dark:border-borderMainDark\/50 transition duration-300 bg-offsetPlus dark:bg-offsetPlusDark md:hover:bg-super\" data-number=\"1\"><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/button>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Vacation Time Accrual<\/h2>\n<p>Time off for Vacations is accrued on an hourly basis.<\/p>\n<p><span>New employees are eligible to use accrued Vacation Leave time after completing three (3) months of continuous service. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A day is counted as 8 hours. To best avoid errors, requests in <a href=\"https:\/\/ppo.buw.bu.edu\/\">BUworks<\/a> should be submitted by each day you&#8217;ll be away and not by a date range.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/vacation-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button-secondary\">Vacation Leave Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Requesting Time Off<\/h2>\n<p>Each department may have small procedural variations of requesting time off\u2014but in general, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Notify Your Supervising Manager<\/strong><br \/>\nSpeak with your manager about your intended time away from the office as soon as you can.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Log Time in BUworks<\/strong><br \/>\nEnter your time off in <a href=\"https:\/\/ppo.buw.bu.edu\/\">BUworks<\/a>. Your manager will need to approve it there as soon as they have a moment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Update the MarCom Vacation Calendar<\/strong><br \/>\nAdd an event to the MarCom Vacation Calendar. You might want to invite your manager to this event so that they receive a notification on their calendar. <strong>Note:<\/strong> Set this event to &#8216;Free&#8217; so it doesn&#8217;t block others&#8217; calendars. You\u2019ll need to create a separate invite to mark your calendar as &#8216;Out of Office&#8217; for scheduling purposes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enter Time in ActiveCollab<\/strong><br \/>\nFinally: log your time off hours and dates into the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.activecollab.com\/207970\/projects\/11646\">Creative Services PTO project<\/a> in ActiveCollab.<strong>Note:<\/strong> Click into <strong>the title<\/strong> of the correct type of Paid Time Off (PTO) from the list of \u2018tasks.\u2019 Do <strong>not<\/strong> click to check\/complete these tasks, or others will be unable to use them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"#\">Interactive Design has extra instruction for ensuring proper time off<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Types of Leave Creative Services abides by BU HR&#8217;s policy of time off for full-time employees. The specific types of time off available to eligible employees are as follows: Vacation Days: Employees accrue vacation days based on their length of service and employment status. 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