Leave Reporting

Faculty, Academic Staff and Limited Appointees

Every Faculty, Academic Staff and Limited appointee in a leave-eligible position is required to submit a leave report on a monthly basis, whether or not leave is used1.  This report may be submitted either electronically or via paper leave report. 

Contact your human resources office for instructions on how to submit your leave report.

A Faculty, Academic Staff or Limited appointee who fails to file a report on leave usage as required by UW System policy in one or more months of any fiscal year shall not be permitted to accrue sick leave for that year in an amount exceeding 8.5 days for annual employees and 6.4 days for academic year employees1.


1In 1987, the state legislature imposed a cap on the amount of sick leave faculty , academic staff and limited appointees could use to pay for health insurance upon retirement, layoff, or death. With the cap, accrued sick leave would be limited to 8.5 days per year for annual employees and 6.4 days per year for academic-year employees, instead of the 12 days per year they’d be able to accrue without the cap.

In order to obtain a waiver to this cap, each UW institution independently agreed to identify a standard 40-hour work week for reporting purposes, distribute a monthly statement, and collect monthly reports, even if no leave has been used.

University Staff Employees

Every University Staff employee in a leave-eligible position is required to submit both time worked and leave taken on a biweekly basis either on electronically or on a paper timesheet. Contact your human resources office for for instructions on how to access your electronic timesheet or for your institution’s paper timesheet.

Faculty, Academic Staff, Limited, and University Staff Employees

Employees who are considered non-exempt or less than full time, will report time worked and leave in 15 minute increments.

Employees who are considered exempt and are full time, will report leave in full day and half day increments, using the following guidelines based on an 8-hour work day:

  • Less than 1 hr 59 minutes = report 0
  • Between 2 hrs and 5 hrs 59 minutes = report 4 hours (half day)
  • More than 6 hours = report 8 hours (full day)

Every effort has been made to ensure this information is current and correct. Information on this page does not guarantee enrollment, benefits and/or the ability to make changes to your benefits.

Updated: 06/19/2024