Benefits Staff Directory

Insurance
• Health
• Dental
• Life
• Long-term Disability
Paid Time Off & Leaves
• Holidays
• Vacation
• Sick Leave
• Personal Days
• Unpaid Leaves
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Benefits for UMass Faculty and Staff

Paid Time Off and Leaves

Paid Time Off
Benefited University employees accrue various types of paid leave which differ based on the employee's bargaining unit and period of appointment.

Paid Holidays

Current holiday schedule

Vacation/Sick/Personal/SLB
Vacation and sick time is awarded bi-weekly and pro-rated based on the number of hours an employee was paid in the previous payperiod.

Personal time is awarded on a calendar year basis and must be used within the calendar year it is earned.

Vacation, sick, personal and sick leave bank benefits differ based on an employee's bargaining unit:

AFSCME
IBPO
MSP Academic year faculty
MSP Calendar year faculty
MSP Librarians
Non-Unit Exempt
Non-Unit Non-exempt
PSU/MTA A
PSU/MTA Non-Exempt B
USA/MTA

Unpaid Leaves
Both benefited and non-benefited University employees are eligible for various types of unpaid leaves.

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