OSU extending availability of existing paid COVID-19 leave hours through June 30, 2021

To: All faculty and staff

From: Susan Capalbo, Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
          Cathy Hasenpflug, Chief Human Resources Officer

November 10, 2020

The University will extend availability of existing paid COVID-19 leave hours through June 30, 2021.

This spring, OSU provided up to 80 hours of paid COVID-19 leave for most employees to mitigate impact of the pandemic. We initially designed this leave to expire on December 31, 2020 along with a corresponding federal program. Instead, OSU is choosing to extend use of the leave until June 30, 2021. 

As before, the leave is intended for use when employees have experienced family or personal changes caused by the pandemic, or where reduced work is available. This leave is not paid out if an employee leaves the university. Instructions for viewing your remaining COVID-19 leave balance is available on the EmpCenter help site. For those who have exhausted their COVID leave balances and do not currently have alternate sick and vacation balances, a variety of programs are available to bridge the gap, including utilization of the sick leave advance program for academic and professional faculty and hardship programs for classified staff and graduate assistants. For more information about these programs and supplemental state and federal programs, please visit the COVID-19 Leave website.

Warmly,

Susan and Cathy

Susan Capalbo
Senior Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs

Cathy Hasenpflug
Chief Human Resources Officer