Update: Excess Leave Carryover

Update: Excess Leave Carryover

Earlier this month, DHRM provided guidance to state agencies on Policy 4.10 – Annual Leave Usage and Carryover. An exception has been granted to eligible employees for the use of leave carryover. At NOVA, eligible employees include classified staff, as well as 12-month faculty in the old leave plan ONLY.  Eligible employees will have until July 9, 2022 to exhaust excess leave balances.  The attached form must be completed and approved in order to receive this exception. 

However, faculty in the new plan were not granted an exception by the VCCS, which is the authority on related faculty leave policies. The new plan includes presidents, administrative/professional faculty and twelve-month teaching faculty hired after January 1, 2007. Therefore, those faculty in the new plan will need to exhaust excess annual leave by January 9, 2022, at which time excess annual leave balances will be removed. This is the final guidance, as every effort has been made to request an exception for those in the new plan. We apologize for any confusion surrounding guidance received or implied prior to this notification.   

If you are in the old leave plan and interested in extending your excess leave balance, please complete the Leave Carry Over Request Form 21-22 and return it to DataOps@nvcc.edu by December 17, 2021.

If you are unsure of your leave balance, please follow the path below within HRMS to verify your leave balance. Again, this guidance applies to annual leave only.

You are encouraged to manage your leave balances throughout the year by planning time off to balance work and life. We anticipate that as life resumes to some level of normalcy, this will be the last exception granted by DHRM, and NOVA will align its practices accordingly.

Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

Submitted by:
Tammy Currie, HR Director, tcurrie@nvcc.edu