Depending on your employment status, your paid time off may include university holidays, accrued vacation, sick leave, and birth recovery and parental leave.
Time Off
- Holidays: Wondering which days JHU is closed throughout the year? Or how floating holidays work? Read more about university holidays.
- Vacation: Learn how your vacation days accrue, when you can take them, and what happens to them when you leave JHU.
- Sick days: Read about sick leave accrual, including how sick leave is earned, when it may be taken, and what happens to it when you leave JHU.
Leave
- Family Leave for New Parents: Eligible employees are offered fully paid birth recovery leave and parental leave following the birth of a child or adoption of a child younger than 12. Learn more about these leave policies.
- Family and Medical Leave: Eligible employees will receive at least 12 workweeks of job protected leave in a rolling 12 month period for specified family and medical reasons. Read more about Family and Medical Leave.
- Short-Term Disability: Full-time faculty, staff, and LIUNA bargaining unit employees can purchase Short-Term Disability insurance upon hire or becoming newly benefits eligible and during annual enrollment. Learn more about Short-Term Disability.
- Long-Term Disability: JHU automatically provides Long-Term Disability insurance once you’ve completed one year of continuous full-time service at the university. Learn more about Long-Term Disability.