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
The following leave types are administered by Lincoln Financial. Go directly to MyLincolnPortal or open How to Start a Claim with Lincoln.
- 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.