Employees who separate from UTMB for any reason will not receive payment for accrued holiday compensatory time. However, employees who voluntarily separate from UTMB may be able to extend their separation date up to 40 hours to allow them to use their accrued time. Requests to extend a separation date should be submitted and approved in advance. Historical corrections will not be permitted.
Employees will receive eight hours (prorated for FTE status) of PTO for each official holiday that is scheduled to fall within the period after the date of separation and the date which the employee could have used their PTO accruals and personal holiday
leave. These PTO hours are eligible for payment upon separation.
State Agency Transfers
For employees transferring to UTMB from another state agency, their unused holiday credit may not be transferred as UTMB does not accept holiday leave balances.
For employees transferring from UTMB to another state agency, their unused holiday credit may be transferred if the new agency accepts holiday leave balances.
Death Benefits
Upon the death of an active employee, UTMB will pay the estate of the deceased for accrued holiday compensatory time as of the last day of employment. Payment will be calculated at the employee’s monthly or hourly
base pay rate at the time of their death.
Please note that eight hours (prorated for FTE status) will also be added to the employee’s PTO balance for each official holiday that is scheduled to fall within the period after the date of the employee’s death and the date which the employee
could have used their PTO accruals and personal holiday leave. PTO hours are eligible for payment to the employee’s estate.