University Human Resources

Sick Time

Employees receive paid sick time, which can be requested for themselves or certain family members.

  • Sick: Employee’s own illness or injury.
  • Family: Staff may use up to 12 sick days (90 hours)1 a year to care for a sick dependent (spouse or child) or seriously ill parent.
  • Sick and Safe Leave: Rhode Island law requiring employers to provide employees with a minimum number of days to take time away from work for an injury or illness or to care for a close family member with an injury or illness.

Regarding an employee's years of service, when an employee leaves the university and is later rehired, an employee's date of re-employment is less than one year after the most recent period of employment ceased, sick time accrual on record at the time the employee left Brown (up to a maximum of 12 days) will be restored by the hiring department. No reinstatement of prior sick time accrual is given if the employee is rehired more than one year after the most recent period of employment ceased.

Employee Type Yearly Total1 Accrual1 Maximum Carryover1, 2 Maximum Balance1
Salary (Exempt) 12 days 1 day/month 60 days 72 days
Hourly (Non-Exempt) 90 hours 3.462 hours/bi-weekly 450 hours 540 hours

1 Days/hours are prorated for part time employees.
2 Unused sick days/hours carryover on January 1.

Sick and Safe Leave

The Healthy and Safe Families and Workplaces Act, also known as Sick and Safe Leave, is a Rhode Island law that went into effect on July 1, 2018. The law requires employers to provide employees with a minimum number of days to take time away from work for an injury or illness or to care for a close family member with an injury or illness. Under the law, employees may also use Sick and Safe Leave should they or someone they care for experience domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. 

The act applies to nearly all employers in the state with 18 or more employees. Everyone who is employed by Brown is eligible for Sick and Safe Leave, including faculty, staff and student workers.

Questions?

Email the Benefits Office at benefits_office@brown.edu or contact the Assistant Director of Compliance and Data Integrity: