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Instructor Absences

Adjunct Faculty members may be absent for 1/15 of class contact hours per assigned class per semester without any reduction in pay.

Per Michigan’s Earned Sick time Act (ESTA), employees will accrue one hour of earned sick time for every 30 hour worked:

  • ESTA Runs concurrently with Instructor Absences (1/15th absence as noted above).
  • When notifying the Division of absence, the Adjunct Faculty must let the division know the reason for the absence.  The Human Resources Office will use this information to determine if ESTA leave hours can be applied.

For detailed information regarding this Act please refer to Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act Procedure.