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Classified Non-Union Leave
Civil Duty Leave

UNDERSTAND

Civil duty leave, or civil leave, is paid leave granted to monthly-paid employees to serve on jury duty, serve as trial witnesses, or to exercise other subpoenaed civil duties.

Eligibility

Classified non-union employees are eligible for civil leave immediately upon employment at the University.

Employees are generally not entitled to civil leave for civil legal actions that they initiate, or when named as a defendant in a private legal action that is unrelated to their UW employment.

Compensation

Classified non-union employees receive regular pay while fulfilling civil duty requirements. Classified non-union employees may retain any compensation received for fulfilling a civil duty.

ACT

Requesting civil duty leave

If you have received notice that you need to exercise a civil duty, please take the following steps to request civil leave:

  1. Provide your supervisor with a copy of the summons received from the city, county, state or federal government.
  2. Follow your department's normal leave request procedures to obtain written approval for use of civil leave.
  3. If approved, a copy of the approval is retained in your department file to support entries made in the Online Work Leave System (OWLS), or other authorized leave tracking system.

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