Place faculty on sabbatical leave for one quarter/semester at full pay.

• Used to place an eligible Unit 3 employee on a Sabbatical Leave for one quarter or one semester at full pay. Sabbatical Leave for 10 and 12 month Librarians at quarter campuses is three months. Sabbatical Leave for 10 and 12 month Librarians and Statewide Nursing Program employees at semester campuses is four months.

• For information on Sabbatical leaves, refer to the Payroll Processing Guidelines on the Systemwide Human Resources website.

• Salary rates are computer generated.

• An employee must occupy one full time position during the period of leave.

• Refer to the Sabbatical Leave section of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for additional information, including permissible length of leaves for Librarians.

• Refer to Payroll Processing Guidelines for Sabbatical Leave Forfeiture procedures.

• When eligible Lecturers are granted a paid leave for sabbatical, the length of appointment at the time of leave must be sufficient in length to cover the period of the leave and the return service obligation. 

• For example:

 -One semester leave = an appointment length of one year

 -One quarter leave = an appointment length of two quarters

 -One year leave = an appointment length of two years.

• A sabbatical of two semesters or three quarters may be implemented within a two consecutive academic year period (e.g., Spring and Fall semester; Spring, Fall and Winter quarters or Winter, Spring and Fall quarters). Refer to Article 27 of the agreement.

• An employee must be reinstated before being placed on any other type of leave.