The Chancellor, or his designee, will send a communication announcing that classes have been cancelled or that services or operations are being impacted due to inclement weather. As a matter of policy, the Urbana Campus does not fully close so that research functions and other critical functions are uninterrupted. Online classes and remote work will continue as usual, unless you are notified otherwise by your instructor or supervisor.

The campus is committed to actions that promote the safety and well-being of students and employees. After careful consideration, campus leadership may determine that extreme weather conditions pose a potential safety threat.

In general, a unit executive officer, department head, or supervisor is asked to carefully review essential functions to determine who provides critical services that cannot be performed remotely, and to then inform affected personnel of their role.

In the face of inclement weather, personal and employment circumstances will vary and you should consider your own personal safety and local conditions when making the assessment of whether to report to work. In general, if you have not been contacted to report to work onsite during an inclement weather event, you should not report to work. Employees who do not report to work and are not able to work remotely should use vacation leave or other personal leave to cover their absence.

You should use vacation leave or other personal leave to cover your absence.

Generally, essential employees whose work can only be completed on campus are not approved to work from home for an inclement weather event. Employees who are able to complete their work from home may be allowed to do so with supervisory approval.

You should use your sick leave as scheduled and approved to cover your absence.

Units have been authorized to approve absences without pay for inclement weather events where applicable for non-exempt employees.

No. Absences due to severe weather will be authorized and will not be subject to disciplinary action. However, all employees should be good stewards of their paid leave time so that they are prepared for unanticipated critical events that require leave time.

You will be paid for hours worked, including overtime, in accordance with standard policy. Your vacation leave will not be charged.

If you are a non-exempt employee, you will be paid for hours worked, including overtime, in accordance with standard policy. By law, exempt employees are not eligible for overtime pay.

You will be paid for hours worked, including overtime, in accordance with standard policy.

You will be paid for hours worked in accordance with standard policy.

Unfortunately, we cannot control the wording of announcements released by the media. As a matter of policy, the Urbana Campus does not fully close so that research functions are uninterrupted. An employee who does not report to work should use vacation leave or other personal leave to cover the absence.

You should use standard leave reporting processes to report an absence due to inclement weather.

For overtime-eligible civil service employees:

• Vacation
• Floating Holiday (full-day)
• Accrued compensatory time
• Approved absence without pay

For overtime-exempt employees (civil service and academic):

• Vacation
• Floating Holiday (full-day)
• Leave without Pay (consult with IHR)

Illinois Human Resources, Labor and Employee Relations at (217) 333-3105 or IHRLER@illinois.edu.