91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ System employees should use available PTO when they need to be out for a sick day. However, employees with accrued, or banked, sick leave from the former staff leave plan that ended Dec. 31, 2023, may access their sick leave for specific situations:  

  • To cover sick leave events when PTO has been exhausted 

  • During the elimination period for short-term disability 

  • To make up the difference between the employee’s regular pay and the 60% University-paid short-term disability 

  • To supplement workers’ compensation  

Banked sick leave requests may be made up to 30 days in advance. 

For more information, review HR-404 Sick Leave Policy.

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Request Sick Leave

To request sick leave, complete the "Sick Leave Request eForm" via myHR, located under the "Leave Request eForms" tile.

MU Health Care employees can check their available time balances using UKG. 

Supervisors and timekeepers can request sick time on behalf of someone else by emailing the Leave Administration Team at umsickleaverequest@umsystem.edu. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Unused sick hours are forfeited at separation and are not eligible to be paid out. 

Employees who are members of the Defined Benefit Plan or Hybrid Plan at the time of their separation, who meet minimum retirement eligibility under the Retirement, Disability and Death Benefit Plan, will receive the remaining balance of unused sick leave as service credit.  

Visit the Core and Voluntary Retirement Plans webpage for more information about the University’s retirement plans.