UBC offers many different types of paid and unpaid leaves – from time off for professional development to a leave to look after a critically or terminally ill family member. The links below provide information about the leaves available to you and how you can request the time off.
Depending on your UBC employee group and the type of leave, your UBC benefits might be affected. On some leaves, you continue to receive your UBC benefits, while for other leaves, you will need to pay both your cost and UBC’s cost to maintain your benefits. See Benefits Coverage while on a Leave for more information.
Types of leaves
- Administrative leave
- Compassionate care and family caregiving leave, to look after a terminally or critically ill family member, and bereavement leave in the case of a death of a family member
- Domestic violence leave
- Faculty: Tenure clock extension
- Faculty: Study leave
- General leave
- Indigenous leave for ceremonial, cultural and spiritual events
- Learning and professional leaves such as study leave and sabbaticals
- Leave between appointments for Sessional Lecturers
- Leave for university and union business, including:
- Administrative leave
- University committee leave
- Leave at the request of the University
- Exchange leave
- Union business
- Negotiations and grievance pay provisions
- Full-time union or public duties
- Legislative sick leave, applies to certain employees at UBC
- Maternity, parental and adoption leave, including pre-placement adoption leave
- Paid sick leave, including time off for medical/dental appointments and looking after a sick family member
- Personal leaves, including:
- Jury duty or court witness duty
- Special leave
- Personal emergency leave
- Citizenship leave
- Military leave
- Leave to take political office
- Public Duties
- Religious and Cultural Observance
- Unpaid sick leave, if you use up all of your paid sick leave days and are unable to return to work
- Vacation, including long service recognition
- Winter leave, Some employees are eligible for paid leave over the Winter holidays, between Christmas/Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.