Effective March 16, 2020 the university’s Time-Off policy is being augmented specifically for the COVID-19 situation. To support our staff and their loved ones, a new paid time off option, Pandemic Time (PND), is available and can be submitted in Kronos (go.gwu.edu/trs) following the same steps one would take to submit annual or sick time. PND replaces the previously announced option of using sick time in advance of accrual..
PND is available to use now in Kronos for the following employee types:
- Full Time benefits-eligible staff – 80 hours
- Part Time benefits-eligible staff – 40 hours
- Hourly wage/temporary workers – 20 hours
- GW temp agency employees who are in an active status may request PND for days they are scheduled to work but unable to do so due to the COVID-19 situations noted below.
What are the eligible situations when an employee can use pandemic time?
- Self-isolation or quarantine, even if they are not sick, when it is required or recommended by a public health authority or health care provider
- Obtaining a personal diagnosis or caring for one’s own COVID-19 exposure or symptom
- Assisting an immediate family member who is self-quarantined because of a COVID-19 diagnosis or is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and needs to obtain medical diagnosis or care
- Caring for an immediate family member who is not sick but needs care due to COVID-19 related closures of schools or daycare
A family member is defined in accordance with the Time Off and Leave policy:
- A person related by blood, legal custody or marriage;
- A foster child or child who lives with the employee and for whom the employee permanently assumes and discharges parental responsibility;
- A person with whom the employee shares or has shared, within the last year, a mutual residence and with whom the employee maintains a committed relationship.
For more details on this enhancement and to review a FAQ document on Pandemic Time, please visit the Benefits homepage.
