Bi-weekly sick leave accrual for full-time employees shall be as noted below, with proportionate accrual for less than full-time. Years of service for purposes of sick leave accrual are limited to service at the University of West Florida. Other Personal Services employees are not eligible to accrue sick leave.

Use of sick leave is authorized for the employee's personal illness, injury, exposure to a contagious disease, a disability where the employee is unable to perform assigned duties or appointments with health care providers. Sick leave is also authorized for the illness, injury, appointments with health care providers or death of a member of the employee's immediate family which is defined as spouse, grandparents, parents, brothers, sisters, children (including State authorized foster-care children), and grandchildren of both the employee and the employee's spouse.