Vacation and Mentor-Approved Flexibility of Observed Holidays and Winter Break

Description

In any appointment year, a postdoctoral trainee may take up to ten University business days as paid vacation days, during which the postdoctoral trainee will continue to receive their stipend or salary.

Postdoctoral trainees are also entitled to the official holidays observed by the University and are eligible for the University’s special winter vacation, during which the University is typically closed.

If a postdoctoral trainee works or performs research during an official University holiday or special winter vacation, the postdoctoral trainee may use the equivalent time as additional paid vacation days with mentor approval.

Unused vacation days, holidays, or equivalent days are forfeited at the end of the appointment year and are not paid out.

Postdoctoral trainees should discuss vacation, holidays, winter break, and any mentor-approved scheduling flexibility with their faculty mentor in advance. Departments or schools may have local procedures for recording or approving time away.

Penn Policy and Related Guidance

For University policy guidance, postdoctoral trainees, faculty mentors, and administrators should review the Policy for Postdoctoral Trainees at the University of Pennsylvania and Penn HR’s list of University-recognized holidays.