DePaul University offers eligible employees generous paid time off through vacation time and paid holidays. For details, review DePaul’s
Vacation policy and
Paid Holidays and Absences policy.
Eligible employees can view absence balances and request absences by logging on to mybluesky.depaul.edu and clicking the "Time and Absences" tile.
Vacation Time
- Full-time non-exempt staff employees: ten (10) days of paid vacation per calendar year for the first three (3) years of cumulative full-time service; after three (3) years of cumulative full-time service, fifteen (15) days of paid vacation; and after ten (10) years, twenty (20) days of paid vacation.
- Full-time exempt staff employees: fifteen (15) days of paid vacation per year for the first ten (10) years of cumulative full-time service and after ten (10) years of cumulative full-time service, twenty (20) days of vacation. Librarians are eligible for twenty (20) days of vacation beginning with their first year of full-time service.
- For faculty time off, consult the Academic Affairs website.
Holidays
University full-time staff employees observe the following paid holidays:
- Martin Luther King Day
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Break (Thursday and Friday)
- Saint Vincent DePaul Day
- Christmas/New Year’s Break (week between Christmas and New Year’s Day)
- Two Floating Holidays
DePaul University values religious diversity among its faculty and staff. Out of respect for the many religious holidays of different faiths that take place while the university is in session, the university will make appropriate accommodations within the parameters of its time-off policies to allow faculty, staff and students to live and fully express their faith commitments.
Academic Calendar
Employees usually take time off when school is out of session.
Click here for the academic calendar.