In recognition of its employees’ contributions and the college’s interest in the welfare of each employee, ACC provides leave benefits to give employees a change from their work routine and/or address personal or family concerns. Various paid and unpaid leave opportunities are part of the college’s benefit package.
ACC provides the following benefits for all staff positions:
Accrued Leave
View ACC’s accrued leave policy.
- Annual Leave/Vacation (not available to faculty and instructors)
- Sick Leave
Non-accrued Paid Leave
View ACC’s policy for non-accrued paid leave
- Administrative Leave
- Bereavement Leave
- Disability Leave Without Pay
- Jury Duty/Court Subpoena Leave
- Military Leave
- Parental Leave
- Personal Leave
- Professional Development Leave
- Sabbatical
- Sick Leave Pool
- Volunteer Firefighters & Emergency Medical Services Volunteers Emergency Leave
- Voting Leave
Leave Without Pay
View ACC’s leave without pay policy
- Educational Leave Without Pay
- Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Leave Without Pay
- Military Leave Without Pay
- Workers’ Compensation Disability Leave Without Pay
Austin Community College District employees must report leave in Workday. The immediate supervisor must approve all leave time in accordance with the specific leave requirements.
Holidays & Closures
ACC is closed to students, faculty, and staff 22.5 days during the calendar year:
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Spring Break (5 days)
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving (2.5 days)
- Winter Break (Varies; 9 days in 2025, including Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day)