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11. Faculty Duties and Prerogatives

11.1. Working Hours, Leaves and Benefits

(For more details, refer to DU Personnel Bylaws, Chapter 5, Working Hours and Leave)

11.1.1. Working Days (Articles 21 and 23)
Regular working days are from Sunday through Thursday. The weekend break shall be on Friday
and Saturday. However, the academic staff may be required to work on weekends during exams,
training periods, or for any other purpose determined by the University. In that case, they shall

be compensated according to the provisions of labour law and after approval of VC or his delegate.

11.1.2. Working Hours (Article 22)
Working hours for academic staff shall be forty-two and a half (42.5) hours per week and may be

in the morning, afternoon, or evening such that the total teaching hours shall be twelve (12) credit
hours per week for the academic staff with the ranks of professor and associate professor, fifteen
(15) credit hours per week for the academic staff with the rank of assistant professor, eighteen
(18) credit hours per week for all other academic staff and supporting academic staff. Working
hours for academic staff in the Foundation Program shall be twenty (20) hours per week.

11.1.3. Annual Vacation (Article 24)

The annual vacation for the Vice Chancellor, his Deputies, Deans, and academic staff shall be sixty
(60) calendar days. The vacation for academic staff is granted when the work schedule permits it.
Usually, the vacation is given during July and August or between the two semesters after approval
of the direct supervisor.

New academic staff, who join in between the academic year are entitled for proportionate annual
leave. They are advised to contact the Department of Human Resource for more details.

11.1.4. Emergency Leave (Article 31)
The academic staff shall be entitled to a paid emergency leave for six days every year. In case the
staff member is unable to apply for a leave in advance, he/she should request for an emergency
leave upon his/her return to work explaining the special circumstances.

11.1.5. Sick Leave (Article 32 and 33)
In accordance with the Labour Law, the academic staff who proves his illness shall be entitled to a
sick leave not exceeding ten (10) weeks in all, whether continuous or separate, in any calendar year.

A sick leave is granted as follows:
 Payment of total salary for the first two weeks of absence

 Payment of three quarters (3/4) of the total salary for the third and fourth weeks of absence
 Payment of half (1/2) of the total salary for the fifth and sixth weeks of absence

 Payment of a quarter (1/4) of the total salary for the seventh through the tenth week of absence

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