What is liberal leave?
Liberal leave is a policy that goes into effect at NOVA when bad weather forces the closing of local public school districts in the College’s service region. It means that non-designated employees who determine that it is too dangerous to come to work when the College is open may call their supervisors and take a day of annual leave without advanced permission. It also means that when any employee is late to work because of weather-related road conditions, the tardiness will not be charged to the employee’s leave and there will be no discipline for being late that day. In addition, it means that non-designated employees may take annual leave leaving work early if they face a particularly difficult homeward commute, so long as their absence will not prevent critical functions from being performed.
