Leave Cash-Out Eligibility & Calculator

Calculate your Cash-Out

On this page you can find instructions, details, and a calculator to help you estimate your leave cash-out.

1. Review Eligibility & Lifetime Maximums

Start by reviewing the your eligibility and leave cash-out maximums for your employment type.

Faculty

• If you are a faculty for the College of Medicine, IFAS, Levin College of Law or Out-of-Unit your lifetime maximum cash-out amount is 200 hours of vacation time.
  • Leave Regulations at UF
• If you are In-Unit Faculty your lifetime maximum cash-out amount is 352 hours of vacation time. If you were hired prior to 4/1/2010 and have 10 more years of creditable service you may also cash-out 1/4 of your sick leave, up to 480 hours.
  • UFF-UF Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Staff

Both TEAMS and USPS staff have a lifetime maximum cash-out amount of 200 hours of vacation time.

• If you are TEAMS click here for more details about this regulation.
• If you are USPS click here for more details about this in the AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Law Enforcement

• If you are a Law Enforcement Officer or Sergeant your lifetime maximum cash-out amount is 200 hours of vacation time.
• If you are a Law Enforcement Lieutenant your lifetime maximum cash-out amount is 352 hours of vacation time.
• For Law Enforcement Officers, Sergeants, or Lieutenants, if you were hired prior to 1/1/2017 and retiring you may also cash-out 1/4 of your sick leave, up to 480 hours.
• Find more details about this in the following UF PBA Bargaining Agreements:
  • Lieutenants Contract
  • Sergeants and Officers Contract

What is a lifetime maximum?

A lifetime maximum is the greatest amount of leave that can be cashed out for an employee during any employment at UF. These levels are determined by your appointment classification.

If you separated from employment at the University of Florida and received a cash-out it could impact the total amount you are eligible to receive now. You can email central-leave@ufl.edu to determine the amount of your prior cash-out.

Note: Upon separation, all available hours up to the lifetime maximum must be cashed out.

2. Reviewing Your Hourly Rate

Once you have determined your eligibility and the lifetime cash-out maximum for your position use your hourly rate listed on your paycheck in the calculator below to get an estimate of your cash-out.

• If you need to review your hourly rate you can find it visiting myUFL. Once there navigate to My Self Service > Payroll and Compensation > View Paycheck to view your pay check and hourly rate.
• If you are College of Medicine Faculty and your position is funded by Academic Enrichment Funds (AEF) make sure you are combining all of your hourly rates when estimate your cash-out. If you do not know if your position is funded by AEF please reach out to your HR Liason.

3. Request Your Cash-out or Confirm Cash-out Status

To request your cash-out contact your department’s HR Liason and they will initiate the request for a cash-out. They will be your contact throughout the process and can let you know once the cash-out is initiated as well as confirm it’s status.

Please note that once the cash-out has been requested it can take up to 4-6 weeks to process.

Find your HR Liason

Contacting Fidelity Investments

If your cash-out was over $5,000 and distributed to a Fidelity Investments account you may invest, roll over, or distribute these funds. Once the account is established you can reach out to Fidelity Investments directly with any questions through their UF contact portal.

Fidelity Investments – UF Contact Portal

Cash-out Flow Chart

Further Questions?

Please contact our team via email at central-leave@ufl.edu or give us a call at 352-392-2477.