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Office of Human Resources: Illinois State University

Scheduled Or Unscheduled?

Time away from work is either scheduled or unscheduled.

  • Scheduled- arranged for in advance for anticipated events such as vacations, funerals, appointments, personal business, weddings, military training, surgery, childbirth, jury duty, disability leave, FMLA leave, religious observances or personal convenience.
  • Unscheduled- not arranged for in advance and caused by reasons such as unexpected personal or family illness, accidents or family/home emergencies.

In analyzing an attendance record, occurrences where the absence was unscheduled will be used. While not scheduled, absence due to a bona fide work-related injury will not be considered "unscheduled" in the analysis of absences.