Paid Time Off (PTO) Policy

Eligible team members are entitled to accrue PTO at the rate of 1 hour of PTO for each 17.333 hours in a pay period. This equates to 15 PTO days per year for full-time team members. PTO is separate from other types of leave like Holidays or Sick and Safe Leave.

Eligibility

This paid time off policy applies to full- or part-time (20 hours per week or more) regular team members who have been with the company for at least 3 months. Temporary, contract, or intermittent team members and interns are not eligible for this benefit.

Accrual

Full-time team members accrue 10 hours of PTO in each month, regardless of holidays or paid time off. Likewise, part-time team members accrue one hour of PTO for each 17.333 hours in a pay period, including any holidays, paid time off, or overtime.

Unused PTO under this policy carries over at the end of each calendar year. Full-time team members may carry over up to 210 hours. Part-time team members may carry over up to 105 hours.

Unused PTO is eligible to be paid out at the end of employment, based on certain conditions. Team members who leave voluntarily, are laid off, or let go due to performance reasons will receive a cash payout of unused PTO. However, team members who are let go due to a violation of company policies forfeit this benefit and will not receive a cash payout of unused PTO.

What if I want to use more PTO than I have accrued?

In certain circumstances, Unity may allow team members to take PTO before they have accrued it, meaning they would have a negative balance of PTO. Requests for using unearned PTO will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Team members may recoup a negative PTO balance by continuing to work for Unity until they earn enough paid time off to have a positive PTO balance. The maximum negative PTO balance for full-time team members is 20 hours and for part-time team members is 10 hours.

If a team member leaves Unity with a negative PTO balance, Unity will deduct the amount that was advanced from their final paycheck.

Process

Before requesting time off, team members need to let their manager know the expected dates they will be out. The manager will share these dates with the COO (or other team member in charge of project scheduling) in order to approve the time off request.

Requests for time off should be submitted through Hrvey.

The following guidelines should be used when requesting time off:

  • For 1 or fewer days of PTO: 1 week notice
  • For 2-4 days of PTO: 1 month notice
  • For 5+ days of PTO: 3 months notice

Note: If a team member requests time off within the same week, it will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Once time off has been approved, please block the time in your calendar by adding an "out of office" event.