Termination of Service

The Fund is in large part a project-oriented organization in which relatively high staff turnover is expected as projects begin and end. Generally, we attempt to anticipate changing staffing needs in advance, so employees can be notified well in advance of their termination of service, but that is not always possible. Termination may be with or without advance notice, and employees may be terminated for any legal reason. At the time of termination, employees will be notified of their rights to continued health insurance coverage at their own cost pursuant to federal law.

Except in the case of Partner Project Spinoffs (see below), upon termination of service, employees receive payment for accumulated annual leave and, in the case of non-exempt staff, accumulated compensatory time. No payment is made for accumulated sick leave.

Partner Project Spinoff: When a Partner Project spins off into its own entity or another fiscal sponsor, its employees’ employment with the Fund terminates. In these cases, the transferred employees’ accumulated annual leave, accumulated compensatory time and accumulated sick leave will be transferred to the spinoff entity, and no payout will be made.