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Time away from work is essential for employees to recharge and renew. Employees earn paid time off in addition to company paid holidays.

The following paid time off information is for Class F (40 hours/week), Class R (3039 hours/week), and Class H (2029 hours/week) Amazon employees excluding those who work in California.

Vacation

You are eligible to receive paid vacation time. Paid vacation time is accrued on a per pay-period basis. The amounts shown below are annualized accrual amounts.

Annual accrual rates for hourly employees

Completed Years of Service

Part Time

(2029 hours per week)

Reduced Time

(3039 hours per week)

Full Time

(40+ hours per week)

0

20 hours

30 hours

40 hours

1

40 hours

60 hours

80 hours

2

44 hours

66 hours

88 hours

3

48 hours

72 hours

96 hours

4

52 hours

78 hours

104 hours

5

56 hours

84 hours

112 hours

6+

60 hours

90 hours

120 hours

 

Annual accrual rates for salaried employees

Completed Years of Service

Part Time

(2029 hours per week)

Reduced Time

(3039 hours per week)

Full Time

(40+ hours per week)

0

40 hours

60 hours

80 hours

1

60 hours

90 hours

120 hours

6+

80 hours

120 hours

160 hours

 

Personal time

You are eligible to receive paid personal time. You will accrue paid personal time on the last day of your first pay period (and January 1 in subsequent years), and the remainder will be spread out over the remaining 11 bi-weekly pay periods (5 pay periods if you are paid monthly). The amounts below reflect the annualized grant amounts you are eligible to receive:

Part Time

(2029 hours per week)

Reduced Time

(3039 hours per week)

Full Time

(40+ hours per week)

24 hours

36 hours

48 hours

 

Sick time

Any type of paid time off provided by Amazon may be used for sick and/or safe time purposes. Amazon’s paid time off policies have been designed to be used together to meet or exceed all safe and sick leave law requirements where these policies are in effect.

Holidays

In general, employees receive seven paid holidays per year:

  1. New Year's Day
  2. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  3. Memorial Day
  4. Independence Day
  5. Labor Day
  6. Thanksgiving Day
  7. Christmas Day

Leaves of absence

In general, leaves of absence are available to eligible employees for time off due to a qualifying medical condition, or that of a qualified family member. This can include the birth or adoption of a new child, personal reasons, the death of a member of your immediate family, jury/witness duty, military reasons, or other reasons provided under various laws. Most leaves are unpaid, except some pregnancy and parental leaves, and some portions of jury/witness, military, and bereavement leaves. All leaves have various length limits, and some leave types may require certification and/or the approval of your manager or Human Resources. For more information, refer to the Benefits Overview for US Amazon Employees page.