Medical Center Employee PTO Cashout

Medical Center employees with over 40 hours of time off are eligible to request a PTO cash out twice yearly.  Cash-out requests must be made in Workday.

June 2025 Cash-Out Guidelines

  • Team members with over 40 hours of PTO may request a PTO cash-out between May 29th – June 8th.
  • Team members can review their total PTO balance prior to May 29th for the cash-out period by clicking on Absence Balance in Workday and selecting 05/24/25 in the “As Of” field. The amount in the "Balance As of Date" field is their total PTO at the time of cash-out.
  • Team members will receive a “heads up” announcement email from Payroll Services on Monday, May 26th.
  • Team members will receive another email with detailed instructions for cashing out their PTO on Thursday, Ma 29th.
  • Starting May 29th, team members can view their allowable cash-out amounts and make requests by searching “Cash Out” Workday.
  • Eligible hours for PTO Cash-Out are based on the amount of PTO a team member has accrued as of the pay period ending May 24th. · Cash-out requests cannot exceed the allowed maximum hours as defined in Paid Time Off. 
  •  Parts E, #4 and #5 of the Paid Time Off Medical Center Policy contain additional information on PTO Cash-Out for Medical Center team members.
  • Questions in all communications will be referred to the HR Solution Center at AskHR@virginia.edu.
  • The June 13th paycheck will include the PTO Cash-Out payments.
  • The next PTO Cash-Out period is November 2025.

 

Need some help with Cash-Out?  Check out this Job Aid.

 

As always, if you have questions or concerns, please reach out to the HR Solution Center at askhr@virginia.edu

 

Step-by-Step instructions for Requesting a Cash-Out

The process in Workday is only for requesting PTO cash-out.  All other PTO requests should be made in Kronos as usual.

Cash-out requests entered in Workday use the Cash-Out task and follow these steps: 

 

  1. Search “Cash Out” in the search bar at the top of the screen. 
  2. Enter the amount of hours you’d like to cash out. The maximum you’re eligible to cash out appears in a note below the Hours field. 
  3. Click Submit. 

*If you cashed out more than intended, please contact AskHR@virginia.edu for assistance. 

View your completed cash-out requests by following these steps: 

  1. Navigate to the Menu in the upper left corner of the Workday screen. 
  2. Click Absence 
  3. Click My Absence under the View section. 
  4. Cash-Out Requests appear on the second tab of this screen. 

As always, if you have questions or concerns, please reach out to the HR Solution Center at askhr@virginia.edu.