Paid Time Off - Greater Charlotte (2025)

For Atrium Health Greater Charlotte:

• Check PTO Balance
• Request, Record, and Approve Paid Time Off
• PTO Accrual Rates
• Atrium Health Holiday Schedule

Additional resources:

• PTO Guide
• PTO FAQs
• PTO Cash-in eForm- available Dec. 1-31, 2023
• PTO Cash-in FAQs
• PTO Donation FAQs
• PTO Accrual While on Leave FAQs
• Bereavement Leave

Paid Time Off Eligibility

Paid Time Off (PTO) is a bank of hours that each eligible teammate earns and may use. It is a combination of vacation, sick and holiday time off. The following teammates are eligible for PTO:

• Full-time teammates
• Part-time teammates scheduled to work at least 40 hours per pay period
• Teammates in a Weekender position schedule to work at least 48 hours per pay period
• Half Track bedside RNs and LPNs scheduled to work at least 32 hours per pay period

Check PTO Balance

Find your Paid Time Off balance and activity in CORE Connect. Follow these steps:

Job Aid - How to Review PTO Balance in CORE Connect

Request, Record and Approve Paid Time Off 

It is crucial that absence requests are entered, approved and accurate in Kronos. Teammates, leaders and time approvers can only add, edit or remove absence requests, such as paid time off, bereavement, jury duty, absent time (unpaid) and time out for prevention, in Kronos.

To learn more about how to submit PTO, PTO approvals, and how to enter time away into Kronos, please review the Frequently Asked Questions or ask your leader. Visit the PeopleConnect Paid Time Off - Charlotte page for additional instructions.

Leaders will need to approve PTO by midnight Sunday, prior to payroll Monday.

Visit the PeopleConnect Paid Time Off - Charlotte page for additional instructions. To learn more about how to submit PTO, PTO approvals, and how to enter time away into Kronos, please review these Frequently Asked Questions.