Required Documentation Eligible employees who make application for paid birth recovery leave will be required to provide the following documentation: • Completed Request for Paid Birth Recovery Leave form (*form in development) ; • Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) certification completed by medical provider – employee must contact HR to begin this certification process; • Birth certificate that lists the eligible employee as birth parent (must be provided to Human Resources within three (3) business days of receipt).
Approved by the Board of Trustees, 09/08/2023
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE PROGRAM POLICY Recognizing the need for work-life balance as it relates to bonding with a new child, the University provides eligible employees with paid parental leave. Paid Parental Leave Four weeks of paid parental leave per year will be provided to eligible employees who experience a qualifying event* as defined below. Leave usage requirements are as follows: • Must be taken within 12 months of the qualifying event*; • Can be taken intermittently or consecutively, but must be taken in one-week increments; • Limited to one paid parental leave allotment per rolling calendar year; and • Paid at 100 percent of straight-time, regular, base pay or salary (excludes summer pay). Eligibility Eligible employee must meet the following requirements: • Must be a full-time, regular faculty or staff member; • Must have completed two full calendar years of employment in an active status (inclusive of nine- and ten-month appointments); • Must be the legal parent of a newborn or newly adopted/placed child. The name of the employee must be listed on the child’s birth certificate or certified legal document that establishes adoption/placement. • *Qualifying Event Parental Leave is granted to each eligible employee for one of the following qualifying events per rolling calendar year: • Birth of a newborn child; • Adoption of a child under the age of seven (7); and/or • Placement of a foster child under the age of seven (7). Must be eligible for Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) – o Requirement of 12 previous months of service, and o Service of at least 1,250 hours in the previous 12 months. Leave Considerations If the qualifying event occurs outside of a regular appointment period (e.g., during the summer months), then eligibility for paid parental leave will begin with the next regular appointment period (if applicable) and will
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