Academic Maternity Bonding Policies

Academic Family Leave 7.13 through 7.16


All salaried academic employees, including paid Postdoctoral Associates and Fellows (but not including visiting, adjunct, sessional, and emeritus staff) are eligible for job-protected, paid leave of up to eight (8) weeks per year provided they have completed three (3) months of work at the Medical College. Leave is available for Bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child.
The Academic Family Leave benefit is calculated as a maximum of eight (8) weeks of leave per calendar year, as a percentage of salary, according to the following schedule (salary is defined as annual base salary plus any administrative supplement, and is capped at $210,000):

  • All academic employees, including paid Postdoctoral Associates and Fellows with less than one year of service will be paid 50% of their salary to bond with a new child or care for a family member with a serious health condition.
  • All academic employees, including paid Postdoctoral Associates and Fellows with one year or more of service, will be paid 100% of their salary to bond with a new child or care for a family member with a serious health condition.

Leave can be taken in whole day increments, and can be continuous or intermittent.

Two parents working for the Medical College: each eligible employee can take Academic Family Leave up to the maximum benefit; their departments have discretion depending on the circumstances, to limit the employees from taking leave at the same time for the same family member.

Coordination with Salary Continuance: An employee cannot receive salary continuance benefits and Academic Family Leave benefits concurrently. Salary continuance for the purpose of labor and delivery of a child, is separate from the Academic Family Leave benefit to bond with the baby.

Coordination with Family and Medical Leave: FMLA runs concurrently with Academic Family Leave, except when the Academic Family Leave is used to care for a grandparent, grandchild, or parent-in-law (as FMLA does not cover a grandparent, grandchild, or parent-in-law). If the employee is eligible for Academic Family Leave but does not have remaining FMLA time, Academic Family Leave may be taken alone.

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