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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