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Below is the final version of the childbearing/childrearing leave policy. This policy went into effect on August 1, 2008. Please note one final clarification of the new leave policy and its relationship to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in red below.
Childbearing and Childrearing Leaves for Faculty
Childbearing and Childrearing Leaves
It is [...]
Childbearing and Childrearing Leaves
It is the policy of the University that a full-time faculty member with one year of University service may choose one of the following options for childbearing and/or childrearing:
1) Childbearing leave for female faculty.
Six to eight weeks childbearing leave using short term disability (thirty days full pay followed by [...]
The proposed policy for faculty is based on several principles:
Provides time to parents of newborn or newly adopted children when they most needed it – at the time the child arrives. The policy would apply to any male [...]