Paid Parental Leave Program. Effective January 1, 2021, a faculty member shall be provided with up to eight (8) weeks of paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child or the initial placement of a child in the xxxxxx care of the employee. Employees may also use their personal accrued leave, unpaid leave, or a combination of paid and unpaid leave so long as the total parental leave period, including the paid parental leave does not exceed a total of six (6) calendar months. For faculty within their first twelve (12) months of employment, they may use up to 8 weeks of additional advanced leave if they have fewer than 320 hours of accrued paid time off. Faculty are immediately eligible for these paid parental leave benefits. They must be used within twelve (12) months of the birth or placement of a child and can only be used once every twenty-four (24) months. Faculty who have an advanced leave balance 2939 2940 2941 2942 2943 2944 2945 2946 2947 2948 2949 2950 2951 2952 2953 2954 2955 2956 2957 2958 2959 2960 2961 2962 2963 2964 2965 2966 2967 2968 2969 2970 2971 2972 2973 2974 2975 2976 2977 2978 2979 2980 2981 associated with the previous parental leave policy will have the remainder of their advanced leave balance forgiven.
Paid Parental Leave Program. Consistent with the parties' joint desire to encourage employee health and wellbeing through family bonding, the purpose of this Paid Parental Leave Program is to provide an employee four (4) weeks of salary continuation consistent with FMLA birth, adoption or xxxxxx care placement of a child.
Paid Parental Leave Program. Effective January 1, 2021, a faculty member shall be provided with up to eight (8) weeks of paid parental leave for the birth or adoption of a child or the initial placement of a child in the xxxxxx care of the employee. Employees may also use their personal accrued leave, unpaid leave, or a combination of paid and unpaid leave so long as the total parental leave period, including the paid parental leave does not exceed a total of six (6) calendar months. For faculty within their first twelve (12) months of employment, they may use up to 8 weeks of additional advanced leave if they have fewer than 320 hours of accrued paid time off. Faculty are immediately eligible for these paid parental leave benefits. They must be used within twelve (12) months of the birth or placement of a child and can only be used once every twenty-four (24) months. Faculty who have an advanced leave balance associated with the previous parental leave policy will have the remainder of their advanced leave balance forgiven.
