Parental Leave Examples

Examples of application of University Policy 6-315 [formerly PPM 8-8.1], Faculty Parental Leaves of Absence, for all colleges other than the School of Medicine. Examples are provided for illustrative purposes only. They do not constitute any part of the University’s Parental Leave Policy.

Example 1

Consider a tenure-line faculty member who expects to and does give birth to a child September 15 of the year in which the faculty member will undergo their fifth year retention review. The department has a seven-year probationary period.

• The faculty member is eligible to receive modified duties at 95% pay in the fall semester of that year as disability leave due being a birth giver who delivers during the academic year.
• The fifth year retention review will take place as scheduled, as the child was both due and born after June 30.
• The faculty member is eligible to extend the review timetable by one year under the parental leave policy, thereby extending the date of the tenure review by one year.
• In this case, the faculty member should notify the department chair if the faculty member intends to seek modified duties in the fall semester as soon as possible, but no later than June 15, three months prior to the expected birth of the child. The faculty member may request an extension to the review timetable at the same time, or at any time up to December 15, three months after the arrival of the child. 

Example 2

Consider a tenure-line faculty member with whom an infant is placed for adoption on June 15 of the year in which the faculty member will undergo the fifth year review. The faculty member plans to serve as the primary caregiver of the child until the end of the fall semester. The department has a even-year probationary period. This is the first application for parental leave. 

• The faculty member is eligible to receive modified duties at 95% pay in the fall semester of that year as the primary caregiver of a newly placed child under the age of six.
• In this case, the faculty member should notify the department chair that the faculty member intends to seek modified duties in the fall semester as soon as possible, but no later than March 15, three months prior to the expected birth of the child. (This may not be possible in the case of adoption, where adoptive parents may not receive three months’ notice.) The factulty member may request an extension to the review timetable at the same time, or at any time up to September 15, three months after the arrival of the child.
• The faculty member is eligible to extend the review timetable by one year under the parental leave policy, as the child was placed with  the faculty member for adoption before June 30. 

< If the faculty member makes the request to extend the review timetable before external reviewers are solicited, the faculty member may postpone the fifth year review by one year, as the child was expected to and/or did arrive before June 30. The tenure review will take place two years after the date of  fifth year review.

< If the makes the request to extend the review table after external reviewers are solicited or other action is taken to begin a formal review, the fifth year review will occur at the scheduled time, but the tenure review will be extended by one year.