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This page applies to all staff, academic personnel, and student employees.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You get up to 12 weeks of family and medical leave per 12-month period. We use a rolling 12-month period to determine your FMLA balance.<\/p>\n

Your time off or leave of absence may be taken as a single block of time or, when medically necessary, on an intermittent basis or as a reduced work schedule.<\/p>\n

Calculating your available leave<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Step 1<\/strong>: Determine the date you wish to start<\/strong> your leave.<\/p>\n

Example<\/em>: March 10, 2016<\/p>\n

Step 2<\/strong>:\u00a0Count back\u00a012 months<\/strong>\u00a0from that start date.<\/p>\n

Example<\/em>: March 11, 2015
\n\"FMLA<\/p>\n

Step 3<\/strong>: Add up the FMLA time already taken during that 12-month period.<\/p>\n

Example<\/em>: You took two weeks in April 2015<\/strong> and three more weeks in January 2016<\/strong>. Total used in the past 12 months: five weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"FMLA<\/p>\n

Step 4<\/strong>: Subtract the amount of time already taken from the 12 weeks allowed. The remainder is the amount of time you can take for your current leave.<\/p>\n

Example<\/em>: 12 weeks minus 5 weeks = 7 weeks available<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part-time employees<\/h4>\n

When you work a part-time schedule, your available amount of FMLA leave is determined on a pro rata or proportional basis. FMLA provides up to 12 weeks of leave. A week is determined by the number of hours you normally work.<\/p>\n

Leave taken as full weeks:<\/strong> An staff or student employee or librarian who works 35 hours per week is entitled to 12 weeks of leave, which would total 420 hours (35 x 12), not 480 (40 x 12) hours. Faculty at 0.875 FTE are entitled to 12 weeks of leave, which would total 84 days (12 x 7 days).<\/p>\n

Intermittent or Reduced Schedule:<\/strong> Only the amount of leave you actually take counts toward your leave entitlement. If you normally work 30 hours a week, but only are able to work 20 hours following surgery, your 10 hours of leave equal one-third of a week of FMLA leave for each week of the reduced-leave schedule.<\/p>\n

Cyclic or academic year employees<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • If you are in a less than 12-month service period, you are entitled to FMLA only during periods you are scheduled to work (contracted teaching periods), including summer if contracted\/scheduled to work.<\/li>\n
  • If you are in a 12-month service period, you are eligible for FMLA year-round while in active paid status.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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