Faculty Handbook
V. C. MEDICAL LEAVE
(Source: Faculty Medical Leave Committee Report, March 28, 1995, amended February 8, 2012, to conform with law as agreed to by CAPP and CAT)
CATEGORIES OF FACULTY LEAVES
1. Short term illness/disability
Maximum length: | 6 months plus the balance of the academic semester after the faculty member is able to return to work or qualifies for long term disability |
Pay status: | fully paid |
Benefits: | full benefits |
Legal requirements: | must be granted in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Oregon Family Leave Act. |
2. Long term disability (LTD)
Eligibility: | must have been employed for one year and been off work due to disability for 6 months preceding LTD |
Maximum length: | until able to return to work or age 65, whichever first occurs |
Pay status: | LTD paid at 60% for full duration |
Benefits: | retirement contribution only |
3. Pregnancy leave
Eligibility: | a female faculty member |
Maximum length: | "reasonable period of time" |
Pay status: | fully paid |
Benefits: | full benefits |
Legal requirements: | must be granted in accordance with the Oregon Pregnancy Leave Law |
4. Parental leave (after the birth to bond with their newborns or their newly adopted or newly placed foster children)
Eligibility: | any male or female faculty member working more than half time and after 90 days of employment. |
Maximum length: | 12 weeks |
Pay status: | 1/2 pay if not teaching; fully paid if teaching at least one class |
Benefits: | full benefits |
Legal requirements: | must be granted in accordance with the Oregon Parental Leave Law |
5. Family leave (for child, spouse, parent or parent-in-law of employee)
Eligibility: | must be employed more than half time and for longer than 6 months. |
Maximum length: | 12 weeks in any one-year period |
Pay status: | fully paid |
Benefits: | full benefits |
Legal requirements: | must be granted in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Oregon Family Leave Act. |