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Chapter 6. Fringe Benefits
Section 6.2 Leaves/Absences
Subsection 6.2.3 Leaves/Absences With Pay
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6.2.3.5 Maternity Leave

Michigan Tech recognizes the need to support employees as they balance career, childbirth, and family obligations. A holistic review of all of our leave policies needs to be done in a deliberate fashion to develop a general parental leave policy for birth and adoptive parents. To have something available immediately for birth mothers the following interim practice is put into place. This document outlines parameters for a maternity leave to be applied within our current policy 6.2.3.1 Approved Absences with Pay which allows the President to approve a leave of absence with pay for specific occasions.

PARAMETERS FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE (MATERNITY-BIRTH MOTHER ONLY)

To be used in conjunction with Leaves with Pay Policy (6.2.3.1 Approved Absences with Pay).

Note: these parameters will be in place until the program can be evaluated and assessed and a regular policy can be developed.

Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
Non-tenure track faculty, research faculty, professional and non-represented staff.

* The intent is that faculty can get paid for a full semester without having to meet regularly scheduled classes (but still maintain graduate student supervision and research), or for up to 6 weeks without any teaching, research, and service responsibilities. "Concurrent" means that:

Further information is available from the Benefits Office in the Human Resources Office.

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