Parental Leave
Regular full-time staff and faculty may be provided paid parental leave for up to 60 days (480 hours) during a six-month period surrounding: the birth of a newborn; the recent adoption of a child under the age of 6. For regular part-time staff working 50 percent time or greater, the amount of parental leave is prorated.
Eligibility
- After 6 months of UMB employment, and written affirmation that the employee will be the child’s primary caregiver during the parental leave period, and
- Have a satisfactory history of sick and safe leave usage and work performance
- Not exceeded the maximum of allotted benefit.
Policies
Family Medical Leave
Family Medical Leave entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage.
Eligible employees are entitled to 12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for:
- The birth of a child and to care for the newborn child within one year of birth;
- The placement with the employee of a child for adoption or foster care and to care for the newly placed child within one year of placement;
- To care for the employee’s spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition;
- A serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of his or her job;
- A qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that the employee’s spouse, son, daughter, or parent is a covered military member on “covered active duty;” or
- Twenty-six workweeks of leave during a single 12-month period to care for a covered service member with a serious injury or illness if the eligible employee is the service member’s spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin (military caregiver leave)
Eligibility
- Been employed within UMB or USM for at least one year.
- Worked at least 1,040 hours within the last year immediately preceding the date of requested leave.