FAQs

What is Parental Leave (Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave)?

Parental Leave (commonly referred to as Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave) is a paid leave of up to 30 days, associated with the birth of an employee's own child or the placement of a child with the employee in connection with adoption or foster care. This type of absence is not charged against the employee's leave credits, and the amount of paid days received is based on employee category.

How many days of Paid Parental Leave am I eligible to take?

See chart below.

Employee Category	# of Eligible Paid Days	Timeframe Guidelines
Physicians (R01)	20 days**	Per calendar year. Commences with the arrival of the employee's new child, and days run consecutively.
CSUEU (R02,5,7,9)*	30 days**	Per calendar year. Commences within sixty (60) days of the arrival of the new child, due to birth, adoption, or foster care assignment, or legal guardianship; up to his/her eighteenth (18th) birthday. Days are taken consecutively, unless mutually agreed otherwise by employee and appropriate administrator. Parental leave is normally taken in daily increments.
Faculty (R03)*	30 days**	Commences within a one hundred and thirty-five (135) day period, which begins sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated arrival date of the new child, and ends seventy-five (75) days after the arrival of a new child due to birth, adoption or foster care. Charged only for workdays in such period of time and days are taken consecutively.
Academic Support (R04)*	30 days**	Commences within 60 days after the arrival of each new child. Days run consecutively and in full-day increments, unless mutually agreed otherwise by the employee and the appropriate administrator. Parental leave is not affected in the event that the employee commences their parental leave in one calendar year and completes it in the next. Limited to a maximum of 30 workdays with pay per calendar year if leave is for placement of one or more foster children with the employee or with the employee's spouse or domestic partner.
Skilled Trades (R06)*	30 days**	Per calendar year. Commences within 60 days of birth or, placement due to adoption or foster care, or legal guardianship (up to age 18) and days run consecutively, unless mutually agreed upon. Parental leave is normally taken in daily increments.
Public Safety (R08)*	30 days**	Per calendar year. Commences within 60 days of the arrival of the new child, in connection with the birth of one’s child, or placement of one or more children with the employee for the purpose of adoption or foster care. An employee is entitled to up to the equivalent of thirty (30) consecutive, eight (8)-hour work days (not to exceed 240 hours for employees on alternate work schedules). Must be taken in full days.
UAW (R11)	None	Not available to employees within this employee category.
Confidential (C99)*	30 days**	Commences within 60 days of the arrival of the new child, and days run consecutively. Leave may only be taken in daily increments. Upon mutual agreement and on an exception basis, the scheduling of the leave may be modified to meet the operational needs of the campus.
Management Personnel Plan (MPP)(M80)*	30 days**	Commences within 60 days of the arrival of the new child, and days run consecutively. Upon mutual agreement and on an exception basis, the scheduling of the leave may be modified to meet the operational needs of the campus.
Executives (M98)*	30 days	Commences within 60 days of the arrival of the new child, and days run consecutively.
Excluded (E99)	None	Not available to employees within this employee category.

*Benefit applies to foster care.
**Leave applies to Workdays.

Does Paid Parental Leave run concurrently with other leaves?

Yes. Paid Parental Leave runs concurrently with any other related leaves for which the employee is eligible.

Does paid Parental Leave apply to Adoption or Foster Care?

Yes. Paid Parental Leave is a paid leave of up to 30 work days in a calendar year for the birth of an employee's child or the placement of a child with the employee through adoption or foster care.

How soon am I required to commence my Paid Parental Leave?

Leave must commence within 60 days of the child's arrival (excluding Faculty).

Faculty must commence leave within a 135 day period beginning within 60 days prior to the anticipated arrival date of a new child and ending seventy five days after the arrival. Faculty employees have additional flexibility in terms of commencing their Paid Parental due to the nature of work. In order to minimize disruptions of the academic program and impacts on students, the following options are available.

Leave sharing. When a faculty unit employee is eligible for a parental leave and his/her spouse or partner is also a faculty unit employee, one spouse/partner may donate all or part of his/her parental leave to the other spouse or partner with the approval of the appropriate administrator(s).
Reduction in workload in lieu of parental leave. Upon request of the faculty unit employee and approval of the appropriate administrator, a faculty unit employee with an academic year appointment may be given a reduced assignment over one academic term in lieu of a thirty (30) day parental leave, as follows:
1. A workload reduction of forty percent (40%) (6 WTUs) for one semester, or
2. A workload reduction of sixty percent (60%) (9 WTUs) for one quarter.
Upon request of the faculty unit employee and approval of the appropriate administrator, a faculty unit employee with an academic year appointment may combine paid parental leave, sick leave, and unpaid leave in order to take an entire semester or quarter leave. Under this provision, paid leave need not be exhausted before unpaid leave is taken.

Does the 30 Days of Paid Parental Leave need to be taken consecutively?

Yes. The 30 days should be taken consecutively, unless mutually agreed to and pre-approved in writing by the employee and the appropriate administrator(s).

Can Paid Parental Leave be taken in hourly increments?

No. Paid Parental Leave must be taken in daily increments only.