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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; amended by the Faculty July 16, 2023)
CATEGORIES OF FACULTY LEAVES
1. Short term illness/disability
| Maximum length: | 6 months, plus the balance of the academic semester (where such an extension is a reasonable accommodation under the ADA) |
| Pay status: | fully paid (except that benefits owed pursuant to the Reed College Paid Leave Program will be coordinated with this payment and not stacked, resulting in full pay but not more than full pay) |
| Benefits: | full benefits |
| Legal requirements: | must be granted in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Oregon Family Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and effective September 3, 2023, Paid Leave Oregon |
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. Parental leave (after the birth to bond with their newborns or their newly adopted or newly placed foster children)
| Eligibility: | any faculty member working more than half time and after 90 days of employment |
| Maximum length: | 12 weeks, and two additional weeks of leave for limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, including but not limited to lactation for a total of 14 |
| Pay status: | 1/2 pay if not teaching; fully paid if teaching at least one class or placed in an equivalent position for the balance of any semester in which leave is taken (except that benefits owed pursuant to the Reed College Paid Leave Program will be coordinated with this payment and not stacked. Where the Reed College Paid Leave Program results in a higher payment than required under this Policy, faculty members will receive the higher payment) |
| Benefits: | full benefits |
| Legal requirements: | must be granted in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Oregon Family Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilties Act, and effective September 3, 2023, Paid Leave Oregon |
4. 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 (except that benefits pursuant to the Reed College Paid Leave Program will be coordinated with this payment and not stacked, resulting in full pay but not more than full pay) |
| Benefits: | full benefits |
| Legal requirements: | must be granted in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Oregon Family Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and effective September 3, 2023, Paid Leave Oregon |