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Employee Relations and the Office of Faculty Affairs have roles to play in addressing faculty leave. Different policies apply to the various faculty job classes.
Please visit the following website for policies regarding all leave types: https://www.colorado.edu/facultyaffairs/career-milestones/leaves-and-sabbaticals/faculty-leave-information.
Inquiries about faculty leave policies should be directed to the faculty members’ dean’s office for advice on policy and procedures, since schools and colleges may have varying internal processes for recording and reporting faculty leaves.
After the faculty member consults with their school/college liaison, the liaison will complete this online request on their behalf.
Faculty Liaisons should submit this online request in coordination with the faculty member requesting the following types of Leave of Absence:
To submit this online request, you will need the following:
Name, Email and Rank/Title for all individuals in the faculty member’s school/college that will review and approve the form. You can select up to 5 signature lines
Name, Email, Rank and Employee ID of faculty member requesting leave of absence
Sick leave balance of faculty member (if applicable)
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NOTE: University policy governing parental leave applies to full-time (100%) instructors (Instructor, Senior Instructor, and Principal Instructor ranks) within 12 months of the birth or adoption of a child. Leave may be taken for one semester. The Boulder campus will provide the first six weeks of paid parental leave to eligible instructors. Accrued sick leave may be used to cover the remainder of the semester. If there is not enough accrued sick leave to cover the remainder of the semester, an instructor may continue the parental leave for the remainder of the semester at half pay with full benefits. If an instructor is less than 100%, they are still eligible for six weeks of leave, paid at their prorated percent of time and pay.
For further information, please review the Administrative Policy Statement (APS) 5062 on parental leave and the campus policy on paid parental leave.
A leave under this policy fulfills the university’s obligations related to the Family Medical Leave (FML) Act. Faculty taking this type of leave must also submit FML forms. Faculty should contact their payroll liaisons or dean’s office for assistance with FML requirements. Contact Human Resources (fmla@colorado.edu) for additional information regarding FML (see: https://www.colorado.edu/hr/leave).
NOTE: The parental leave policy for tenured and tenure-track faculty states that within twelve months of the birth or adoption of a child, the primary care-giver may request up to a maximum of one semester’s leave at full pay. No sick leave is used. All untenured faculty will have the timing of their comprehensive and/or tenure reviews delayed by one year. Within the first six months of returning from parental leave, faculty who have not yet undergone comprehensive review may elect to revoke the clock stoppage they were granted for the leave. Faculty may be reviewed for tenure before the revised tenure date, whenever standards are met.
A leave under this policy fulfills the university’s obligations related to the Family Medical Leave (FML) Act. Tenured and tenure-track faculty taking this type of leave must also submit FML forms. Faculty should contact their payroll liaisons or dean’s office for assistance with FML requirements. Contact Human Resources (fmla@colorado.edu) for additional information regarding FML (see: https://www.colorado.edu/hr/leave).
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