Partial Leaves for Academic Appointees
Partial leave is appropriate for situations where someone can work part-time, but cannot work full-time.
It is available for these types of leaves and situations:
- Personal major medical leave. Someone can do some, but not all, of their duties.
- Family support leave. Someone's family member needs some, but not full time, care.
- Family formation leave. Someone works partially and has family leave.
It is not available for major medical leave for pregnancy/child-birth. That remains at 6 weeks fully paid, fully-off, no documentation needed.
When someone is on partial leave, this extends the overall time available to be fully-paid. For example:
- Major medical leave allowance is 6 weeks fully paid, if fully on leave.
- Someone who can work half-time, would have 12 weeks fully paid.
- Medical leave also allows 9 weeks half-pay, if fully on leave. This portion can be done as partial leave, but the calculations are tricky. Please consult Faculty Affairs.
- Whether to have partial or full leave is decided by documentation of medical situation and employment needs (the "essential job functions" worksheets: librarians and all others.)
- Family support leave allowance is 12 weeks fully paid, if fully on leave.
- Someone who works half-time, would have 24 weeks fully paid.
- Whether to have partial or full leave is decided by the documentation of medically-necessary assistance for the family member.
- Family formation leave allowance is 12 weeks fully paid, if fully on leave.
- The choice to have full leave or to have partial leave is the employee's.
- All family formation leave must be concluded within 6 months of the child's birth or adoption.
For medical leave the maximum weeks at full pay will be:
6 divided by the percentage of leave
|
Work percentage |
Leave percentage |
Maximum weeks of full pay |
|
20% |
80% |
7.5 |
|
30% |
70% |
8.6 |
|
40% |
60% |
10.0 |
|
50% |
50% |
12.0 |
|
60% |
40% |
15.0 |
|
70% |
30% |
20.0 |
|
80% |
20% |
30.0 |
For family formation leave or family support leave the maximum (at full pay) will be:
NOTE: IUSM faculty cannot combine medical-pregnancy leave AND parental leave.
12 divided by the percentage of leave
|
Work percentage |
Leave percentage |
Maximum weeks of full pay |
|
20% |
80% |
15 |
|
30% |
70% |
17 |
|
40% |
60% |
20 |
|
50% |
50% |
24 |
|
60% |
40% |
30* (family formation: max is 26 weeks) |
Other notes:
- Each employee should have an understanding with their supervisor of what their percentage of work entails. For most faculty, 1 course during an academic semester equals 20% effort.
- Summer for 10 month faculty: paid leave does not cover summer months. Someone on personal medical or family support leave should not have teaching assignments/pay in the summer. Someone on family formation leave may teach in the summer; the family formation leave would apply to the fall or spring semester.
- HR staff will gather required information for partial leaves. These leaves must be entered into HRMS only by the campus-academic-approver (Biannca Yates).
Reviewed and revised 6/2022. Questions about leave documentation, ask the HR business partner in the school. Questions about leave lengths and other rules, contact Faculty Affairs (ude[dot]iupui[at]rhdaca)