Employee Leaves
Purdue University offers its employees a valuable and varied package of leaves. The information provided here summarizes leaves for regular faculty and staff, effective as of January 1, 1999.
For more information about leaves, West Lafayette employees should contact the Employee Relations section of Human Resource Services. Employees at Calumet, Fort Wayne, and North Central should contact their campus Human Resources office.
Detailed information on leaves is available through the Business Procedures Manual. The OnePurdue Leaves Reference Grid also provides helpful information.
Leaves Available to All Regular Employees:
Leaves With Pay
During an approved paid leave, the employee pays his or her regular portion of group insurance premiums and the University continues its usual contribution.
Jury Duty and Court Witness Duty (Paid Leave)
The University grants unlimited leave with pay to allow employees to fulfill their civic responsibility when subpoenaed for jury duty or court witness duty.
Bereavement (Paid Leave)
The University provides the following bereavement leave:
Immediate: Employees are eligible for up to three workdays of paid bereavement leave over five consecutive calendar days for the death of the employee's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, or sibling, and corresponding in-law or step-relative.
Relative Living in Employee's Home: Employee's are eligible for up to three workdays of paid bereavement leave over five consecutive calendar days for the death of the employee's uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or first cousin if the relative lived in the employee's home.
Relative: Employee's are eligible for up to one workday of paid bereavement leave for the death of the employee's uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or first cousin.
Fellow Employee: Employees are eligible for up to one-half workday of paid leave to attend the funeral of a fellow employee, subject to the staffing needs of the employee's department as determined by the head of the department.
Military Leave Up to 15 Calendar Days (Paid Leave)
The University grants up to 15 workdays of paid leave per year to allow employees to fulfill their responsibility when ordered to report for military duty.
(The University grants unpaid leave for military duty that extends beyond 15 workdays in a calendar year. Please refer to Unpaid Military Leave information.)
Worker's Compensation (Paid Leave)
Employees who are injured while carrying out University duties or travel are eligible for up to one year of leave per injury. Employees may supplement worker's compensation benefits with their available vacation or sick leave.
Leaves Without Pay
The following leaves are without pay:
Military Leave Beyond 15 Calendar Days (Unpaid Leave)
The University grants unpaid leave for military duty that extends beyond 15 workdays in a calendar year. Employees should contact their Human Resource Service team for information about University benefits during a military leave of more than 15 workdays.
(The University grants up to 15 workdays of paid leave per year to allow employees to fulfill their repsonsibility when ordered to report for military duty. Please refer to Paid Military Leave information.)
To be eligible for FMLA leave, an employee must have:
- Been employed by the University for at least 12 months (consecutive or non-consecutive) and have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12-month period preceding the date FMLA leave commences.
An employee meeting the above requirement is eligible for a maximum of 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the following reasons:
- The employee's own serious health condition
- Birth of a child
- Adoption of a child or placement of a child for foster care
- Bonding with the child during the first 12 months following birth or placement
- Serious health condition of a parent, spouse, or child
During FMLA leave, the employees pays his or her regular portion of group insurance premiums and the University continues its usual contribution.
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