The employee should notify the Human Resource Customer Service Center Benefits Specialist when he or she returns to work. Purchase of service credit is not mandatory. Under the family leave act and ASU policy, the employee will be restored to the same or an equivalent position when he or she returns from leave. The employee cannot lose any benefits that he or she had before going out on family leave. This includes the employee's group insurance, any accrued vacation or sick leave, compensatory time balances, tuition waiver, retirement, and other benefits.
Family leave represents a way to be given time off for conditions as described in the policy.
In other words, an employee may have exhausted all available medical leave and be terminated as a result and yet continue to receive a disability benefit. If during the period of absence the employee's sick leave will be exhausted, indicate preference for use of vacation versus leave without pay. If employee has not submitted a completed medical certification form, conditionally approve leave request contingent upon submittal of completed form within 15 days of receipt of your response. Specify, how much of the 90 days will be used in connection with the request. Based on the employee's request, describe how sick leave, vacation, and leave without pay will be applied.