An employee may elect to or be required to use sick leave, vacation, compensatory time off or TRIP bonus time to cover the time off or may elect or be required to take the time off without pay. Exempt employees may be included in the calculation of leave usage to the nearest quarter hour on a reduced leave schedule. Pregnancy disability leave, meaning a leave taken for disability due to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions. Restorative dental surgery after an accident, or removal of cancerous growths are serious health conditions, provided all the other conditions of this regulation are met. Treatments for allergies or stress, or for substance abuse, are serious health conditions only if all the conditions of the regulation are met.
Prenatal care is included as a serious health condition.
Routine preventative physical examinations are excluded. If the need for a family and medical leave that is in progress continues beyond 12 workweeks, a regular status employee shall be entitled to supplemental leave for up to 12 workweeks or until the end of the leave year, whichever is less. The total leave taken for pregnancy disability leave, family and medical leave, and supplemental family and medical leave shall not exceed 7 months during the leave year. Unpaid Leave - Period of leave not covered by any type of University salary. Payment from disability insurance is not considered University salary and is therefore considered unpaid leave.