No cash payment will be made for any time accrued. Any leave greater than seven days requires a Personnel Action Form changing the faculty member's status to short-term disability. The University will require acceptable medical documentation of illness or disability before allowing any charges to short-term disability leave benefits. Duration of a disability is to be medically determined. No supervisor shall compel an employee to return to work without a medical release.
Pregnancy is to be treated as any other short-term disability.
A faculty member may continue normal duties through pregnancy or use available leave while unable to perform regular duties. Faculty members who utilize leave for pregnancy shall suffer no penalty, retaliation, or other discrimination.