| Types of Leaves |
Description Eligibility |
Maximum Duration |
| Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) |
Provides unpaid job-protected and benefit-protected leave for purposes of giving birth, adoption, care for ill family member or employee's own serious health condition. Must be employed by the Institute for at least one year and working 50% or more of a normal schedule. |
12 weeks per (rolling) calendar year.
|
| The following
may run concurrently with FMLA leave: |
| Sick Leave
for Support Staff |
Support staff employee accrues 12 days of
sick leave per year to be used in cases of accident or illness of
the employee, and medical or dental examination and care. Sick days
are credited on the employee's anniversary date of each year. Unused
time rolls over from year to year.
|
Based on employee need and available
sick leave balance. |
| Extended Sick
Leave (ESL) for Support Staff |
The Extended Sick Leave Policy provides an
extension of income for those occasions when an accident or serious
illness causes absence beyond an individual's reserve paid sick leave.
All regular employees paid on the Support Staff payroll, who are scheduled
to work at least half time, become eligible for the Extended Sick
Leave Plan following employment at the Institute for one full year. | Up to six months. |
| Sick Leave
for Administrative and Sponsored Research Staff |
There is no formal method of sick leave accrual
or accounting for members of the Administrative and Sponsored Research
staffs. A reasonable number of justifiable absences are paid in full.
Extreme cases of extended illness or accident will be treated on an
individual basis, and may be paid for the duration of the absence
up to but not normally exceeding a period of six months. | Up to six months. |
| Leave Associated with Pregnancy
and Childbirth |
MIT
will grant 8 weeks of paid maternity leave under its sick
and extended sick leave program for childbirth and recovery.
For other pregnancy-related absences, such as for miscarriage
or temporary disability associated with pregnancy, or for
absences beyond the 8 weeks following childbirth, paid time
off is available only if the employee provides medical documentation
from a physician showing that she has a health condition/illness
and is unable to work.
Employees may also be eligible for additional
unpaid time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
and the Massachusetts
Maternity Leave Act (MMLA). Please note: FMLA and MMLA
leaves run concurrently with paid sick leave. MMLA provides
8 weeks of unpaid leave per birth (16 weeks for twins). Please
refer to the Personnel
Policy Manual for more information on MMLA.
| 8 weeks per birth |
| Long
Term Disability |
Cases extending beyond six months may be eligible
to apply for Long Term Disability (LTD) benefits. If approved for
LTD participants will receive 60% of their base pay up to a maximum
monthly benefit of $15,000. While receiving LTD payments, your MIT
retirement, health, dental, and group life insurance coverage will
be paid by MIT. | Varies |
| Worker's Compensation |
Provides insurance coverage for loss
wages due to work-related injuries or illnesses. |
Varies |
| Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) |
Employee may be eligible for leave
as an accommodation under the American With Disabilities Act.
 |
Varies |
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