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COVID-19-Related Family and Medical Leave Expansion Request

The College voluntarily extended the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for part-time faculty, casual temporary staff, and student workers to include the following two qualifying events to existing FMLA coverage: care for a child 18 or younger if:

  • The school or place of care has closed due to COVID-19 related reasons
  • The childcare provider is unavailable due to COVID-19 related reasons.

The first 10 days (2 weeks) of COVID-19-Related Family and Medical Leave are unpaid, although you may elect to use other existing paid leave (annual/ sick, personal) concurrently. After the first ten workdays have elapsed, you will receive 2/3 of your regular rate of pay for the hours you would have been scheduled to work in the subsequent ten weeks under the Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion Act capped at $10,000 in the aggregate

You may take both paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave to care for your child whose school or place of care is closed, or childcare provider is unavailable, due to COVID-19 related reasons. The COVID-19 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act provides for an initial two weeks of paid leave. This period thus covers the first ten workdays of expanded family and medical leave, which are otherwise unpaid under the Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion Act.

Availability of this expanded FMLA leave begins on January 1, 2021, and expires March 31, 2021. Upon completion of request, additional documentation may be requested.

Any employee who has worked for the College for at least 30 calendar days is eligible for COVID-19-Related Family and Medical Leave Expansion.

If you are taking expanded family and medical leave, you may take paid sick leave for the first ten days of that leave period (for more information refer to the new COVID-19 related paid sick leavenew window), or you may substitute any accrued vacation leave, personal leave, or medical or sick leave you have under Policy and Procedure 35003 (PDF, Get Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader.-Link opens in new window.) . Please complete the appropriate paperwork based on the leave you would like to take. Completing this form WILL NOT pay you for the first 10 days.

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