Tulane Maternity and Paternity Leave

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Paid Leave

Effective July 1, 2022, six (6) weeks of paid medical, parental, and caregiver leave shall be available to residents for qualifying reasons consistent with applicable laws, on a one-time basis starting the day the resident is required to report to their program. The six (6) weeks of paid medical, parental, or caregiver leave shall be approved in advance, paid at 100% percent of the resident’s salary, and may be taken at any time during a resident’s program. Approved leave may be taken as a continuous leave or divided into shorter leave periods, over the course of the program, not to exceed six weeks of paid approved, medical, parental or caregiver leave.

A resident taking paid medical, parental or caregiver leave shall use any vacation and sick leave available to the resident for the applicable academic year in excess of one week, as the first sources of funding for the medical, parental or caregiver leave. One (1) week of paid sick or vacation leave shall be reserved for use outside the six (6) weeks of paid leave during the academic/appointment year that a resident takes a paid medical, parental or caregiver leave. Health and disability insurance benefits for residents and their eligible dependents shall continue on the same terms and conditions during any approved, paid medical, parental, or caregiver leave of absence, as if the resident were not on leave.

Once the initial six (6) weeks of paid leave has been exhausted, subsequent periods of medical, parental or caregiver leave(s) shall be unpaid unless the resident has unused sick or vacation time available to apply to the medical, parental or caregiver leave. Unused vacation leave is not carried over to the next academic year and is forfeited at the end of the academic year.

Unpaid Leave

Unpaid medical, parental or caregiver leave may be available under the FMLA to a resident who has exhausted their 6 weeks of paid parental, medical or caregiver leave or for whom paid parental, medical or caregiver leave is not otherwise available. Unpaid leave may also be available to extend the total period of qualifying leave for a resident first taking paid leave. Additional information is available from the Tulane University Office of Human Resources and Institutional Equity. Group health insurance coverage during FMLA leave will be available to the resident and eligible dependents on the same terms and conditions as if the resident had not taken leave.

Scope of Leave

Parental leave is available to a resident for the birth and care of a child, including birth via surrogate, the adoption of a child or placement of a child with the resident for foster care. Parental leave applies to biologic, adoptive, and domestic-partner parents. Leave is also available for the care of an immediate family member with a serious health condition or the trainee’s own serious health condition.

Requesting Parental, Medical or Caregiver Leave

To the extent reasonably possible and practical to do so, the resident shall notify their Program Director, providing at least a least thirty (30) days’ notice) of the request for medical, parental or caregiver leave and the resident’s plans to return to the residency program following the leave. Duration of leave exceeding the period of time allowed by a program’s specialty board or program for a leave of absence without additional training, will extend the resident’s time in training.