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FAMILIES and new parents

Parental Leave

Faculty on 9 month academic appointments:

New parents (both mothers and fathers) are eligible for paid parental leave. The Office of Equal Opportunity website http://ncsu.edu/equal_op/gender_equity/23.02-maternity-FAQ.html has detailed information about who's eligible and the amount of time that may be taken with pay.

Staff and Faculty on 12 month appointments:

New parents (both mothers and fathers) are eligible for parental leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. This leave may be paid for with your accumulated sick and/or annual leave. Details about the length of time you may take and how and when to apply are on the Human Resources Department website http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/hr/benefits/leave/fmla.asp

Extension of the tenure clock

Any tenure-track assistant professor who has a new child in the family may request an automatic extension of the tenure clock. This applies to birth, adoption, or placement of a foster child, to both women and men. Also, if a faculty member takes Family Medical Leave of two months or longer, the tenure clock will be automatically extended.

In the case of a tenure clock extension, the faculty member will have the option to be reviewed in either the extended mandatory year or the year prior. Both years will be considered normal review years; i.e., not “early”.

There are three ways to initiate a tenure clock extension:

1. Automatic approval: In instances where faculty have a new child in the family, they may request tenure clock extension within one year following the birth, adoption, or placement of a foster child by submitting the Notification of a Birth, Adoption, or Placement of a Foster Child form. Approval is automatically granted.
2. Automatic: Approved family medical leave of 60 calendar days or longer will automatically extend the tenure clock.
3. Not Automatic: In all other cases the request for extension may be initiated by the faculty member, department head or the dean. Based on consultation with the faculty member and the department head, the dean will determine whether to request an extension and submit the request to the Provost.

The descriptions above are abbreviated. Full details, definitions of terms, and forms are provided in the university Tenure Clock Regulation.

FLEXIBILITY IN TIME TO TENURE

The tenure clock may also be extended for health reasons and to care for an ill or elderly family member. The tenure clock extension policy states " Extensions are intended to accommodate faculty and the institution in those cases in which compelling circumstances result in the practical impossibility of the faculty member to carry out the development of the faculty member's program on the normal schedule implied by the original appointment term" (http://ncsu.edu/policies/employment/epa/REG05.20.31.php).

In all cases it is important to request the extension as early as possible.

child care

University employees may take advantage of a university-affiliated day care for their children. The university has secured more than 20 dedicated slots, as they become available, for the children of NC State faculty and staff at Bright Horizons child care facility.

The center is about 10 minutes from campus, at Raleigh Corporate Center (off Chapel Hill Road), about a mile past the College of Veterinary Medicine. Employees can enroll their children on a first-come, first-served basis. There are a limited number of slots at each age level. The cost to employees will be subsidized by NCSU with a sliding scale for the amount of discount based on income. 
 
Details are available on the HR Benefits child care resource Web site: http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/benefits/child_care/default.asp.

For more information, contact Yvette Griffin, director of benefits, at 515-2151.

... This is an excerpt of the complete story online at http://www.ncsu.edu/news/press_releases/06_08/GenInfo_NCSU-bright_horizons.htm

Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FASAP)

The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FASAP), is designed to provide no cost, confidential and professional assessment and referral services for employees who may be experiencing personal or work-related concerns. Examples of problems addressed are emotional, family, marital, alcohol, drug and other personal issues. Referrals, information, and consultations for help with elder care questions are available. For complete information, see http://www7.acs.ncsu.edu/hr/er/fasap/.