The 25 work days is provided per qualified need and therefore you would get 25 work days for each child.
The following employee categories are eligible for paid parental leave:
There's no minimum service requirement to be eligible. You must have a full-time equivalency or contract percentage of 50% or greater.
Tenure and tenure-track faculty (UFA): please refer to your collective bargaining agreement on extensions of the Tenure Probationary Period and modified duties guidelines.
You must take the five weeks (25 working days) of paid leave on a continuous basis. The exception is if the five weeks extend beyond your contract period. In this case, you must use the remaining time at the start of your next contract period.
You must use the leave within 12 months of your child's date of birth or the date your child was placed with you.
If you qualify for the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), you're eligible to request leave for up to 12 weeks, as permitted under FMLA. This time allowed under your parental leave will run concurrently with the time provided under FMLA.
If you don't qualify for FMLA, any additional leave time requested beyond the five weeks of parental leave will be considered for your medical needs only. It will be handled as a request for additional medical leave for your own serious health condition. This time allowed under your parental leave will run concurrently with the time provided under your sick leave.
You're can't use nonaccumulative (as opposed to accumulative, or earned) sick leave for yourself or an immediate family member during your parental leave.
Parental Leave Fact Sheet (PDF)
The 25 work days is provided per qualified need and therefore you would get 25 work days for each child.
Each parent would be provided the 25 work days of parental leave benefits. This time must be used continuously.
The five weeks (25 working days) of paid leave benefits must be taken on a continuous basis. The only exception to this is if the five continuous weeks extend beyond an employee's contract period. In this instance, the employee must utilize the remaining time at the start of the next contract period.
The application should be submitted at least 30 days in advance of the expected start date of the leave of absence or as soon as practical.
The five weeks (25 working days) of paid leave benefits must be taken on a continuous basis. The only exception to this is if the five continuous weeks extend beyond an employee's contract period. In this instance, the employee must utilize the remaining time at the start of the next contract period.
Employees who qualify for FMLA (one year of service and 1250 hours of work in the prior calendar year) will be eligible to request leave for up to twelve weeks as permitted under FMLA. This time allowed under Parental Leave of Absence will run concurrently with the time provided under FMLA.
For employees that do not qualify for FMLA, any additional leave time requested beyond the five weeks of Parental Leave of Absence will be considered for the medical necessity of the employee only and will be handled as a request for additional medical leave for the employee's own serious health condition. This time allowed under Parental Leave of Absence will run concurrently with the time provided under NIU Illness Leave of Absence.
Employees utilizing the paid Parental Leave of Absence benefits will not be eligible for Non-accumulative Sick Leave for the employee's own serious health condition or the serious health condition of an immediate family member as outlined in the NIU Board of Trustee Regulations during their Parental Leave of Absence.
Employees utilizing the paid Parental Leave of Absence benefits will not be eligible for Non-accumulative Sick Leave for the employee's own serious health condition or the serious health condition of an immediate family member as outlined in the NIU Board of Trustee Regulations during their Parental Leave of Absence.
Employees are eligible for five weeks (25 working days) of paid Parental Leave of Absence provided by the university. If there is a university holiday or administrative closure day during the leave of absence, the Parental Leave of Absence will be extended by the number of days of the holiday or administrative closure.
Employees are eligible for five weeks (25 working days) of paid Parental leave of absence provided by the University. Employees who have maxed their vacation accrual during their paid Parental Leave of Absence will have their vacation accrual forfeited for the time while on Parental Leave of Absence.