In general, parental Leave benefits provide 100% of pay for up to 26 weeks.<\/p>\n
In addition, parents are eligible for bonding leave for 14 consecutive weeks of full relief which may also be taken in a one semester increment or 28 weeks of half relief which may also be taken in two semester increments from all obligations within a 6-month period.<\/p>\n
The benefit is available to any parent to bond with a newly arrived child, whether through birth, adoption, foster care or surrogacy.<\/p>\n
If you are a parent who gives birth, you are entitled to Birthing Leave, additional Personal Medical Leave depending on your personal medical condition as well as Parental Leave. Birthing and Personal Medical Leave, combined, may provide up to 32 weeks of paid leave, or more, depending on your personal medical condition related to childbirth.<\/p>\n
Please contact Sedgwick at least 2 weeks before your childbirth leave ends to initiate a bonding leave claim. Failure to contact Sedgwick in this timeframe may delay processing of your bonding leave.<\/strong><\/p>\n Note: Maximum paid time off is, in general, 26 weeks within any 12-month period for any combination of personal medical and family leaves. Appropriate medical documentation is required to support Childbirth Leave, family and personal medical leaves.<\/p>\n Applies to children who arrive through birth, adoption, foster care or surrogacy<\/td>\n Combined Benefits for Childbirth and <\/b>Bonding\/Caregiving <\/b>Leave * May be taken in one semester increment If you need to take leave for your own serious health condition, injury, or childbirth, Paid Family and Medical Leave provides 100% of base pay for up to 26 weeks. The amount of leave granted depends on your condition, as determined by the Leave Administrator in consultation with your medical providers.<\/p>\n If you need to take leave for a family member\u2019s medical needs, Paid Family and Medical leave provides 100% of base pay for up to 12 weeks.<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to note the maximum paid time off is, in general, 26 weeks within a 12-month period for any combination of personal medical and family leaves.<\/p>\n *Family members include your spouse, domestic partner, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent or sibling; the parent of your spouse or domestic partner; and guardians who legally acted as a parent when you were a minor.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Parental Leave In general, parental Leave benefits provide 100% of pay for up to 26 weeks. In addition, parents are eligible for bonding leave for 14 consecutive weeks of full relief which may also be taken in a one semester increment or 28 weeks of half relief which may also be taken in two semester […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1379,"featured_media":0,"parent":15069,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1379"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15071"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26020,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15071\/revisions\/26020"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n <\/td>\n \n Examples of Use<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n
\n Benefit<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n
\n Duration<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Childbirth Leave<\/td>\n Available to any to birth parent<\/td>\n 100% of base pay<\/td>\n Up to 32 weeks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Bonding\/ Caregiving Leave<\/td>\n Available to any parent to bond with a newly-arrived child<\/p>\n 100% of base pay<\/td>\n 14 weeks of full relief *
\nor\u00a0 28 weeks of half relief ** from all obligations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n \n
\n<\/b>\u00a0Childbirth Leave may be combined with Bonding\/Caregiving Leave (14 or 28 weeks). The combination of childbirth and bonding\/caregiving leave cannot exceed 32 weeks in a benefit year.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n**May be taken in two semester increments<\/p>\nMedical-related Leaves<\/h3>\n
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\n <\/td>\n \n Examples of Use<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n
\n Benefit<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n
\n Duration<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Personal Medical Leave<\/td>\n Address your own serious health condition<\/td>\n 100% of base pay<\/td>\n Up to 26 weeks<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Family Medical Leave<\/td>\n Care for a family member* with a serious health condition<\/td>\n 100% of base pay<\/td>\n Up to 12 weeks<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n