{"id":15318,"date":"2021-01-11T13:32:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T18:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/?page_id=15318"},"modified":"2025-06-04T09:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:17:30","slug":"leaves-of-absence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/health-wellness\/leaves-of-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaves of Absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many types of leaves of absence. They are governed by State and Federal Laws as well as University policies.<\/p>\n<h4>Types of Leave:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/lifebu\/paid-family-and-medical-leave\/\">Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/general\/topic\/benefits-leave\/fmla\">Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/parental-leave-in-massachusetts\">Massachusetts Parental Leave Act (MPLA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeoc.gov\/statutes\/pregnant-workers-fairness-act\">Pregnant Workers\u2019 Fairness Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/employment\/domestic-violence-leave\/\">Domestic Violence Leave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/info-details\/massachusetts-law-about-the-small-necessities-leave-act\">Small Necessities Leave Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/employment\/military-leave\/\">Military Leave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/health-wellness\/health\/events-that-affect-participation\/taking-a-leave-of-absence\/\">Personal Leave of Absence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>University policies can be found in the appropriate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/employee-handbook-human-resources-policies-manual\/\">staff <\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/handbook\/\">faculty<\/a>\u00a0handbook, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/labor-relations\/\">collective bargaining agreements<\/a>\u00a0which allow you to use earned time during your leave.<\/p>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<p>For information on how your benefits are affected when you take a leave of absence, please review the information\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/life-career-events\/taking-a-leave-of-absence\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many types of leaves of absence. They are governed by State and Federal Laws as well as University policies. Types of Leave: Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Massachusetts Parental Leave Act (MPLA) Pregnant Workers\u2019 Fairness Act Domestic Violence Leave Small Necessities Leave Act Military Leave Personal Leave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1379,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15318"}],"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=15318"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24130,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15318\/revisions\/24130"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}