PAID AND UNPAID ABSENCES. This article addresses short and long term absences due to personal illness, injury, medical appointment or procedure, or other disabling medical condition; the illness, injury, medical appointment or procedure, or other disabling condition of a child, spouse/partner, or parent; or bereavement; or illness or injury as a result of as an intervention for exposure to inappropriate behavior as detailed in Article 25, Section 5. This article also applies to the birth or adoption of a new child, and to both parents if both parents are GEs.
PAID AND UNPAID ABSENCES. This article addresses short and long term absences due to personal illness, injury, medical appointment or procedure, or other disabling medical condition; the illness, injury, medical appointment or procedure, or other disabling condition of a child, spouse/partner, or parent; or bereavement. This article also applies to the birth or adoption of a new child, and to both parents if both parents are GEs. Section 1. Notification Except as provided for in Sections 6, 7, and 8, it is the GE’s responsibility to complete the duties assigned to them in a given term. If it is impossible to report for work to complete assigned duties or meet a class as scheduled, the GE should notify their supervisor or other designated department faculty/staff member (e.g., department head) as early as possible and before the first assigned duty on the day to be missed. Section 2. Missed Class In the case that the GE will miss a class, the department may ask that the GE to attempt to find a substitute. The designated department faculty/staff member will also try to find a substitute. Whenever possible, the GE or their designee will provide the department faculty/staff member with information about the class to be covered (e.g., where they left off in the previous class). In cases where the absence is taken pursuant to Section 8, the department will ultimately be responsible for finding a substitute. If no substitute is found, the department may elect to cancel the class. Section 3. Missed Duties If a GE’s workload allocation is adjusted due to the use of paid sick leave, a GE may call for a review by the department/unit head or designee. Except as provided for in Sections 6 and 7, for duties missed not related to a class meeting, the designated department faculty/staff member or supervisor will work with the GE to determine when and how the work will be made up. Section 4. Departmental Policy Departments/employing units are required to have a GE absence procedure documented in the GDRS. It may also be cited in the GE/graduate student handbook, or on its website. The designated department faculty/staff member will be clearly identified in the documented procedure. Section 5.
