Paid Parental Leave

Campus Community:

On September 27, we shared a memorandum from Interim President Roper regarding Paid Parental Leave (PPL).  At that time, the final Policy was not available and the implementation date was still uncertain.  Please find attached the Paid Parental Leave Policy which will be implemented on January 1, 2020.  This policy provides eight weeks of fully paid parental leave to eligible employees who have given birth to a child, and four weeks of paid leave for non-birth parents in circumstances involving the birth of a child, as well as the adoption, foster placement, or other legal placement of a child with an eligible state employee.  As indicated in the policy, if a qualifying event takes place between September 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019, employees will be contacted individually to discuss eligibility and options for requesting this leave.  Please also find attached the PPL request form as well as an FAQs document.  The FAQs document, along with the attached policy, will provide helpful information about how eligible employees may use this leave. This leave will be tracked in Kronos and additional information on that procedure is forthcoming to departmental SuperAdmins.

If you have questions, please direct them to HR_Benefits@ecu.edu or contact your Benefits Counselor.