| Personal Leave
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A personal leave of absence
will be considered on an individual basis for physicians
who require time away from work and are not eligible for
another type of leave. When approved, a personal leave
of absence will be granted for a period of six weeks. |
Family
and Medical Leave of Absence (FMLA) |
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All physicians are eligible for FMLA.
A total of twelve weeks of FMLA may be taken during
a twelve-month period. Physicians who normally work a
reduced schedule (less than ten sessions per week) will
be eligible for twelve weeks of FMLA based on the number
of sessions normally worked per week. Leave may be taken
for any one or more of the following reasons: |
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The birth or adoption of a child; |
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The serious health condition of a spouse,
child or parent; or |
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Your own serious health condition that makes
you unable to perform the essential functions of your job |
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Leaves of absence will be granted to all
Physicians who serve in the uniformed services of the United
States. Uniformed services includes the Armed Forces including
their reserve units, Army, National Guard and Air National
Guard, when for training, initial duty training, inactive
duty training or full time National Guard Duty, the commissioned
corps of the Public Health Services, and any other category
of persons designated by the President in time of war or
emergency. |
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Up to three consecutive work
days of leave without loss of pay may be granted to those
who experience the loss of an immediate family member.
These family members include: spouse, children, sibling,
parent, grandparent, grandchild, mother/father-in-law,
brother/sister-in-law, and grandparent-in-law. |
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Physicians will receive their
regular income based on their usual work schedule during
jury duty time. No loss of benefits will occur for the
time spent on jury duty. If summoned to jury duty, a physician
may take time away with pay. |
