Leaves

Cornell University provides accommodation for childbirth, newborn care, adoption, foster care, and acute child health care to enrolled students who are in good academic standing.

Cornell University may allow professors and academic staff to take leave from appointed responsibilities under certain circumstances, including arrangements that support a balance between family life and university responsibilities.

Cornell University provides time away from work to eligible employees for a variety of reasons. Time away from work must be approved and recorded in a manner that protects the interests of both the institution and its employees.

The university provides reasonable time away from work for employees who wish to donate blood.

Cornell University provides catastrophic leave donation to assist eligible staff members who have experienced a catastrophic, health-related event and have exhausted all accruals, with the exception of up to five days of vacation, which he/she may elect to save.

Cornell University provides several kinds of leave to assist nonacademic staff members to balance the demands of the workplace, their individual needs, and the needs of their families, in ways that accommodate the legitimate interests of campus units.

Cornell University provides paid health and personal leave to eligible staff members for a variety of reasons. Health and personal leave must be approved and recorded in a manner that protects the interests of both the institution and its staff members.

The university provides reasonable time away from work for lactating mothers in its employ to express breast milk, and will make reasonable efforts to provide a private room or other location in proximity to the work area for such activity.

Cornell University provides several kinds of leave to assist nonacademic staff members to balance the demands of the workplace, their individual needs, and the needs of their families, in ways that accommodate the legitimate interests of campus units.

In light of the events of September 11, 2001, University Policy 6.9, Time Away From Work, Section on Military Leave, is being amended effective January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2019 by adding the following pay and benefits provisions for those staff members called to active military duty.