Leaves of Absence

Parental, medical, family care, military, and other leaves of absence are administered by Human Resources, not the Office of the Provost. This page points you to the right place and explains the academic side of a leave.

Human Resources

• Leaves of Absence — parental leave, medical leave, family care leave, military leave, FMLA and Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave, and the AbsencePlus process
• Faculty time off
• Employee Handbook 11.10, Leaves from Work

The academic side of a leave

[[PASTE: how a leave affects teaching assignments and course coverage, whether the tenure clock can be stopped and how to request it, and who in the Provost’s Office to notify.]]

Sabbaticals are a separate process; see Sabbaticals.

Questions about leave eligibility and pay: Human Resources. Questions about teaching coverage and the tenure clock: provost@macalester.edu.