{"id":16862,"date":"2022-09-30T14:58:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T21:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/?page_id=16862"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:23:06","slug":"benefits-parental-leave","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/benefits-parental-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits – Parental Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"
NAU offers both paid and unpaid Parental Leave to support you with approved time away from work for birth, adoption or placement of a child (foster care or legal guardianship).<\/p>\n
Regular benefit eligible employees will be able to request up to 12 weeks approved time away from work for Birth and Bonding which includes adoption and placement of a child. Time off is also provided for stillbirth and miscarriage.<\/p>\n
Review the Parental Leave Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n Regular benefit eligible employees with at least one year of service and have worked at least 1,250 hours in the previous twelve months can request up to 12 weeks of approved paid time off.\n<\/div>\n\n Regular employees with less than one year of service and\/or who has worked less than 1,250 hours in the previous 12 months can request up to 12 weeks of approved unpaid time off.\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rules to remember<\/strong><\/p>\n You request Parental Leave by completing the online\u00a0Leave of Absence Request form<\/a>.<\/p>\n Parental Leave is normally approved to begin on the date of birth or the date of the adoption or placement of your child. If needed, you can request to start your Parental Leave up to two weeks before the anticipated eligible event.<\/p>\n All time away from work should be reported on your timesheet in Employee Self-Service through LOUIE – HR<\/strong><\/a> .<\/p>\n In most circumstances you will be returned to your former or essentially equal position.<\/p>\n\n Contact the Benefits Team at nauhrbenefits@nau.edu or call (928) 523-2223.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n \n <\/p>\n Parental Leave Benefits NAU offers both paid and unpaid Parental Leave to support you with approved time away from work for birth, adoption or placement of a child (foster care or legal guardianship). How to request Parental Leave You request Parental Leave by completing the online\u00a0Leave of Absence Request form. When leave begins Parental Leave […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":619,"featured_media":3834,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16862","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/619"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16862"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24317,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16862\/revisions\/24317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/human-resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>Paid\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Unpaid\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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How to request Parental Leave<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nWhen leave begins<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nReporting time away from work<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nReturning to work<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\nStill have questions?? <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n\nMeet with a leave advisor<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
Faculty<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n928-523-1307
\nangelica.doan@nau.edu<\/a><\/li>\nClassified & University Staff<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
Resources<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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