Internal - Faculty & Staff

Time Off and Leaves

Please refer to Section 8 of the Employee Handbook for more detailed information regarding Absences.

Leaves: FMLA, MA PFML NY DBL + Others

Simmons University offers Leaves to comply with both Federal and State law. See below for additional details. This is mean to be an overview of offerings, for specific questions regarding your leave situation please reach out to [email protected]

Federal Leave: Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Eligible employees can take up to 12 workweeks of FMLA job-protected unpaid leave in a 12-month period for:

  • The birth, adoption or foster placement of a child with you,
  • Your serious mental or physical health condition that makes you unable to work,
  • To care for your spouse, child or parent with a serious mental or physical health condition, and
  • Certain qualifying reasons related to the foreign deployment of your spouse, child or parent who is a military servicemember.

Your Rights Under FMLA

State Leave: Massachusetts Family and Medical Leave (MA PFML)

Covered individuals may be entitled to family and medical leave for the following reasons:

  • Up to 20 weeks of paid medical leave in a benefit year if they have a serious health condition that incapacitates them from work.
  • Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave in a benefit year related to the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child, to care for a family member with a serious health condition, or because of a qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that a family member is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call to active duty in the Armed Forces.
  • Up to 26 weeks of paid family leave in a benefit year to care for a family member who is a covered service member with a serious health condition.

Your Rights Under MA PFML

State Leave: NY Paid Family Leave and Disability Leave

Disability benefits: If you are unable to work because of an illness or injury, not work-related, you may be entitled to receive weekly benefits from your employer, his or her Insurance carrier, or from the Special Fund for Disability Benefits.

Details of the NY DBL

Paid Family Leave: Paid family leave is insurance that provides job protected time off to:

  • Bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child
  • Care for a family member with a serious health condition
  • Assist loved ones when a family member is deployed abroad on active military service

Details of the NY Paid Family Leave

Short-Term Disability (STD) & Long-Term Disability (LTD):

Simmons offers both STD & LTD leaves to benefit-eligible employees for information on those policies please see disability information provided here.

Vacation

We recognize that employees need time away from work to rest, reflect, and re-energize. We provide staff employees with vacation time for these purposes. Faculty do not earn vacation days. Regular staff employees (benefit eligible part-time and full-time) accrue vacation. Temporary workers do not accrue vacation.

PLEASE NOTE: Some information in the policy has been changed. Please see the FAQ here for the most current information.

Time Off

Please refer to Section 8 of the Employee Handbook for more detailed information regarding Time Off.