Leave Options

Applicable to faculty members on 12-month contracts.

CBA- Article 9B: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Unit 1

Policy-  C205: Annual Leave 

Policy-  C210: Sick Leave 

CBA- Article 9C: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Unit 1

Required Forms / Documents-  Extended Sick Leave,  FMLA Employee, FMLA Family Member

Support Memo from the chair to the dean supporting the leave and outlining how the faculty duties will be covered while they are on Extended Sick Leave.

These documents should be uploaded to the leave submission portal with all appropriate department and college signatures.

Policy- C215: Parental Leave

CBA- Article 9D: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Unit 1

Required Forms / Documents-  Parental Leave

Support Memo from the chair to the dean supporting the leave and outlining how the faculty duties will be covered while they are on Parental Leave.

These documents should be uploaded to the leave submission portal with all appropriate department and college signatures.

Policy-  C280: Leave Without Pay

CBA- Article H: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Unit 1

Required Forms / Documents- Leave Without Pay

Support Memo from the chair to the dean supporting the leave and outlining how the faculty duties will be covered while they are on Leave Without Pay.

These documents should be uploaded to the leave submission portal with all appropriate department and college signatures.

UNM Faculty Handbook- Types of Paid and Unpaid Leaves and their effect on Probationary Appointments and Benefits
LeaveTermEligibilityEffect on Tenure ClockEffect on BenefitsPolicies
Sabbatical

After any period of at least three years of full-time service:
1. One semester at 2/3 salary for that semester. After any period of at least six years of full-time service (or equivalent part-time service) without a sabbatical: 2. One semester at no reduction in annual salary. 3. One full academic year at 2/3 salary. 4. Semester II of one year and Semester I of the following year, at 2/3 salary for each semester of leave.

Any faculty member with tenure or to any faculty member in the last year of the probationary period for whom a favorable decision has been reached with regard to tenure.N/AEligibility and premium subsidies are continuedC. 200

Sick Leave with Pay

Periods exceeding ten (10) working days up to six months
FLMA request may be required

Full-time faculty members who have had six (6) or more years of continuous service at the University and who have not had an extended sick leave during their last six (6) years of service.
For those who have been at the University less than six (6) years or who have been granted extended sick leave during their last six (6) years of service, the length of the requested sick leave will be reduced accordingly.
Permanent part-time faculty, who work at least one-half (1/2) time are eligible for sick leave proportionally.

“If a faculty member goes on leave of absence without pay, family leave or paid medical leave for a semester or more during a year of probationary service, the probationary period will normally, upon timely request of the probationary faculty member, be suspended for the duration of the leave, and subsequent mid-probationary and tenure reviews will be one full year later.”Eligibility and premium subsidies are continued

C. 210
B.3.2.1 (b)

Leave Without Pay

Up to One Year
FMLA request required if based on illness

Full-time member of the faculty on regular (i.e., not temporary) appointment as lecturer or above . . . after two years of service“If a faculty member goes on leave of absence without pay, family leave or paid medical leave for a semester or more during a year of probationary service, the probationary period will normally, upon timely request of the probationary faculty member, be suspended for the duration of the leave, and subsequent mid-probationary and tenure reviews will be one full year later.”Eligibility and premium subsidies are continued

C.280
B.3.2.1 (b)