XVII.D.4   Teaching Relief for Child Rearing for Non-Ladder Teaching Faculty

A full-time member of the non-ladder teaching faculty who holds a multi-year appointment that extends through the semester in question and who bears a child or adopts a child under the age of six or whose spouse or civil union partner bears a child or adopts a child under the age of six will be relieved of teaching duties, without loss of salary or benefits, for up to eight weeks that include the birth or adoption, for the purpose of the child's care. Eligibility for this relief ends eight weeks after the birth or adoption. To qualify for this relief the faculty member must be a primary caregiver throughout the period of relief: caring for the child during normal working hours, while the other parent, if any, is employed at least half time. Should both parents be full-time members of the Yale ladder or non-ladder teaching faculty they may choose to divide the relief, each being granted one half of their respective teaching relief. Fully-paid teaching relief is available only once for each birth event or adoption. Teaching relief for child rearing is not considered a leave of absence.