XVIII.D.3   Benefits for Postdoctoral Appointees

As employees of the University, postdoctoral associates are entitled to fully or partially subsidized membership in one of the available health plans offered by Yale, Long-term Disability and Group Life Insurance, retirement programs, and dental coverage for themselves, their families, and civil union partners, subject to specific plan provisions. For a full statement of the plan, consult the Benefits Office .

Postdoctoral fellows are eligible to enroll in health and dental plans, and this membership may be subsidized in whole or in part, to the extent that funds for this purpose are included in the fellowship or are supplemented by the mentor or the department.

Postdoctoral appointees are entitled to stated University holidays. In the event that an appointee's funding source specifies vacation or holiday provisions, the terms of the funding source shall apply. Beginning July 1, 2010, postdoctoral appointees may be granted up to eight weeks of paid Parental Leave. In addition, unpaid leave may be granted for up to sixteen calendar weeks in year one and up to twelve weeks in year two of any two-year period under the following circumstances: serious illness of the appointee; birth or adoption of a child; care of a seriously ill child, spouse, or parent. Requests for these and other exceptional leave arrangements should be forwarded by the appointee's advisor to the appropriate dean in the case of professional schools or to the Provost in the case of departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In the event that an appointee's funding source specifies leave provisions that differ from those stated above, the terms of the funding source shall govern, and where necessary the leave proposal shall also be sent to the funding agency.

Postdoctoral appointees and their spouses or civil union partners are eligible to audit courses and to receive tuition reductions when enrolling in a number of specific Yale programs. These benefits are outlined in detail in the University's Policies for Postdoctoral Appointees.

As employees of the University, postdoctoral associates are entitled to fully or partially subsidized membership in one of the available health plans offered by Yale, Long-term Disability and Group Life Insurance, retirement programs, and dental coverage for themselves, their families, and civil union partners, subject to specific plan provisions. For a full statement of the plan, consult the Benefits Office .

Postdoctoral fellows are eligible to enroll in health and dental plans, and this membership may be subsidized in whole or in part, to the extent that funds for this purpose are included in the fellowship or are supplemented by the mentor or the department.

Postdoctoral appointees are entitled to stated University holidays. In the event that an appointee's funding source specifies vacation or holiday provisions, the terms of the funding source shall apply. Beginning July 1, 2010, postdoctoral appointees may be granted up to eight weeks of paid Parental Leave. In addition, unpaid leave may be granted for up to sixteen calendar weeks in year one and up to twelve weeks in year two of any two-year period under the following circumstances: serious illness of the appointee; birth or adoption of a child; care of a seriously ill child, spouse, or parent. Requests for these and other exceptional leave arrangements should be forwarded by the appointee's advisor to the appropriate dean in the case of professional schools or to the Provost in the case of departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In the event that an appointee's funding source specifies leave provisions that differ from those stated above, the terms of the funding source shall govern, and where necessary the leave proposal shall also be sent to the funding agency.

Postdoctoral appointees and their spouses or civil union partners are eligible to audit courses and to receive tuition reductions when enrolling in a number of specific Yale programs. These benefits are outlined in detail in the University's Policies for Postdoctoral Appointees.