XXI.H   Military Service

The following policies apply to faculty with tenure, faculty on term appointments, research faculty, and postdoctoral appointees who are drafted, enlist in the armed forces of the United States for five years or less, or are members of a reserve unit and are called to active duty for five years or less.

1. Faculty with Tenure

Tenured faculty members may rejoin the faculty after military service, upon application to do so within ninety days after release, honorable discharge, or retirement from such service, as though they had been on leave of absence without salary for the period of military service.

2. Faculty on Term Appointments

Faculty members on term appointments may, under federal law, return to their former position, or to a position of like seniority, status and pay, upon application to do so within ninety days after release, honorable discharge, or retirement from such service, for the number of semesters remaining in their original term of appointment at the time they entered military service. Any academic semester in which the faculty member is required to miss at least six weeks of that semester due to military service is not counted in the term of appointment or in determining the maximum time in a particular rank or in the combined non-tenure ranks.

3. Research Faculty and Postdoctoral Appointees

Research faculty and postdoctoral appointees may, under federal law, return to their former position, or to a position of like seniority, status and pay, upon application to do so within ninety days after release, honorable discharge, or retirement from such service, for the number of months of active employment remaining in their term of appointment at the time they entered military service. For postdoctoral fellows supported from non-Yale funds, concurrence of the supporting organization is necessary.

4. Benefits

Fringe benefits available to tenured and non-tenured faculty members, research faculty, and postdoctoral associates who enter military service are the same as those available to persons in these categories who are on leave of absence without salary. See Section XVIII.C for a description of these benefits. Since the maximum length of an unpaid leave is limited to one year for faculty members whose terms of appointment are for three years or longer, and to three months for all other faculty members and postdoctoral associates, the University's contribution to the cost of health, dental, disability, and group life insurance has similar limits. Furthermore, eligibility for partial tuition grants under the University's Scholarship Plan for Sons and Daughters of the Faculty and Staff is limited to one year while the faculty or staff member is in military service.

The following policies apply to faculty with tenure, faculty on term appointments, research faculty, and postdoctoral appointees who are drafted, enlist in the armed forces of the United States for five years or less, or are members of a reserve unit and are called to active duty for five years or less.

1. Faculty with Tenure

Tenured faculty members may rejoin the faculty after military service, upon application to do so within ninety days after release, honorable discharge, or retirement from such service, as though they had been on leave of absence without salary for the period of military service.

2. Faculty on Term Appointments

Faculty members on term appointments may, under federal law, return to their former position, or to a position of like seniority, status and pay, upon application to do so within ninety days after release, honorable discharge, or retirement from such service, for the number of semesters remaining in their original term of appointment at the time they entered military service. Any academic semester in which the faculty member is required to miss at least six weeks of that semester due to military service is not counted in the term of appointment or in determining the maximum time in a particular rank or in the combined non-tenure ranks.

3. Research Faculty and Postdoctoral Appointees

Research faculty and postdoctoral appointees may, under federal law, return to their former position, or to a position of like seniority, status and pay, upon application to do so within ninety days after release, honorable discharge, or retirement from such service, for the number of months of active employment remaining in their term of appointment at the time they entered military service. For postdoctoral fellows supported from non-Yale funds, concurrence of the supporting organization is necessary.

4. Benefits

Fringe benefits available to tenured and non-tenured faculty members, research faculty, and postdoctoral associates who enter military service are the same as those available to persons in these categories who are on leave of absence without salary. See Section XVIII.C for a description of these benefits. Since the maximum length of an unpaid leave is limited to one year for faculty members whose terms of appointment are for three years or longer, and to three months for all other faculty members and postdoctoral associates, the University's contribution to the cost of health, dental, disability, and group life insurance has similar limits. Furthermore, eligibility for partial tuition grants under the University's Scholarship Plan for Sons and Daughters of the Faculty and Staff is limited to one year while the faculty or staff member is in military service.