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Benefits & Services / Professional Development

Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)Family of four

Provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave to eligible employees for the following reasons:

  • Pregnancy and birth of an employee's child
  • Care of an employee's newborn child
  • Placement of a child with the employee for adoption or foster care, and to care for the child after placement
  • Care for the employee's spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition
  • A serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the essential functions of the employee's position.

Employee responsibilities:

  • Must provide 30 days advance notice of the need to take FMLA leave when the need is foreseeable.
  • Must provide notice as soon as practical and generally must comply with normal call-in procedures.

Employer responsibilities:

  • Must inform employees requesting leave whether they are eligible under FMLA. If they are, the notice must specify any additional information required as well as the employee's rights and responsibilities.
  • Must provide a reason for the ineligibility.

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Used by members of the U.S. Armed Forces, any reserve force of reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces to attend service schools for active duty, active duty training, inactive duty training and examination purposes.

Must request leave via email with supervisor and attach a copy of "Notice to Report to Duty" or written statement by authorized military representative.

Employees ordered to duty without personal consent will be paid for up to 18 work days. Employees ordered to duty with personal consent will be paid for up to 18 work days if the period of duty does not exceed 30 calendar days in a federal fiscal year (October 1 – September 30).

Employee ordered to duty with personal consent exceeding 30 calendar days will be placed on leave without pay for the entire period of absence unless the absence is charged to accrued annual and/or personal leave.

Employees ordered to active state service in the National Guard due to an emergency declared by the Governor will be paid for up to 30 work days in a federal fiscal year.

Other absences from work while on military leave will be without pay, unless the employee requests to use accrued annual and/or personal leave.

Important Links

The Southern Credit Union — https://www.southernonline.org The Southern Credit Union logo
Atlanta Postal Credit Union — https://www.apcu.com Atlanta Postal Credit Union logo
Georgia United Credit Union — https://gucu.org Georgia United Credit Union logo
Peach State Reserves Deferred Compensation — www.myGApsr.ingplans.com Peach State Reserves Deferred Compensation logo

 

 

 

Employee Assistance Program —

www.EAPhelplink.com  code: Georgia

or 833-276-0988.

 

 

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  • Employees receive a mid-year and annual performance evaluation which rates the quality and quantity of work performed.
  • Discussions of performance goals and improvements are also performed.
  • Annual performance evaluations are usually held between May and June of each fiscal year, and mid-year performance evaluations are held between December and January of each fiscal year.
  • Faculty members may also periodically be evaluated, in part, through student evaluations.
  • Staff development plans are also required.