Leaves of Absence
Under New York State Law, Paid Family provides:
- Job protection.
- Continued health insurance.
- Protection from discrimination or retaliation.
Paid Family Leave provides eligible employees paid time off for:
- Bonding with a newly born, adopted or fostered child.
- Caring for a family member with a serious health condition.
- Assisting loved ones when a spouse, domestic partner, child or parent is deployed abroad on active military service.
- Provides 12 weeks of job protection during your own medical leave or to care for a family member.
- The leave may be paid or unpaid.
- Must meet the following eligibility:
- One year of service.
- Worked a minimum of 1250 hours during the year.
- Have not exhausted FMLA leave within a rolling calendar year.
For additional information, please contact your HR Department Representative or the Leaves Administrator at benefits@tc.columbia.edu.
Under New York City’s Paid Safe and Sick Time Law, covered employees can use safe and sick leave to care for themselves or care for a family member.
Employees must work at least eighty (80) hours per year in New York City. TC Policy allows for the use of sick leave once accrued.
For a full list of uses of safe & sick leave, please visit the New York City Government website: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/paid-sick-leave-law.page
Short-Term Disability (DBL)
Employees are eligible for State disability benefits after 30 days of employment for absences due to a non-work related injury or illness for more than seven (7) consecutive calendar days.
Supplemental Short-Term Disability (STD)
After one year of service, employees are eligible for STD benefits for absences due to a non-work related injury or illness for more than seven (7) consecutive calendar days.
Salary is continued at 100% up to 26 weeks of approved disability.
Employees are eligible to elect Long-Term Disability (LTD) benefits, which employees may use after short-term disability is exhausted.
LTD provides up to 60% of the monthly salary (not to exceed $12,000 per month).
Employees may elect one of the following election options:
- 8% of premium
- 50% of premium
- 100% of premium