Medical Disability Leave

Mines may grant up to six weeks of paid medical disability leave to a Benefits-eligible employee for the purpose of childbirth and medical recovery therefrom, or for the treatment of a disabling medical condition or non-work-related injury, subject to the following limitations:

1. 1. The “disabling medical condition” may not be the result of elective surgery or a non-medically-necessary procedure;
   2. The conditions or injury must necessitate the employee’s continuous absence from work for a period in excess of two weeks;
   3. The employee must present to the Office of Human Resources a medical certification from the attending health care provider attesting to the disabling nature and the anticipated duration of the medical condition;
   4. Prior to receiving any paid medical disability leave, the employee must first exhaust 80% of their accrued sick leave;
   5. In the case of a foreseeable event such as childbirth, the employee must give her immediate supervisor and the Office of Human Resources written notice of the anticipated need for this leave three months in advance of the date the leave is expected to begin, or as much notice as is practicable and reasonable in the employee’s circumstances;
   6. The aggregate usage of the employee’s sick leave and medical disability leave granted hereunder shall not exceed three months; and
   7. Only that period of the disability leave that falls within the employee’s term of appointment shall be paid.

Please email benefits@mines.edu for information on eligibility, use, and how to apply.