Revisions to Promotion Clock Delay and Temporary Alternative Work Assignment policies

[Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension Weekly Bulletin]

Colleagues,

In January, President Robbins announced a number of substantive enhancements to the University of Arizona Parental Leave<https://hr.arizona.edu/employees-affiliates/leaves/paid-parental-leave> benefit, expanding the benefit to support employees experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, surrogacy birth, and legal guardianship placement of a child. A number of additional changes were made to the Parental Leave benefit, and I encourage all benefits-eligible employees to learn more: https://hr.arizona.edu/employees-affiliates/leaves/paid-parental-leave

Three policies, UHAP 3.3: Promotion and Tenure<https://policy.arizona.edu/employment-human-resources/promotion-and-tenure>, UHAP 4A.3: Promotion and Continuing Status<https://policy.arizona.edu/employment-human-resources/promotion-and-continuing-status>, and the Temporary Alternative Duty Assignment policy<https://policy.arizona.edu/employment-human-resources/temporary-alternative-duty-assignment> for faculty (UHAP 8.05), university staff (USM 2-104) and classified staff (CSHRPM 219.0), have now been revised to be consistent with the expanded Parental Leave benefit.

  *   For tenure- and continuing-eligible and career-track faculty, the provost will approve timely requests for promotion clock delay for personal reasons that now include surrogacy, foster placement, legal guardianship placement, miscarriage, or stillbirth of a child.
  *   Employees whose position is designated as full benefits eligible may request temporary alternative duty assignment in cases that now include legal guardianship placement or surrogacy of a child.

Attached are the revised policies with the changes in mark-up format.

I want to be sure that everyone in our division is aware of both the enhanced Parental Leave benefit and these revised policies when and if you need to use them. And I encourage you to do so. Our work responsibilities and professional aspirations need to fit around our family, medical, and emotional needs--not the other way around.

Regards,
Shane







Shane C. Burgess
Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Life & Veterinary Sciences, and
Cooperative Extension

Charles-Sander Dean of the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
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