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Sick Leave
Maternity, Parental and Adoption Leave
General Leave
Compassionate Care Leave
Jury Duty or Court Witness Leave
Postdoctoral Fellows (Award Recipients) are eligible for paid sick leave benefits up to a maximum of six months. The first month of continuous sick leave is paid for by the grant or contract, or failing that, from other sources; the next five months will be paid by the Extraordinary Expense Fund (grant or contract pays the salary for the next five months and once the Postdoctoral Fellow returns to work or after six months, whichever occurs first, the grantholder can seek reimbursement through the Extraordinary Expense Fund (UBC Policy #86). Postdoctoral Fellows (Award Recipients) are not eligible for long-term disability.
If eligible, UBC’s Extraordinary Expense Fund (UBC Policy #86) will provide for paid maternity, parental, or adoptive leave:
A paid maternity leave calculated at 95% of your total award that is paid out as earnings for the lesser of 17 weeks or until the end of your appointment.
Birth mother
Additional benefit calculated at 95% of your total award that is paid out as earnings for the lesser of 10 weeks or until the end of your appointment. Birth mothers who do not take maternity leave are eligible for 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Birth fathers
A paid parental leave calculated at 95% of your total award that is paid out as earnings for the lesser of 12 weeks or until the end of your appointment.
If the birth mother and birth father are both Postdoctoral Fellows (Award Recipients) at UBC, each parent can access parental leave benefits up to the maximum length of time specified above.
A paid adoptive leave benefit calculated at 95% of your total award that is paid out as earnings for the lesser of 12 weeks or until the end of your appointment.
If the adopting parents are both Postdoctoral Fellows (Award Recipients) at UBC, each parent can access parental leave benefits up to the maximum length of time specified above.
Postdoctoral Fellows (Award Recipients) may have up to two years leave of absence without pay and benefits for personal reasons, upon written application.
Applications for a leave of absence without salary are available online. Requests for leave are subject to the approval of your Department and Faculty (or equivalent office).
Compassionate Care Leave Employment Insurance Benefits were introduced in January 2004 by the Canadian Government. On April 27, 2006, the BC Government amended the Employment Standards Act to provide for an entitlement to job-protected leave for Compassionate Care. Therefore, there are two parts to compassionate care leave as described below, the unpaid portion that is an entitlement under the BC Employment Standards Act and the Employment Insurance (EI) benefits that is subject to certain eligibility requirements as determined by HRSDC.
Compassionate Care Leave provides up eight weeks of unpaid leave for an employee to care or support a family member* if a medical practitioner issues a certificate stating that the family member has a serious medical condition with a significant risk of death within 26 weeks.
*A definition of “family member” as per Employment Standards may be found in Section 52 of the BC Employment Standards Act.
The Compassionate Care Benefit is a type of Employment Insurance (EI) benefit from Human Resources and Social Development Canada. Up to six weeks of EI Compassionate Care benefits may be available to those on Compassionate Care leave, after a two-week waiting period is served. A definition of “family member” for EI purposes may be found by clicking here.
If you wish to take additional leave after the expiry of your Compassionate Care leave, please refer to General Leave.
Postdoctoral Fellows (Award Recipients) who have been called for jury selection are asked to contact Faculty Relations for assistance. General information on jury duty can be found online at the Employment Standards Branch and Court Services, Ministry of Attorney General.
