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Date: June 26, 2008
To: UCR Faculty and Academic Employees
Re: Revised APM - 710 and New APM - 711 and - 080
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Revised Academic Personnel Policy 710 and new Academic Personnel Policies 711 and 080 have been issued effective July 1, 2008. These revised and new policies codify certain sick leave and medical leave provisions for academic appointees, establish a system-wide framework to support the University’s commitment to reasonable accommodation for academic appointees who are disabled or who become disabled, and introduce a medical separation policy for academic appointees.
The revised and new Academic Personnel Manual sections are as follows:
The revised Academic Personnel Policy - 710, Leaves of Absence/Sick Leave/Medical Leave, contains a new section APM - 710-11, establishing a maximum of paid medical leave to be granted to eligible faculty members who do not accrue sick leave. Other revisions to relevant sections govern academic titles eligible to accrue sick leave and provide guidelines for how and when departments should request medical information in support of requests for sick and paid medical leave. The revised policy can be found online at
http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers/apm/rev-apm-710.pdf
The new Academic Personnel Policy - 711, Reasonable Accommodation for Academic Appointees with Disabilities, establishes systemwide policy governing the interactive process to determine reasonable accommodation for otherwise qualified academic appointees with disabilities, as required for compliance with Federal and California State law. The new policy can be found online at
http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers/apm/apm-711.pdf
The new Academic Personnel Policy 080, Medical Separation, outlines the process for medical separation of academic appointees who have exhausted periods of leave and continue to be unable to work for health reasons, and for whom reasonable accommodation is not possible. The new policy can be found online at
http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers/apm/apm-080.pdf
We are currently working on Frequently Asked Questions and campus procedures and guidelines that will be available shortly.
If you have any questions about these policies please contact Katina Napper in the Academic Personnel Office at katina.napper@ucr.edu
Elizabeth Lord
Vice Provost for Academic Personnel