These requests must be made in writing and describe the nature of and reason(s) for the leave request and the proposed duration of the leave. To do this, a part-time faculty member must complete the top portion of the Request for Unpaid Leave Form (pdf) and submit it to the Office of Human Resources.

 An annual, multi-year, or grandfathered part-time faculty member seeking a leave involving a medical condition should Emma Donnelly in Human Resources.

Human Resources will consult with the Dean’s Office, and in consultation with the Dean’s Office, will grant or deny the leave request. The university will consider all pertinent factors, including the university’s needs and the timing of the request.

The Office of Human Resources will send the part-time faculty member a letter or an email (to the part-time faculty’s New School email account) confirming that the leave has been granted, and the start and end dates of the leave, or indicating that the leave has been denied.

Yes. If the request for a leave is approved, the Office of Human Resources will contact the faculty to make arrangements necessary for the faculty member’s health and dental benefits to continue during the leave. The employee must pay the university directly for his or her benefits since there will be no pay and therefore no payroll deductions during the leave.

Yes. However, seniority does not accrue during the period of the leave.

The part-time faculty member resumes his or her annual or multi-year appointment. The period of leave counts as part of the part-time faculty's appointment period; it does not extend the appointment. Upon return from an Article XVII leave, the university must offer an assignment equal to the number of course hours taught just prior to the leave and must make its best effort to assign the part-time faculty member to the courses previously taught with the same proportion of required courses. If the part-time faculty member received an appointment letter prior to requesting and being granted a leave, the university must offer him or her the same number of courses that was assigned to him or her in the appointment letter, even if that number of courses exceeds the part-time faculty member’s baseload. If he or she requested and was granted an unpaid leave before he or she was given an appointment letter, then the university is obligated to offer the part-time faculty member an assignment equal to his or her baseload. Whether pre-appointment or post-appointment, the university must make its best effort to assign the part-time faculty member to the courses previously taught with the same proportion of required courses. If insufficient courses are available, the university will pay the part-time faculty the appropriate contractual remedies.