| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.18 |
| Liaison | Weston Dripps |
| Submission Date | Aug. 19, 2024 |
Amherst College
PA-12: Employee Rights
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.50 / 3.00 |
Weston
Dripps Director of Sustainability Sustainability |
Number of weeks of paid maternity leave:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the maternity leave options available to employees:
Academic staff
Faculty and instructional staff (such as lecturers, coaches) tend to receive parental leave by semester, 26 weeks at full pay.
Non-academic staff
In 2018, Massachusetts signed into law a statute that provides paid family and medical leave (PFML) benefits to all employees. The PFML benefits provide all eligible employees 12 weeks of paid family leave.
At this writing, there are 1,150 regular employees and 268 casual employees who are eligible for paid family leave at Amherst College.
Assuming all academic staff (~25%) and all non-academic staff (~75%) qualify, the average employee has: 24(.25) + 12(.75) = 15 weeks, but we will report as 12 since that is the minimum for any employee.
Typically, an employee giving birth will take 18 weeks of leave, partially or fully paid as described.
Typically, an employee who is a new parent, but not giving birth, will take 12 weeks of leave, partially or fully paid as described.
Points earned for indicator PA 12.1:
Percentage of employees eligible for paid all-gender family/medical leave:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s eligibility criteria for paid family/medical leave:
Faculty and instructional staff (such as lecturers, coaches) tend to receive parental leave by semester, 26 weeks at full pay. Other leaves run concurrently.
All regular and casual employees who are new parents may take a 12 week parental leave. Sex or gender is not a factor. Parental leave is a kind of family leave. There is a waiting period of five days, during which accrued time may be used. (Except for the parent who has just taken the medical portion of the leave -- they are deemed to have already served the waiting period.)
Points earned for indicator PA 12.2:
Does the institution publish information on anti-harassment in a format that is accessible to all employees?:
Does the institution publish information on grievance resolution in a format that is accessible to all employees?:
Does the institution publish information on whistleblower protections in a format that is accessible to all employees?:
Does the institution publish information on freedom of association in a format that is accessible to all employees?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s published measures to protect employee rights:
Amherst College is committed to creating and maintaining an equitable and respectful environment for all members of its community. Discrimination and harassment on the basis of a person’s legally protected identity can cause both individual and community harm, is unlawful, and is contrary to the mission of the College.
Staff Grievance Policy can be found here:
Faculty Grievance policy can be found here:
https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/provost_dean_faculty/fph/fachandbook/facstatus/termination
The Amherst Whistleblower Policy can be found here:
Although we don't have a freedom of association policy explicitly, in its place, we have a Protests and Free Speech policy that incorporates our Statement of Academic Freedom and Expressive Freedom that is designed to protect employee rights around freedom of expression and association.
Points earned for indicator PA 12.3:
Notes about the information provided for this credit:
Additional documentation for this credit:
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