Updated Sick Leave Policy for Faculty, Academic Staff, Research Staff, and Administrative Staff to include requirement to record use of paid sick time for monthly paid employees and that up to 40 hours per year can be used for sick family members and for victims of domestic violence.
The Faculty Committee on Outside Professional Activities has been disbanded and mention of this committee has been removed from the applicable policies.
Updated Nondiscrimination Policy to include a statement about Title IX prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex and an email address for the Title IX Coordinator.
Added a new policy section; 7.5.7 - Leaves of Absence for Victims of Domestic Violence due to a new state law requiring leaves of absence for victims of domestic violence.
Section 8.0 was removed because the Chancellor determined that the Committee on Student Information Policy should no longer exist and the Student Information Policy Officers never came into existence.
Updates reflect the expansion of Mass. 8 weeks of unpaid maternity leave into 8 weeks of unpaid parental leave and mention a new benefit for all new parents of 5 days of paid parental leave.
Updated EEO language to include Lorraine Goffe-Rush and Sarah Rankin's new title of Title IX Coordinator.
Included a reference to the new MA Earned Sick Time Law. This section was shortened due to added linking with websites.
