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8.25 – Supplemental Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance

PART 1: ELIGIBILITY The university offers supplemental voluntary life insurance for all eligible employees.  Effective July 1, 2016, eligible employees are defined as those employees working at least .75 FTE in a regular, nine-month, or term appointment position.  Optional dependent coverage is also available to eligible employees.  Nine -month regular employees will receive full benefits,…
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8.26 – Voluntary Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance

PART 1: ELIGIBILITY The university offers voluntary accidental death and dismemberment insurance for all eligible employees.  Effective July 1, 2016, eligible employees are defined as those employees working at least .75 FTE in a regular, nine-month, or term appointment position.  Optional dependent coverage is also available to eligible employees.  Nine-month regular employees will receive full…
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8.27 – Vision Insurance

PART 1: ELIGIBILITY The university offers vision insurance for all eligible employees.  Effective July 1, 2016, eligible employees are defined as those employees working at least .75 FTE in a regular, nine-month, or term appointment position.  Optional dependent coverage is also available to eligible employees.  Nine -month regular employees will receive full benefits, except for…
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8.28 – Sick Leave Bank

This program establishes a Sick Leave Bank for eligible participating university employees affected by a personal medical emergency, and who have insufficient paid sick or annual leave to cover required work absences.  Only university employees who are eligible to accrue sick and annual leave may elect to participate in the Sick Leave Bank benefit. A…
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8.31 – Duty to Request/Approve and Track Leave Usage

Supervisors are responsible for tracking and approving annual leave, and sick leave usage for all persons reporting directly to them. The official leave tracking program of the university is Employee Self Service. The annual leave record will be forwarded with the Personnel Action Form when an employee terminates or is placed on leave without pay.

8.40 – Types of Authorized Leave of Absence (LOA)

FMLA and Faculty Care Leave requests are administered by HRS-Benefits. Other requests for leave will be considered by a supervisor with primary consideration given to the requirements of the job. Requests should be made in writing in advance whenever possible.Regular staff, regular 12 month faculty and non-regular employees in a term appointment are eligible to…
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8.41 – LOA – Annual

Effective July 1, 2019, regular full-time 12-month employees and non-regular full-time term employees will accrue annual leave at the rate of 21 working days (168 hours) each year. Nine month faculty do not accrue annual leave. Regular and term appointment employees who have a job FTE of less than 1.0 FTE and non-faculty employees who…
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8.42 – LOA – Faculty Care Leave

PART 1: PURPOSE This Rule authorizes university administration to establish a paid leave benefit for regular nine-month faculty to be used for absence from work caused by an FMLA Qualifying Event.   PART 2: DEFINITIONS Eligible Faculty are regular full time and part time nine-month faculty who do not otherwise accrue annual leave or sick…
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8.43 – LOA – Sick

PART 1: TWELVE-MONTH EXEMPT AND NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES Regular full-time employees shall be granted 12 working days of sick leave a year.  This is prorated for half time or more employees. Non-regular employees are not eligible for sick leave. Leave will be earned from the first day of employment and may be used as it is…
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8.44 – LOA – Domestic Abuse

In compliance with NMSA 1978, §§ 50-4A-1 et seq, the New Mexico Promoting Financial Independence for Victims of Domestic Abuse Act (“NMPFIVDAA”), the university offers Domestic Abuse leave for up to fourteen (14) days per calendar year. PART 1: DEFINITIONS The definitions provided or cross referenced within the NMPFIVDAA shall apply, including but not limited…
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