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We
have fought hard to keep child care affordable
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Read
our full contract language on family
issues and childcare here.
Our
Contract also provides for family health and dental
coverage. - Bargaining
Updates
The
University offers dependent coverage for spouses,
children and same-sex domestic partners for
a fee. Grad employees with dependents pay 15%
of the cost of health insurance (this is statewide
policy for public employees and may change
for the worse with the coming budgetary austerity
in Massachusetts). This includes both Basic
and Supplemental coverage. GEO is also working
on extending health benefits to opposite-sex
domestic partners. For more information please
consult our health care page
and the section on the family
plan in particular.
Our Dental plan is administered by GEO and Delta Dental, and requires a
$15 a month ($180 for the year) payment for family coverage. For
more information please consult our dental care page.
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Other
Important Information: Family & Medical
Leave
Under Article 44 of GEO's contract, grad employees may take up to 12 weeks
per year of unpaid Family and Medical Leave. To be eligible, you must have
been employed in a position covered by the GEO contract for at least 4
months prior to the start of the leave.
Leave
may be granted to grad employees for:
* the birth of a child and care for the newborn
* the placement of a child with a grad employee for adoption or foster
care
* the care of a spouse, parent, grandchild, grandparent, domestic partner,
or child with a serious
medical condition
* a serious health condition of your own that makes you unable to perform
your job (Article 44 of
the GEO contract defines "serious health condition")
During
leave, you receive the same health benefits you would
have received had you continued to work.. You do not
receive your stipend, however. Once you return, you
are also guaranteed your former position or an equivalent
position with the same stipend and benefits.
To
be granted Family or Medical Leave, you must submit
a leave application to your immediate supervisor, who
will forward it to the Graduate School. If the leave
is for your own medical condition, you must submit
a medical certification form explaining the need to
leave. This form can be obtained from the Graduate
School and must be filled out by the health care provider.
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