ACADEMIC PERSONNEL MANUAL
Transmittal Notice
9/3/99

The following policies have been issued by the Office of the President.  After
inserting these sections in Volume 1 of your department's Academic Personnel
Manual, please annotate any changes in the Table of Contents, then post this
transmittal notice or route it to persons who should be aware of policy in
these areas.

If any pages are missing from this transmittal, contact Irene Fecht,
Chancellor's Office (ilfecht@ucdavis.edu or 752-9745).  Questions regarding
policy or procedure may be directed to the Office of the Provost, 752-2070.

Universitywide and UC Davis policies and procedures are also available
electronically on the World Wide Web via:
     http://www.mrak.ucdavis.edu/web-mans/manuals.htm

1.   TRANSMITTED:  Section APM-710, Sick Leave, pages 1-5, (pages 2-3, rev.
     7/29/99).

     SUPERSEDES:  Section APM-710, pages 1-5 (4/20/98).  (DISCARD/RECYCLE.)

     PURPOSE:  Revises APM-710-20-a to clarify that appointees may use
     accrued sick leave for medical appointments of, illness of, or
     bereavement for their domestic partners and relatives of their domestic
     partners who would be covered if the domestic partner were the
     appointee's spouse; revises APM-710-20-b to clarify that appointees may
     substitute accrued sick leave for unpaid family and medical leave to
     which appointees are entitled under State or Federal law.

2.   TRANSMITTED:  Section APM-715, Family and Medical Leave, pages 1-5
     (page 1, rev. 7/29/99).

     SUPERSEDES:  Section APM-715, pages 1-5 (4/20/98).  (DISCARD/RECYCLE.)

     PURPOSE:  Revises Section APM-715-0 to clarify that appointees may be
     eligible under University policy to take other types of leave, in lieu
     of using family and medical leave, to care for other family members,
     including domestic partners, and others residing in the appointee's
     household.

3.   TRANSMITTED:  Section APM-760, Childbearing Leave, Parental Leave, and
     Active Service-Modified Duties, pages 1-8 (pages 1, 5, 7, rev. 7/29/99).

     SUPERSEDES:  Section APM-760, pages 1-8 (4/20/98).  (DISCARD/RECYCLE. 
     RETAIN Charts I and II, 4/20/98.)

     PURPOSE:  Revises Sections APM-760-0, APM-760-27-a, and APM-760-28-a to
     clarify that appointees are eligible to use parental leave or assume
     Active Service-Modified Duties to care for children of their domestic
     partners on the same bases as appointees with spouses; specifies in
     APM-760-28-a that the eligibility period for Active Service-Modified
     Duties shall normally extend from 3 months prior to 12 months following
     the birth or placement of a young child and shall be concluded within 12
     months following the birth or placement, and that in cases other than
     the quarter (semester) when a faculty member is on childbearing leave,
     modified duties may be either partial or full relief from teaching.

4.   TRANSMITTED:  Section APM-520, Employment of Near Relatives, pages 1-2
     (page 1, rev. 7/29/99).

     SUPERSEDES:  Section APM-520, pages 1 (7/1/71) and 2 (6/3/85). 
     (DISCARD/RECYCLE.  RETAIN Appendix A, 1/24/72.)

     PURPOSE:  Revises Sections APM-520-0 and APM-520-4 to clarify that,
     under specified conditions, the employment of near relatives, including
     appointees' domestic partners and specified relatives and in-laws of
     their domestic partners, in the same department is permitted (these
     policies also apply to persons residing in an appointee's household);
     makes technical changes to conform with the changes made to leave
     policies cited above.

Dott Burton
Coordinator of Administrative Policy

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