v.  Postdoctoral fellows

Forms of support for postdoctoral fellows

This category includes: employee postdoctoral fellows and benefits-eligible stipendee postdoctoral fellows.

Postdoctoral fellows are on the Harvard nonunion staff MAPFML plan. Leave benefits for postdoctoral fellows are summarized in the table below, followed by a description of each benefit.

Please contact your associate dean for faculty affairs for information on how to request these leaves. Postdoctoral fellows may also visit the website of the FAS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs for more information.

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   a/ University MAPFML Medical Leave: This benefit allows postdoctoral fellows to take up to 20 weeks of medical leave (at 80% pay) due to their own medical condition, including recovery from childbirth. Typically, 8 weeks of MAPFML leave are granted for recovery from non-complicated childbirth.

    b/ University MAPFML Bonding Leave:  The University’s MAPFML Bonding Leave benefit provides new parents (by birth, foster placement, or adoption) with up to 12 weeks of paid time off (i.e., up to 4 weeks fully paid, and up to 8 weeks at 80% pay with maximum of $1,250 per week) within the first 12 months after the birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child.

     c/ Other types of MAPFML Family Leave: In addition to the leaves described in a/ through b/ above, MAPFML Family Leave also includes Family Care Leave, Military Exigency Leave, and Military Care Leave. Eligible employees may take up to 12 weeks of Family Leave in total, across all types of Family Leave, per benefit period; however, eligible employees may take up to 26 weeks of Military Care Leave per benefit period.

  • Family Care Leave: eligible employees may take up to 12 weeks of Family Leave (at 80% pay, with maximum of $1,250 per week) to care for a covered family member with a serious health condition.
  • Military Exigency Leave: eligible employees may take up to 12 weeks of Family Leave (at 80% pay, with maximum of $1,250 per week) for a qualifying exigency arising out of the fact that a family member is on active duty or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty in the Armed Forces.
  • Military Care Leave: eligible employees may take up to 26 weeks of Family Leave (at 80% pay, with maximum of $1,250 per week) to provide care to a covered family member who is a covered servicemember.