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Congregation Beit Simchat Torah *
Parental Leave Policy
Full-time employees are eligible for 8 weeks of paid parental leave.

Educational Alliance
Parental Leave Policy
Employees may take up to 12 months of unpaid parental leave, using accumulated vacation and banked sick leave to provide some portion of paid leave. This benefit is available to those who have worked at the Educational Alliance for at least one year.

Foundation for Jewish Camp *
Parental Leave Policy
All employees who have worked 90 days or more are eligible for 2 weeks of paid parental leave. Those who have been employed for 1 year or longer are eligible for 6 weeks of paid leave, with FJC supplementing what the employees receives from the New York State short-term disability program. Employees are eligible to take an additional 6 weeks of leave, using vacation time and sick days to extend the paid period of leave.

Greater Miami Jewish Federation
Parental Leave Policy
Full-time female employees who have worked at the Federation for at least 12 months are eligible for 1 week of paid maternity leave for each year they have worked, up to a total of 4 paid weeks. Full-time male employees are eligible for 1 week of paternity leave.

Hadassah
Parental Leave Policy
Employees are eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid leave. They may receive one week paid for each year worked, up to 6 weeks total of paid leave.

Hazon *
Parental, Family and Medical Leave Policy

Parental, Family, and Medical Leave Policy

Primary caregivers

Employees who are primary caregivers to a newborn or adopted child under six months of age, or to a seriously ill immediate family member, are eligible for three months of leave, after completing 9 months of full or part time employment at Hazon. Employees who have worked at Hazon for at least 2 full years will be compensated fully for 4 weeks; employees earn one additional week of paid leave for each additional year they have worked at Hazon with a maximum of 12 weeks paid. An employee is entitled to all benefits during their leave except they will not earn vacation or sick leave. Employees may supplement the paid portion of their leave by using accrued vacation or sick days. This policy is subject to a request and approval by the Executive Director no less than 30 days prior to the expected event.

Secondary caregivers

Employees who are secondary caregivers to a newborn or adopted child under six months of age, or to a seriously ill immediate family member, are eligible for six weeks of leave after completing 9 months of full or part time employment at Hazon. Employees who have worked at Hazon for at least 2 full years will be compensated fully for 1 week; employees earn half a week of paid leave for each additional year they have worked at Hazon with a maximum of 6 weeks paid. An employee is entitled to all benefits during their leave except they will not earn vacation or sick leave. Employees may supplement the paid portion of their leave by using accrued vacation or sick days. This policy is subject to a request and approval by the Executive Director no less than 30 days prior to the expected event.

In addition to the above policy, Hazon complies with New York law regarding medical/disability leave benefits. Employees in New York are entitled to 26 weeks of unpaid leave for pregnancy disability and recovery from childbirth. The maximum leave is 26 weeks during a 12 month period. Leave under this law will be applied concurrently with leave described above. Hazon complies with all state laws applicable to employees located outside of New York.

IKAR

LEAVE FOR BIRTH/ADOPTION/FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT OF CHILD

Though not required by law, IKAR allows its eligible employees to take up to 10 weeks of paid leave to bond with a newborn child, newly-adopted child, or child that has just been placed with you in foster care (“Leave”) under the assumption that the employee is planning on returning to her/ his job after the Leave. The amounts paid during this leave period by IKAR will be offset by any payments made to the eligible employees under any state or private disability insurance plan. To be eligible for this Leave, you must: (1) have worked for IKAR for at least 12 months and (2) have worked at least 1,250 hours in the last 12 months. Hours worked means actual hours of work and does not include paid time off. The amount of leave available at any given time is determined by subtracting from 10 weeks the amount of leave taken during the 12 months prior to the time leave is scheduled to be taken. You may elect or may be required by IKAR to use any accrued paid vacation and sick leave immediately following your leave, up to a maximum of two (2) weeks.

If possible, you must provide at least 30 days’ notice of the need for leave to the Rabbi or Executive Director/COO. If the need for leave is unexpected, you should provide as much notice as is practicable, generally within two business days of when the need for leave becomes known. If 30 days’ notice is not given for Leave that is foreseeable 30 days in advance and there is no reasonable excuse for the delay, IKAR may delay the leave until at least 30 days after you provide notice.

While on leave, your group health insurance, group life insurance (if applicable) and long-term disability insurance (if applicable) will continue under the same conditions as if you had worked continuously during the leave, up to a total of 10 weeks in a 12-month period. If you fail to return from leave and remain employed by IKAR for at least 30 calendar days (excluding retirement), IKAR may seek reimbursement from you for IKAR’s share of the group health premiums paid on your behalf, unless you cannot return to work because of a serious health condition of you or your spouse, registered domestic partner, or child.

Jewish Federation of Cleveland *
Maternity Leave Policy
All employees who have worked full time for less than 1 year are eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid leave. Women who been employed for 1 year or more are eligible for 12 weeks of leave, 6 weeks of which are paid, and six weeks of which are unpaid. Other parents are eligible for 12 weeks pf leave, of which 1 is paid.

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Parental Leave Policy
Employees who have worked for 12 months, for 21 or more hours per week, are eligible for 12 weeks of paid leave, of which 2 will be paid and 10 will be unpaid.

Jewish Funders Network *
Parental and Family Leave Policy
Employees who are primary caregivers to a newborn or adopted child under six months of age, or to a seriously ill immediate family member, are eligible for three months of leave. Employees who have worked at Jewish Funders Network for 1 or 2 years will be compensated fully for 4 weeks; employees who have worked for 3 years or longer will be compensated for 6 weeks. Employees may supplement the paid portion of their leave by using accrued vacation or sick days.