HIAS

HIAS provides family and parental leaves of absence with or without pay to Regular Full-Time and Regular Part-Time employees who wish to take time off from work duties to fulfill family obligations relating directly to care for a child, spouse or parent with a serious health condition or to employees who wish to take time off from work duties to fulfill obligations relating directly to the birth of a child, or the adoption or placement of a foster child of three (3) years of age or less.

Eligible employees may request family or parental leave only after having completed twelve (12) months of service and must have worked at least 1250 hours during the 12-month period preceding the leave. Eligible employees may request up to a maximum of twenty-six (26) weeks of family leave within any twelve (12) month period.

During this time, the employee will be paid for a portion of this leave as follows:
After one (1) year of service – 2 weeks of paid leave
After two (2) years of service – 4 weeks of paid leave
After three (3) years of service – 5 weeks of paid leave
After four (4) years of service – 6 weeks of paid leave
After five (5) years of service – 7 weeks of paid leave
After six (6) or more years of service – 8 weeks of paid leave

Contact: http://www.hias.org, Ms. Francine Stein, Senior Advisor, francine.stein@hias.org