Modified Duties for Faculty (New ACAF 1.60)

New University Policy ACAF 1.60

Full version of University Policy ACAF 1.60
         - Modified Duties Semester Form for USC Columbia (PDF)
         - Modified Duties Semester Forms for other campuses

Purpose: To provide full-time faculty with some relief from academic duties and the opportunity to respond to anticipated or unanticipated life events or situations when needed.

Eligibility: All full-time tenured, tenure-track, clinical or research faculty members, librarians, instructors and lecturers of either gender. Eligibility begins on date of hire.

Effective Date: Effective as of 8/16/07. Life events occurring on or after 5/16/07 will be considered eligible events under this policy.

Full-time faculty members are eligible for one semester of modified duties or the equivalent extended over two semesters.

• Notification using Modified Duties Semester form and documentation required
• Birth/adoptive mother or primary caregiver is released from onsite duties such as classroom teaching, clinical field placement, teaching, research or clinical laboratory duties, on-site librarian duties, student advising and committee work
• Birth/adoptive father or secondary caregiver duties defined in consultation with academic unit head; may include partial or complete release from onsite duties
• Not required to take modified duties

• Request, justification and documentation required
• Modified duties defined in consultation with academic unit head with the expectation that the needs of the faculty member will be met

• Modified duties designed to provide sufficient time and flexibility for faculty to respond to his/her personal or family circumstances as necessary
• Faculty not required to "bank" duties: courses, advising, committee work, etc.
• Unit should provide reasonable resources to facilitate modified duties
• Faculty should notify the department chair or dean as appropriate four months prior to modified semester or as early as possible
• Faculty should not be penalized for using this policy
• Faculty may appeal denial of modified duties semester request to the Provost
• Policy does not replace FMLA, other leave or long-term disability
• Policy and Modified Duties Semester Form are available on web at www.sc.edu/provost

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