Parental Leave
Midi provides eligible employees with paid parental leave to enable employees to care for and bond with the employee’s child after birth, adoption or permanent placement.
Eligibility
Full-time employees who have worked at least 1250 hours during the past 12 months prior to the first day of parental leave and are the parent of a newly born, newly adopted or permanently placed child under age 18 are eligible for leave pursuant to this policy. In other words, full-time employees who have completed at least 12 months of service to the Company and worked at least 1250 hours in the past 12 months are eligible for this paid leave. Employees must meet both requirements to qualify for this paid leave.
Part-time employees or those who have not been with Midi for 1250 hours during the past 12 months, may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave.
Amount, Time Frame and Duration of Parental Leave
An eligible birthing parent will receive a maximum of 12 weeks of paid parental leave; the non-birthing parent will receive 6 weeks paid parental leave pursuant to this policy (per birth, adoption or placement of a child/children). The fact that a multiple birth, adoption or placement occurs (e.g., the birth of twins or adoption of siblings) does not increase the total amount of parental leave granted for that event pursuant to this policy.
Each week of paid parental leave is compensated at 100% of the employee’s regular rate of pay.
Paid parental leave provided pursuant to this policy may be taken in one consecutive period or weekly increments. Additionally, parental leave may be taken at any time during the twelve-month period immediately following the birth, adoption or placement of a child. Any unused paid parental leave will be forfeited at the end of the twelve-month time frame.
Requests for Paid Parental Leave & Interplay with Other Leaves/Monetary Benefits
The employee must provide Human Resources with written notice of the request for parental leave pursuant to this policy at least 30 days prior to the proposed date of the leave (or if the leave was not foreseeable, as soon as possible).
Employees must apply for any applicable statutory or voluntary sources of leave and/or monetary benefits for which they are eligible for purposes of caring for and bonding with the employee’s child after birth, adoption or permanent placement as a condition of receiving parental leave pursuant to this policy, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Employees also must provide information to Midi, as requested, regarding the amount of any monetary benefits received from any applicable state/local agency or insurance carrier. Paid parental leave provided pursuant to this policy is coordinated with any applicable statutory or voluntary sources of monetary benefits so that a qualifying employee may not receive more than 100% of their base compensation pay at any time, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
Additionally, leave provided pursuant to this policy will run concurrently with any other statutory or voluntary sources of leave and/or monetary benefits for which an employee may be eligible for purposes of caring for and bonding with the employee’s child after birth, adoption or permanent placement, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
Benefits During Leave
During a parental leave provided pursuant to this policy, employees will not accrue paid time off benefits or be paid for holidays. We will continue health insurance as well as all other benefit coverage during parental leave, to the extent permitted and in accordance with the applicable plans.
Employees with questions regarding this policy should contact Human Resources.