TO: Campus Community
FR: Lisa Romero, Director of Employee Services, Human Resources and June Betancourt, Director, Academic Personnel
RE: UC Leave Options Expand – Reproductive Loss Leave
UC is committed to supporting employees — and that includes enhancing benefits, programs and policies designed to help employees balance their work and personal lives. Beginning Jan. 1, 2024, UC’s leave options have expanded to provide eligible employees with up to five days of protected leave following a reproductive loss. This change aligns with recent California legislation.
With this new leave option, an eligible employee may take up to five days of Reproductive Loss Leave following a reproductive loss by the employee, by the employee’s current spouse or domestic partner, or by another individual if the employee would have been a parent of a child had the reproductive loss not occurred. “Reproductive loss” means a failed adoption, failed surrogacy, miscarriage, stillbirth, or an unsuccessful assisted reproduction.
For information about eligibility and rules regarding this new leave option, please review the Frequently Asked Questions available on UCnet.
To request leave for a reproductive loss:
- Academic Employees: please see Requesting a Leave of Absence on the Office of Academic Personnel website https://ap.ucsb.edu/ or contact leave@ap.ucsb.edu
- Staff Employees: Submit questions or a leave request through HR Service Now > Leave Administration
Thank you.