Family Leave for New Parents

Whether you’re expecting a baby or welcoming a child through adoption, JHU wants to help get your family off to a happy, healthy start. We offer two types of paid parental leave that can help you recover from childbirth and spend precious time with your new addition.

The programs offer fully paid time off for full- or part-time faculty, staff, and bargaining unit employees who’ve been employed at JHU for at least a year. Combined, they offer up to 10 weeks of paid leave for a new parent giving birth.

Birth Recovery Leave

Birth Recovery Leave is leave for parents who give birth. It applies only to the parent who gives birth, and must be taken immediately upon the birth of a child. JHU offers six weeks of fully paid leave following childbirth for eligible full- and part-time faculty, visiting faculty, staff, and bargaining unit employees.

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Parental Leave

Parental leave can be taken by parents who give birth, spouses and partners of parents who give birth, parents adopting children under age 12, and parents of children born via surrogacy. JHU offers up to four weeks of fully paid leave for full- and part-time faculty, visiting faculty, staff, and bargaining unit employees who are employed by JHU in an eligible status for at least a year at the time of birth or adoption placement. Parental leave can be taken all at once or intermittently throughout the year after the child’s birth or adoption.

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