Employees on Leave

Staff Leave of Absence Provisions and Application Forms ( PDF)

Leave of Absence with Pay

Employees may continue benefit plan participation during a paid leave of absence.

Leaves of Absence for Medical Reasons

Employees may continue health, dental, vision, life insurance, and health or limited use flexible spending accounts and pay the regular monthly employee premium. The University continues its contribution.

	Short Term Disability	Long Term Disability	Unpaid Medical Leave
Premium Payment	Paycheck, employee portion	Paycheck, employee portion	Billing, employee portion
Disability Plans	No Change	Retains coverage, NU pays 100%	No Change
Retirement Savings	Terminates	LTD retirement savings. Current supplemental retirement.	Terminates
Dependent Care FSA	Terminates	Terminates	Terminates

Leaves of Absence for Personal Reasons

Employees may continue health, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and health or limited use flexible spending accounts. Individuals are no longer eligible for retirement contributions or the dependent care flexible spending account. Employees are responsible for the total monthly premium including the portion typically paid by Northwestern.