Revised Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 715, 760, 025 and 671

ACADEMIC DEANS
DEPARTMENT CHAIRS
ALL APM – COVERED FACULTY AND ACADEMIC APPOINTEES

The following are the revised Academic Personnel Manual (APM):

APM – 715 and APM – 760
Pay for Family Care and Bonding (PFCB) pay option offered to eligible employees to apply to qualifying leaves. Revisions were made to APM – 715 and APM – 760 in order to reflect the increase in the Pay for Family Care and Bonding (PFCB) income replacement calculation from 70% to 100% of eligible earnings, with an effective date of January 1, 2023. All other aspects of these policies will remain the same.

APM – 025 and APM – 671
The revised policies are effective July 1, 2024. The revised policies reflect the following revisions:

  • Retaining the current definition of Outside Professional Activities.
  • Clarifying that current or pending acceptance of an honorary, visiting, adjunct, or other institutional appointment at an institution of higher education, research institute, or medical center affiliated with an outside institution of higher education, non-U.S. government, or other outside entity is a Category I activity.
  • Clarifying that participation in or application to talent recruitment programs sponsored by a government agency of a nation other than the United States is a Category I activity.
  • Expanding the definition of Compensation to include in-kind contributions, such as office/laboratory space, equipment supplies, or employees or students supported by an outside source constitute compensation for outside professional activities.
  • For faculty and Designated Other Academic Appointees, requiring compliance with federal funding agency laws and policies governing grant disclosures if participating in a federally funded research project and if deemed required to disclose per funding agency policy, grant terms & conditions, and/or federal law.

If you have any questions, please direct your questions to your assigned Academic Personnel analyst.

Sincerely,

Diane K. O’Dowd
Vice Provost for Academic Personnel