Paid Leave

Novant Health provides eligible team members with one week of paid caregiver leave at 100% of base pay to allow for the care of a parent, spouse or child under age 18, who are experiencing a serious health condition as defined under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Eligibility

• Team member must be in a benefits-eligible position (full-time and part-time with 24 standard hours or more per week).
• You must be employed with Novant Health for 12 months AND have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months prior to requesting leave

Leave highlights

• One week of paid caregiver leave (leave can be taken in one continuous week or intermittently) to allow for the care of a parent, spouse or child under age 18, who are experiencing a serious health condition as defined under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
• The week of caregiver leave is based on the team member’s scheduled weekly hours as they appear in PeopleSoft.
• Compensation at 100% of team member’s base hourly rate of pay.

Who to contact

Questions can be directed to the HR Service Center at 800-890-5420 or AskHR@novanthealth.org.

Novant Health provides eligible team members a paid parental leave for bonding with a newborn or newly adopted child.

• Receive up to 4 weeks of paid parental leave to be used within 12 weeks of the child’s birth or within 16 weeks of placement for adoption
• Compensation at 100% of team member’s base pay

Eligibility

Full-time and part-time benefits eligible team members who are eligible for Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave at the time of birth or placement of a child for adoption.

Learn more about parental leave (PDF).

Request parental leave 

Contact Hartford Leave Administration at (800) 549-6514.

Adoption assistance

Novant Health’s Adoption Assistance Program provides up to $3,500 per child ($7,000 per year maximum) for adoption-related expenses.