Does USC grant maternity/paternity leave?
Maternity is considered the same as other disabilities. An employee is eligible to use available sick leave for periods of disability certified by a physician. Beyond the period of physician certified disability, the employee may request to use available annual leave or go on leave without pay. Under the Family Medical Leave Act, eligible employees are entitled to up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for childbirth. As to paternity leave, male employees may request up to 10 days of available sick leave as family sick leave for the birth of a child; or up to six weeks of available sick leave for the adoption of a child, if the father will be the primary care giver. Additional time may be requested under the Family Medical Leave Act and taken as available annual leave or leave without pay, up to a maximum total period of 12 weeks.
