Family Care
UNCG recognizes the importance of designing and implementing family-friendly policies and practices that improve work/life integration. This page includes work-family policies and programs that acknowledge the multiple roles of employees and help employees to enabling employees to balance and integrate the demands of the workplace with the demands of personal or family life.
Paid Parental Leave
The Office of State Human Resources has established a pilot program to allow state agencies and universities to offer Paid Parental Leave to promote physical and mental health for employee families, increase worker retention, and improve worker productivity and morale. Employees who apply for Paid Parental Leave will need to apply for Family Medical Leave.
An employee’s eligibility for Paid Parental Leave shall be based on the employee’s months of service and hours of work as of the date of the qualifying life event. An employee who becomes a parent via childbirth, adoption, foster care or another legal placement is eligible if:
- The employee is full-time or part-time (half-time or more) in a permanent, probationary, or time-limited (benefits-eligible) position;
- The employee has been continuously employed by the State of North Carolina for the immediate twelve (12) preceding months; and
- The employee has been in pay status for at least 1,040 hours in the previous twelve-month period.
For additional details on the program, please see the documents below, or contact the Benefits Office at askbenefits@uncg.edu.
UNC Greensboro’s Five Star Rated Licensed Child Care Education Program believes that learning ensues when children are actively involved (both physically and cognitively) in experiences that are age appropriate, individually appropriate and culturally appropriate. The Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum is based on the needs, interests, and abilities of the children in all domains of development – social, emotional, cognitive, and physical.
UNCG offers 3 Lactation Rooms. These rooms are for the exclusive use of lactating employees. The rooms are safe, private, and clean. Employees may feed or pump in these rooms.
Lactation rooms at UNCG can be found at the following locations:
| Building | Room | Email Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Jackson Library Tower | Room 570 | Lea Leininger |
| Bryan Building | Room 344G | Jacqueline Smith |
| Nursing and Instructional Building (NIB) | Room 147 | OT Lewis |
| Before visiting the room for the first time, new or expecting parents are advised to contact one of the employees listed above for information regarding set up available. | ||