Military Leave

Summary

To affirm the University’s support and commitment to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and Family Medical Leave Act.​

Body

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DOCUMENT TYPE:

Policy

PURPOSE:

To affirm the University’s support and commitment to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act and Family Medical Leave Act.​

APPLIES TO:

Faculty and staff appointed to regular positions.​

CAMPUS:

Edwards, Lawrence, Juniper Gardens, Parsons, Topeka, Yoder

POLICY STATEMENT:

The University of Kansas recognizes and supports our country’s service members and their families in peace, crisis and war. The University enforces the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) which provide enhanced leave rights and job protections for employees and defined family members absent for military duty or military related activities.

Military leave requests with accompanying military orders should be forwarded through the University department to Human Resources for review and approval. For the full process on requesting military leave, please visit the Human Resource Website. 

CONTACT:

Human Resources
101 Carruth-O’Leary Hall
1246 W. Campus Road
Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-4946
hrdept@ku.edu

RESPONSIBLE UNIT:

Human Resources

APPROVED BY:

Director, Human Resources

APPROVED ON:

2006-08-01

EFFECTIVE ON:

2006-08-01

REVIEW CYCLE:

Annual (As Needed)

RELATED PROCEDURES:

Military Leave Process

RELATED OTHER:

Federal Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act (eLaws USERRA Advisor) - resource from the Department of Labor

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Personnel Bulletins - specifically Bulletin 04-02: Provisions for Employees Reporting for Active Military Duty and 06-01: Military Leave Clarifications

Kansas Administrative Regulations - specifically Article 5 (1-5-11, 1-5-30) and Article 9 (1-9-7a, 1-9-7b, 1-9-7c).

Handbook for Faculty & Other Unclassified Staff

CHANGE HISTORY:

10/16/2025: Updated contact; Added Responsible Unit.
03/26/2025: Migration to TeamDynamix from Drupal.
09/20/2024: Updated Human Resource Management (HRM) to Human Resources (HR). 
06/29/2017: Removed broken link. 
09/21/2016:

  • Updated statement to say Human Resource Management
  • added link to direct to more information on requesting military leave.04/28/2016: Updated Review Date
09/03/2015: Updated Review Date
08/13/2015: 
  • Updated Human Resources/HR to Human Resource Management/HRM
  • Added Purpose
  • Added “Applies to” to reflect regular positions and campuses
  • Added policy statement
  • Moved “Related Policies” to “Related Other”
  • Added FMLA Policy to “Related Policies” 
01/22/2015: Policy formatting cleanup (e.g., bolding, spacing).
 

Details

Details

Article ID: 21286
Created
Thu 3/13/25 1:18 PM
Modified
Thu 10/16/25 1:14 PM

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