Neurology Residency Salary & Benefits

Two weeks of sick leave is allowed per resident per year. If a resident calls in sick, it is the prerogative of the program director to ask for a doctor's excuse from the resident. Sick leave in excess of two weeks will be taken from vacation time. Each resident must be aware that each particular specialty allows only a certain amount of absence from training per year. Absence beyond that designated time, be it for vacation or sick leave, may extend the resident’s time in training. There can be no accrual of sick leave from one year to the next; i.e., two week maximum sick-leave is allowed per year.

1. Parental leave will be granted upon request to all residents. All or a portion of the six weeks may be requested.
2. Parental leave applies to births or adoption of a child.
3. Parental leave applies to biologic, adoptive and domestic-partner parents.
4. Parental leave is an un-paid leave of absence.
5. Benefits will continue during the six weeks of Parental leave. The resident will have the option of continuing his or her benefits, at the resident’s cost, for leave that exceeds the six weeks.
6. Parental leave will be a paid leave of absence for the portion that the resident chooses to devote remaining vacation and/or sick leave for that year.
7. Parental leave greater than six weeks duration, except in cases of illness of the mother or infant, requires approval by the program director. This time will be unfunded.
8. Where possible, the resident must notify the program director, providing at least a four-month notice of the leave, and when he or she plans to return to work following the parental leave.
9. Duration of leave exceeding that period of time defined by the resident's specialty board as an acceptable leave of absence will extend the resident’s time in training.
10. The resident may choose to use his or her parental leave anytime from one month prior to the birth/adoption of the child up until six months after the birth/adoption of the child.