MIT offers faculty and employees extensive options—both paid and unpaid—for taking time away from work to manage personal, medical, and family issues.
The "MIT Personnel Policy Manual" (Section 4) describes Institute policies on time off for vacations, holidays, medical appointments, religious observance, bereavement, and other life events.
Review benefits related to sick leaves and medical and family leaves as well as information on long-term care insurance for eligible family members.
Explore this web clearinghouse of information on personal, family, and medical leaves—flexible work schedules, too.
MIT provides—at no cost to you—a long-term disability plan to protect you against the loss of income when you cannot work because of illness or injury.
