FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to frequently asked questions about postdoc employment at UF.
Click on these links to get answers to frequently asked questions about postdoc employment at the University of Florida. Have a question that you don’t see here? Email us at postdoc-affairs@ufl.edu.
Yes. The letter of offer template for postdoc associates and memorandum of understand (MOU) template for postdoc fellows are online here:
No, they cannot.
Postdocs are eligible for postdoc leave. For more details, click this link:
To report paid time off, please use leave code NRA 18PL.
If you have any questions about how to report leave (paid time off), contact UF Central Leave:
- Telephone: 352 392 2477
- Email: central-leave@ufl.edu
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Postdoc associates can accrue up to 352 hours of postdoc leave. Once they reach that limit, they stop accruing leave.
No, postdocs do not receive payout for unused postdoc leave when their employment ends.
Yes, if they meet certain eligibility criteria.
Postdoc associates are eligible for up to 12 workweeks of FMLA leave once they...
- Have worked at least 12 months (which need not be consecutive).
- Have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months before the start of FMLA leave.
Breaks in employment do not affect this total — what counts is a cumulative total of the number of months that the postdoc associate has been employed by the University of Florida.
Also, FMLA leave may be used for parental leave.
Learn more about FMLA, eligibility for it, and the process for requesting it by clicking this link:
No, postdocs are not eligible for the sick leave pool because they do not accrue sick leave hours — postdoc associates accrue postdoc leave instead. For more information, click this link:
Postdoc associates are eligible for up to 12 workweeks of parental leave once they...
- Have worked at least 12 months (which need not be consecutive).
- Have worked at least 1,250 hours during the 12 months before the start of FMLA leave.
Breaks in employment do not affect this total — what counts is a cumulative total of the number of months that the postdoc associate has been employed by the University of Florida.
With departmental approval, employees may work a reduced schedule during parental leave.
For more details, click these links:
No, postdocs are not eligible for adoption benefits. If adopting a child, postdocs are eligible for parental leave via the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which is unpaid leave. Postdoc associates may use accrued postdoc leave (which is paid time off) while on FMLA leave.
For more details, click these links:
After termination of employment, postdocs are eligible for COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) insurance. After their termination date, postdocs will receive a COBRA information packet in the mail, so they must make sure their “Local Home Mailing Address” is up-to-date in the University of Florida directory. Have questions? Click here:
Postdoc associates are automatically enrolled in the FICA Alternative Plan. They also have the option to supplement with additional plans. For more details, click here:
Postdoc fellows do not receive retirement benefits, as they are not considered UF employees.
UF Human Resources offers a Financial Literacy Workshop Series that features scheduled and on-demand webinars. Postdoc associates and postdoc associates can access them by clicking this link:
Postdocs with concerns ought to reach out to their HR Liaisons. Click this link for liaison contacts:
Have questions? Get answers!
Email or book an appointment with Dr. Valli Sarveswaran,
Director of the UF Office of Postdoctoral Affairs