Paid Benefit

• Female missionaries will receive fully paid Maternity Leave, based on the availability of funds, for 6 weeks for the birth of a child.
• Full-Time, PT-30, PT-25, and PT-20 employees are eligible for this leave.
• The 6 weeks of leave can start before childbirth if medically necessary or if the missionary coordinates with her supervisor beginning her Maternity Leave early.

Leave of Absence

• After this time, the mother may take her available PTO, as well as unpaid leave, totaling up to 12 weeks of leave.
• See the Family and Medical Leave section of the Leave of Absence policy.

Short-term Disability

• Women experiencing medical complications related to the birth of a child, beyond the given maternity leave time, may seek additional medical leave in the form of Short-Term Disability, which allows an employee to receive 2/3 of their normal salary during an extended illness.
• This short-term disability is available for Full-Time 40 and 30 hour/week employees and needs to be sought at time of the medical need.  
• Short-term disability would be in addition to the maternity leave allowance.
• If medical complications arise, please contact Reliant (benefits@reliant.org) or your Program Team? for additional steps as early as possible. 

To notify Reliant of your Maternity Leave, please email your Program Team and CC your supervisor.

Paid Benefit

• Missionaries will receive fully paid Adoption Leave, based on the availability of funds, for 2 weeks for the adoption of a child or children.
• Full-Time, PT-30, PT-25, and PT-20 employees are eligible for this leave.
• Missionaries may request an additional 2 weeks of Adoption Leave. To request this extension, please...(are they requesting this from supervisor or from Program Team
• These 2 weeks (or 4 weeks, if extension is approved) do not need to be taken immediately, but it can be taken any time within the first 3 months after the adoption.
• If both adoptive parents work at the same ministry or church, each missionary will receive the 2 weeks of Adoption Leave.

Leave of Absence

• The adoptive parent may take his or her available PTO, as well as unpaid leave, totaling up to 12 weeks of leave.
• If both adoptive parents work at the same ministry or church, they may be limited to a combined total of 12 weeks of leave. 
• See the Family and Medical Leave section of the Leave of Absence policy.

To notify Reliant of your Adoption Leave, please email your Program Team and CC your supervisor. 

Foster Care Leave

Paid Benefit

• Missionaries will receive fully paid Foster Care Leave, based on the availability of funds, for 2 weeks each year of a new foster placement.
• Full-Time, PT-30, PT-25, and PT-20 employees are eligible for this leave.
• These 2 weeks do not need to be taken immediately or consecutively, but it can be taken any time within a calendar year.
• If both foster parents work at the same ministry or church, each missionary will receive the 2 weeks of Foster Care Leave each year of a new foster placement.

Leave of Absence

• The foster parent may take his or her available PTO, as well as unpaid leave, totaling up to 12 weeks of leave.
• If both foster parents work at the same ministry or church, they may be limited to a combined total of 12 weeks of leave. 
• See the Family and Medical Leave section of the Leave of Absence policy.

To notify Reliant of your Foster Care Leave, please email your Program Team and CC your supervisor. 

If the country a missionary resides in has a national law that requires the employer to pay an employee for a longer period of time than the Reliant policy, Reliant will honor the requirements of the national law in that country. Please contact international@reliant.org for further information on the International parental leave policy.