Balancing Work and Personal Life

Listed below are some resources to help you be successful in balancing your work and family commitments.

BTI Benefits and Policies

Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Confidential, professional assistance on a wide range of issues.
Time Away from Work: Paid time off, holidays, and bereavement time
Paid Time Off (PTO): A detailed description of our PTO policy, accrual rates, and extended illness plan.
Select Benefits
Personal Leave of Absence: see section 522 of the Employee Handbook. (PDF; 536 Kb)
Electronic Mail Lists
Family Medical Leave (FMLA): A detailed description of how BTI manages the FMLA policy. (PDF)
Faculty Promotion Procedure: Includes process for extending promotion period when dealing with certain family circumstances. (PDF)

Day Care and Child Development Council of Tompkins County: Includes information on Child Care Centers in Tompkins County.
Summer Day Camps at Cornell
Other Local Day Camps: Tompkins County Youth Bureau Guide to Summer Camps

Resource	Phone
Displaced Homemakers Center	272-1520
Family & Children's Service	273-7494
Mental Health Association	273-9250
Tompkins County Task Force for Battered Women and Child Sexual Abuse Project	277-3203; Crisis Line, 277-5000
Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service, 24-Hour counseling, help after traumatic events	272-1505 Crisis Line, 272-1616
Ithaca Rape Crisis: 273-5589; crisis line	277-5000
Alcoholics Anonymous and Alateen	273-1541
Al-Anon (Friends of Alcoholics)	274-9422
Alcoholism Council of Tompkins County	274-6288

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