ARTICLE ADOPTION LEAVE. Leave of absence up to a maximum of two (2) days without loss of pay will be granted to a parent or parents, to receive a child through adoption.
ARTICLE ADOPTION LEAVE. An Employee planning to adopt a child Will notify the Employer and keep the Employer informed of the progress of Application. Providing that the Employee has one (1) or more years of service with the Employer, will be granted a Leave Without Pay up to six (6) months inclusive of time on parental leave, beginning at any time or near the receipt the child. On return from this Leave, the Employee shall be placed in permanent classification and grade held immediately prior to the said Leave. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement, Employees on Adoption leave, shall accrue vacation credits for the first twelve (12) weeks of leave.
ARTICLE ADOPTION LEAVE. Employees shall be eligible for adoption leave without pay and without the Employer’s portion of the contribution toward benefit plan premiums under the following conditions.
ARTICLE ADOPTION LEAVE. An Employee eligible under the Alberta Employment Standards Code will be granted an Adoption and/or Parental Leave consistent with the provisions of the Code upon written application to the Chief Human Resources Officer.
ARTICLE ADOPTION LEAVE. An employee who adopts a child shall, subject to giving six weeks notice to the employer, be granted leave without pay for a period of up to weeks for the purpose of adoption. Such leave may not commence earlier than one week before the expected date of the child coming to live with her for the purpose of an adoption. The employee shall proof of the adoption. If the employer cannot contact the employee, her employment is deemed to terminate on the date on which she should have notified the employer. In the event that an employee on adoption leave decides not to return to work, and communicated this to the employer two months prior to her previously agreed upon date of return, her employment shall terminate on the date her leave expires, or such sooner date as the employee wishes. An employee on adoption leave shall remain a member of the bargaining unit, and shall have all the benefits of this agreement, except that the employee shall not accrue leave with pay or take leave with pay, during a period of adoption leave. Where a doctor's certificate is provided as set out in Clause an extension of adoption leave may be granted by the employer for up to one year, subject to operational requirements. Upon returning to work, the employee shall resume her previous position, or a comparable position. The employer will make every reasonable effort to assign her to her previous position. An employee who is not entitled to adoption leave for the reason that she did not give six weeks notice as required by Clause may be granted adoption leave by the employer subject to operational requirements. An employee who has been in the continuous service of the employer, immediately prior to the commencement of her adoption leave, for hours or one year, whichever occurs later, shall be entitled to:
ARTICLE ADOPTION LEAVE. Employees shall be eligible for adoption leave as provided under the Province of Alberta’s Labour Standards legislation and such leave shall be on a without pay and without the Employer’s portion of the contribution toward benefit plan premiums basis Adoption leave consists of a period of not more than thirty-seven (37) weeks of leave commencing on the date on which the adoptive parent first obtains custody of the child being adopted. The adoption leave shall terminate on the date determined by the employee prior to the commencement of the leave and subject to the provisions of this Article. Only one (1) adoptive parent of a child shall be granted adoption leave under this Article, at one time.
ARTICLE ADOPTION LEAVE. The Gallery agrees to grant adoption leave of weeks as per the parental leave regulations of the Employment Standards Act. In order to qualify fur such leave, the employee must have been in the employ of the Gallery for at least (13) weeks of continuous service. The employee must give written notice to the Gallery of intention to adopt within a reasonable period of prior to such request for parental leave. The employee shall reconfirm her intention to return to work on the date originally provided to the by written notification received by the Gallery at least two weeks in advance thereof. When persons are hired or transferred into the bargaining unit to replace employees who are on approved adoption leave, the period of employment of such persons will not exceed the adoption leave. The release or discharge or transfer out of the bargaining unit of such persons not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration.
