Parental/Adoption Leave (a) The Employer shall grant to an Employee who becomes a parent, provided the Employee has been in its employ at least thirteen (13) weeks immediately prior to the requested start date of the leave, a Parental/Adoption Leave of thirty-five (35) or thirty-seven (37) weeks or such shorter leave as the Employee requests.
Maternity, Parental and Adoption Leave Employees are eligible for unpaid leave of absence from employment subject to the conditions in this article. Every employee who intends to take a leave of absence under this article shall give at least 30 days' notice in writing to the Employer unless there is a valid reason why such notice cannot be given and shall inform the Employer in writing of the length of leave intended to be taken. Each employee who wishes to change the effective date of approved leave shall give four weeks' notice of such change unless there is a valid reason why notice cannot be given.
