Birth Parent. A pregnant Employee shall be entitled to up to seventeen (17) consecutive weeks of Pregnancy Leave and up to sixty‐one (61) consecutive weeks of Parental Leave, all without pay. Pregnancy Leave can begin up to thirteen (13) weeks before the expected birth date. Parental Leave must immediately follow the Pregnancy Leave unless the Employer and Employee agree otherwise. Parental Leave cannot be parceled into separate periods.
Birth Parent. A pregnant member will be entitled to up to seventeen (17) consecutive weeks of maternity leave and up to sixty‐one (61) consecutive weeks of parental leave. All such leaves will be without pay, subject to any compensation entitlements which will be available to members in accordance with Subsection (f) below. The parental leave must immediately follow the maternity leave. In the event the birth parent dies or is totally disabled, a member who is the non‐ birth parent of the child will be entitled to both maternity and parental leave without pay.
Birth Parent. An employee who is the parent of their partner/spouse’s newborn child shall be entitled to up to thirty-seven (37) consecutive weeks of parental leave without pay. The employee shall take the leave within fifty-two (52) weeks of the child’s birth or date the child comes within the care and custody of the employee.
