Cases eligible for the RQAP. An employee who has accumulated twenty (20) weeks of service1 and who is eligible for benefits under the RQAP shall also be entitled to receive, for the twenty-one (21) weeks of her maternity leave, a benefit equal to the difference between ninety-three per cent (93%)2 of her basic weekly salary and the amount of maternity or parental benefits she is receiving, or would receive upon request, from the RQAP. This benefit is based on the RQAP benefit to which an employee is entitled, without counting the amounts subtracted from such benefit in reimbursement of benefits, interest, penalties and other amounts recoverable under the RQAP. However, when the employee works for more than one employer, she shall receive from each of her employers a benefit. In this case, the benefit shall be equal to the difference between ninety-three per cent (93%) of the basic salary paid by the College and the amount of the RQAP benefit corresponding to the proportion of the basic weekly salary paid with respect to the total basic weekly salaries paid by all of the employers. To this end, the employee shall produce for each employer a statement of the weekly salary paid by each employer and the amount of the benefit payable under the RQAP.
1 An employee on leave shall accumulate service if her leave is authorized, in particular in the case of a disability, and when a benefit or remuneration is payable.
2 Ninety-three per cent (93%): this percentage is based on the fact that an employee in this situation is exempt from making contributions to the pension plans and to the RQAP, which is equivalent on average to seven per cent (7%) of her salary.
