Common use of Disappearance or Death of a Child Leave Clause in Contracts

Disappearance or Death of a Child Leave. An employee shall receive Disappearance or Death of a Child Leave without pay for up to fifty-two (52) weeks if they are a parent of a child, under the age of eighteen (18), who has disappeared as a result of a crime. If the child has died as a result of a crime, the employee is entitled to take a leave of up to one hundred and four (104) weeks, subject to the following: Employees must have completed at least thirty (30) days’ employment, and are: (a) a parent of a child; (b) the spouse, common-law partner or same sex partner of a parent of a child; (c) a person with whom the child was placed for the purposes of adoption; (d) the guardian or xxxxxx parent of a child; or, (e) a person who has the care, custody or control of a child, and is considered to be like a close relative, whether or not they are related. Reasonable verification of the need for the leave must be provided to the Company as soon as possible. Where possible, the employee shall provide two (2) weeks’ notice before the leave. Employees may end the leave earlier by giving the Company two (2) weeks’ notice in writing before the day they intend to return to work. The Company and employee may agree to a different schedule for returning to work. At the end of an employee’s leave under this Article, the Company shall reinstate the employee to the position the employee occupied when the leave began or to a comparable position, with not less than the wages and any other benefits earned by the employee immediately before the leave began.

Disappearance or Death of a Child Leave. An employee shall receive Disappearance or Death of a Child Leave without pay for up to fifty-two (52) weeks if they are a parent of a child, under the age of eighteen (18), who has disappeared as a result of a crime. If the child has died as a result of a crime, the employee is entitled to take a leave of up to one hundred and four (104) weeks, subject to the following: Employees must have completed at least thirty (30) days’ employment, and are: (a) a parent of a child; (b) the spouse, common-law partner or same sex partner of a parent of a child; (c) a person with whom the child was placed for the purposes of adoption; (d) the guardian or xxxxxx parent of a child; or, (e) a person who has the care, custody or control of a child, and is considered to be like a close relative, whether or not they are related. Reasonable verification of the need for the leave must be provided to the Company Employer as soon as possible. Where possible, the employee shall provide two (2) weeks’ notice before the leave. Employees may end the leave earlier by giving the Company Employer two (2) weeks’ notice in writing before the day they intend to return to work. The Company Employer and employee may agree to a different schedule for returning to work. At the end of an employee’s leave under this Article, the Company Employer shall reinstate the employee to the position the employee occupied when the leave began or to a comparable position, with not less than the wages and any other benefits earned by the employee immediately before the leave began.