Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave. Employees are entitled to a Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave pursuant to the Employment Standards Act.
Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave. Employees are entitled to up to 10 days of leave, 5 days to be fully paid (per Calendar year) if the Employee or their child experiences domestic or sexual violence, or the threat of Domestic or sexual violence. The Employee may also take an additional fifteen (15) weeks of domestic/sexual violence leave that is unpaid. Leave days can be taken consecutively or individually as needed within a calendar year. All Employee benefits shall continue during a leave for Domestic/sexual violence and seniority shall continue to accrue during the leave period.
Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave. The Employer recognizes that Employees facing domestic or sexual violence may need to leave for various reasons including: to seek medical attention, counselling, access victim services, to move, or to seek legal or law enforcement assistance. Employees are eligible for such leave in accordance with the Employment Standards Act, 2000. Employees are entitled to 5 days leave, without loss of pay, in addition to any entitlements under the Employment Standards Act, 2000.
Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave. Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave will be granted in accordance with the
Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave. An employee may require an absence from work to seek medical attention, counselling or other social or psychological services, or legal advice, or to seek new housing due to an employee and/or an employee’s dependent child or a dependent person under their care experiencing domestic/sexual violence. In such a case, the employee shall be granted leave consistent with the applicable legislation and the Employer will provide up to three (3) days of leave with pay per calendar year. Such leave may be taken intermittently or in one continuous period. The Employee, or the Union on the Employee’s behalf, may request additional leave as provided elsewhere in this collective agreement including Article 20.07. Such request shall not be unreasonably denied. The parties agree that if additional paid domestic or sexual violence leave is legislated into the Employment Standards Act in excess of what is provided under this article, the University will honor the amount of paid leave provided in the Employment Standards Act.
Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave. An employee who has been employed by the employer for at least thirteen
Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave. Where leave from work is required due to an employee and/or another eligible person as defined by the Employment Standards Act (“the Act”) experiencing domestic or sexual violence, the employee will be granted leave in accordance with the Act, and specifically will be granted, paid and unpaid leave in each calendar year as follows:
a) Up to ten (10) days of leave, of which three (3) will be paid, and
b) Up to fifteen (15) weeks of unpaid leave. Leave under this clause is in addition to other paid or unpaid leaves provided elsewhere in this Collective Agreement. Additional unassisted leave under Article 21.06 or other employment modifications will be considered upon request. In the event existing legislation is changed regarding domestic or sexual violence leave to provide more than the above leave, the Employer will provide such leave consistent with the legislation.
Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave. An employee may request and take a domestic, sexual and/or gender-based violence leave where they or their dependent experiences or is threatened with domestic, sexual and/or gender-based violence. This leave will be to allow the employee to seek medical attention, counselling, victim and support services, legal assistance or to relocate. The employee, if requested to do so, will provide reasonable proof signed by a qualified practitioner. Upon approval of such a leave the employee will be entitled to a paid leave of up to six-thirty-fifths, and the total leave may extend for up to the duration of the academic term. The details or extent of the violence threatened or experienced need not be disclosed to the Employer, and the Employer will maintain confidentiality regarding the nature of the employee's leave. In the case of an extended absence beyond ten (10) days, the employee to the best of their ability, shall keep their supervisor informed of the anticipated date of the employee's return. Where an employee has exhausted their sexual violence leave and sick leave and any other leave entitlement under this agreement, they may be eligible for Long Term Disability, subject to the terms of the Plan (Article 10.13).
Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave. Effective the date of ratification of the Memorandum of Agreement, the Municipality and the Association agree to add Article 9.07 Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave to read as follows: “An Employee shall be entitled to domestic or sexual violence leave in accordance with the Employment Standards Act.”
Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave. An employee may request and take a domestic or sexual violence leave where they or their child experiences or is threatened with domestic or sexual violence. This leave will be to allow the employee to seek medical attention, counselling, victim and support services, legal assistance or to relocate. The employee, if requested to do so, will provide reasonable proof signed by a qualified practitioner. Upon approval of such a leave the employee will be entitled to a paid leave of up to six-thirty-fifths, and the total leave may extend for up to the duration of the academic term. The details or extent of the violence threatened or experienced need not be disclosed to the Employer, and the Employer will maintain confidentiality regarding the nature of the employee's leave. In the case of an extended absence beyond ten (10) days, the employee to the best of their ability, shall keep their supervisor informed of the anticipated date of the employee's return. Where an employee has exhausted their sexual violence leave and sick leave and any other leave entitlement under this agreement, they may be eligible for Long Term Disability, subject to the terms of the Plan (Article 10.13).
