Common use of Maternity/Adoption/Parental Leave Clause in Contracts

Maternity/Adoption/Parental Leave. a) Maternity Leave – Adoption Leave i) An employee who has completed twenty (20) weeks of service, who makes application for leave at least four (4) weeks in advance of the requested commencement date, or the date the baby is expected to come into the employees care and who provides the Employer with a medical certificate certifying that she is pregnant if requested, or a letter confirming a pending Adoption shall be granted maternity/adoption leave consisting of: - a period not exceeding twenty-four (24) months - an additional period equal to the period between the estimated date of birth specified in the medical certificate and the actual date of birth, if the date of birth occurs after the date mentioned in the certificate, or the expected and actual date the baby came into the employees care - an employee may make application for further leave under Article 17.12. - such leave will be granted with assurance that the employee will resume employment in the same position or in a comparable position and a the same rate of pay occupied prior to the granting of such leave subject to negotiated wage increases ii) In the event of complications arising out of pregnancy such that the employee is unable to return to work at the expiry of an approved leave of absence, she will receive payment of normal salary from accumulated sick leave benefits. iii) If any Employee is unable to perform all of her normal duties due to pregnancy, she will have her duties modified or be assigned to another position where ever possible. If accommodation is not possible, the employee is entitled to take sick leave.

Maternity/Adoption/Parental Leave. a) Maternity Leave – Adoption Leave i) 19.04 An employee who has completed twenty (20) weeks of service, who makes application for leave at least four six (46) weeks in advance months of service with the requested commencement date, or the date the baby Company is expected entitled to come into the employees care and who provides the Employer with a medical certificate certifying that she is pregnant if requested, or a letter confirming a pending Adoption shall be granted maternity/adoption adoption/parental leave consisting of: - of absence without pay on the following basis: (a) The leave of absence shall be for a period not exceeding of up to fifty-two (52) weeks at the discretion of the employee, made up of seventeen (17) weeks maternity leave, twenty-four (24) months - an weeks child care leave and eleven (11) weeks additional period equal to leave. (b) The employee shall provide a written request for leave, specifying the period between the estimated anticipated date of birth specified in commencement of the medical certificate leave and the actual date anticipated return date. The request shall ideally provide for a four (4) week notice of birth, if commencement of the date of birth occurs after the date mentioned in the certificate, or the expected and actual date the baby came into the employees care - an employee may make application for further leave under Article 17.12. - such but shall not be less than two (2) weeks unless there is a valid reason why that notice cannot be given. (c) Such leave will shall be granted with the assurance that the employee will resume employment in the employee’s home position, or a position in the same location graded equal to the employee’s home position if the employee’s home position has been eliminated during the period of leave. (d) During the period of leave under this provision and provided the employee maintains the employee share of contributions as applicable for the pension and benefit plans, the employee shall accumulate pension, health and disability benefits. Employees shall for the duration of the leave continue to earn sick leave and annual vacation credits as if she/he had been at work. (e) Seniority shall accumulate for the duration of the leave under this provision. (f) Notice of intention to return to work, or in a comparable position request for change of leave shall be forwarded to the Company and a the same rate minimum of pay occupied fourteen (14) days prior to the granting expiration of such leave subject to negotiated wage increases ii) In the event of complications arising out of pregnancy such that the leave. An employee is unable will be permitted to return to work at prior to the expiry approved expiration date of an approved the leave provided a minimum of absence, she fourteen (14) days’ prior notice is received. The minimum fourteen (14) day notice period will receive payment of normal salary from accumulated sick leave benefitsapply unless there is a valid reason why notice cannot be given. iii(g) If any Employee is unable to perform all For the period of her normal duties due to pregnancythe leave under this provision, she will have her duties modified or an employee’s increment date for the purposes of salary increments shall not be assigned to another position where ever possible. If accommodation is not possible, the employee is entitled to take sick leavechanged.