Maternity and Child Care Leave. 1. An employee, under this Section of the Agreement, may choose Option One or Option Two.
Maternity and Child Care Leave. Every employee who has six (6) months' service with the Company is entitled to and shall be granted a leave of absence and the following rules shall apply for maternity, parental, adoption and child care leave.
(a) The Company shall not dismiss, suspend, layoff, demote, discipline, nor deny promotion or training because the employee has applied for leave under these Clauses.
(b) No employee can be laid off while on leave under Clauses 19.07, 19.08 and 19.09. However, this shall not prevent the Company from laying off active employees who are senior to her during her leave of absence under this Clause.
(c) Every employee who intends to take a leave of absence under Clauses 19.07, 19.08 and 19.09 shall:
(i) Give at least four (4) weeks notice in writing to the Company unless there is a valid reason why such notice cannot be given.
(ii) Inform the Company in writing of the length of leave intended to be taken.
Maternity and Child Care Leave. 1. Upon application, maternity leave without pay shall be granted to any member of the bargaining unit who has completed six months of employment, who becomes pregnant. Such leave shall begin at a time determined by the teacher, after medical verification of pregnancy, and shall continue for the duration of the pregnancy and post-partum recovery at which time the teacher shall return to her duties or commence an unpaid child care leave as provided below, or
2. Any pregnant teacher who continues to perform her duties until she becomes physically disabled by her pregnancy or child birth shall be entitled to utilize her accumulated sick leave for the period of disability caused by a pregnancy or child birth under the terms of Article X. Should accumulated sick leave be exhausted prior to recovery from such disability, the teacher will be placed on unpaid disability leave as provided in Section A. of this Article.
3. Upon application, a child care leave without pay shall be granted to any member of the bargaining unit for the primary care of a dependent child. In the case of pregnant women, the child care leave shall commence at the conclusion of the maternity leave provided in #1 above or the conclusion of the period of disability should the teacher elect to utilize paid sick leave.
a. If the birth of the child occurs during the school year the child care leave shall be for the remainder of the semester during which the child was born or up to two additional semesters, at the employees' discretion. If the birth occurs during the summer the child care leave shall be for up to two semesters at the employee's discretion.
b. Return will be made only at the beginning of a semester, unless a staff vacancy occurs earlier and he/she is qualified to fill that position.
c. Other circumstances which warrant earlier re-employment may occur and these will be considered as they occur.
Maternity and Child Care Leave a. A bargaining unit member who is pregnant or who is adopting a child may use sick leave pursuant to A.1. above and/or may take an unpaid leave for the period of the member's disability pursuant to B.1. above. For this purpose, "period of disability" means the period during which the bargaining unit member is unable to perform the duties of the job as determined by her physician and the provisions of this paragraph. It is presumed that such period extends for a minimum of six (6) weeks beyond birth in the case of birth by normal delivery and eight (8) weeks beyond birth in the case of birth by cesarean section. The Board may require medical certification, using the prescribed form, if paid leave is requested beyond the applicable presumed period of disability. If the Board questions such medical certification, the Board may have the employee's condition evaluated, at Board expense, by a Board-designated physician. If a disagreement exists between the employee's physician and the Board-designated physician, the employee (with Association assistance) and Board shall mutually agree upon the selection of a third physician, whose opinion shall be final and the cost of which will be borne by the Board if the physician sides with the employee's physician and by the Association if the physician sides with the Board-designated physician. The Board will not question the medical certification provided by the employee under this paragraph arbitrarily or capriciously.
b. Upon written request of a bargaining unit member, the Board may grant an unpaid leave of absence for a period of not more than one (1) school year for child care. A request for child care leave shall be submitted to the Superintendent/Designee at least thirty (30) days before the desired effective date. This requirement may be waived by the Superintendent/Designee in an emergency. At the time of submitting the request and with the Superintendent/Designee's approval the member may establish a termination date at a natural break in the school year, e.g. the end of a vacation or grading period or following a weekend if the unit member has given that predetermined return date to the Administration. A member shall inform the Superintendent/Designee in writing, of the member's intention to return to duty at least ninety
Maternity and Child Care Leave. Every employee who has six (6) months' service with the Company is entitled to and shall be granted a leave of absence and the following rules shall apply for maternity, parental, adoption and child care leave.
(a) The Company shall not dismiss, suspend, layoff, demote, discipline, nor deny promotion or training because the employee has applied for leave under these Clauses.
(b) No employee can be laid off while on leave under Clauses 19.07, 19.08 and
Maternity and Child Care Leave. 1. Upon application, maternity leave without pay shall be granted to any member of the bargaining unit who becomes pregnant. Such leave shall begin at a time determined by the teacher, after medical verification of pregnancy, and shall continue for the duration of the pregnancy and postpartum recovery at which time the teacher shall return to her duties or commence an unpaid child care leave as provided below, or
2. Any pregnant teacher who continues to perform her duties until she becomes physically disabled by her pregnancy or childbirth shall be entitled to utilize her accumulated sick leave for the period of disability caused by a pregnancy or childbirth under the terms of Article X. Should accumulated sick leave be exhausted prior to recovery from such disability, the teacher will be placed on unpaid disability leave as provided in Section A. of this article.
3. In order to obtain a maternity leave, notification of pregnancy will be filed with the Superintendent four months prior to the expected date of delivery along with a statement of pregnancy from her physician. At this time, the teacher shall submit a written request for maternity leave.
4. The teacher will specify the beginning and ending dates of the leave of absence, which will correspond as nearly as possible with the beginning or ending of a school semester or grading period.
5. A teacher may make application for reinstatement prior to expiration of said leave or extension of said leave. However, the Board reserves the right to approve or disapprove each application on the basis of each individual case.
6. Upon return from such leave, a teacher will be assigned a teaching position for which she is qualified.
7. When the leave of absence is for one (1) year, the teacher shall return to the same step on the salary schedule as prior to said leave. If the leave of absence is for less than one (1) year, a teacher completing ninety (90) days shall be placed on the next higher step on the salary schedule. A teacher completing less than ninety (90) days shall return to the same step as prior to said leave.
8. The teacher shall be eligible to return from maternity leave upon filing a physician’s statement that she is physically fit for full time employment.
9. To receive sick leave payments, the teacher must perform all duties until physically disabled and return to service as soon as physically able to perform all duties as certified by her physician.
10. For all sick leave days claimed, the teache...
Maternity and Child Care Leave. An employee shall be entitled to receive a maternity leave of up to seventeen (17) weeks or such longer period as may be required by the Employment Standards Act, beginning no earlier than twelve (12) weeks prior to the expected delivery date of her child and no later than the date of birth. Except in the case of an emergency or where the Employment Standards Act permits a shorter period, the employee shall inform the Employer in writing at least four (4) months in advance of her intention to take maternity leave including the anticipated commencement date and duration. The employee shall apply for the Employment Insurance (EI) maternity leave benefit. During the employee’s waiting period for EI maternity benefits and during the period when such benefits are paid, or if an employee’s claim for employment insurance benefits is not accepted by Human Resources Development Canada, for all employees except for those on appointments of less than one year and teachers who have not been employed for at least two periods of active service for class periods of at least eight (8) weeks in the previous twelve months, the Employer shall pay the employee an amount that when combined with the employee’s EI benefits will equal ninety-five percent (95%) of the employee’s normal weekly earnings. In the case of teachers and teaching instructors, such payments shall be made in respect of any active period of service during which the teacher or teaching instructor would have been scheduled to teach. Employer pension and benefit plan contributions shall continue on the basis of one hundred percent (100%) of the employee’s salary of record.
Maternity and Child Care Leave. (a) Employees may, if eligible, take unpaid Maternity and/or Child Care leave according to the terms and conditions specified in New Brunswick Employment Standards Act. For reference, the current unpaid Maternity and Child Care leaves provided in that Act are:
(i) Up to seventeen (17) weeks Maternity leave; and
(ii) Up to sixty-two (62) weeks Child Care leave. The above is intended to be a summary only for ease of reference of the Employee. Specific terms and conditions of eligibility, sharing among multiple persons, etc. for each leave shall be per the Act.
(b) Post-doctoral Fellows who qualify for Maternity and/or Child Care leave(s) in accordance with the New Brunswick Employment Standards Act and who apply for and are eligible to receive Employment Insurance benefits will be eligible to receive supplemental maternity and/or child care benefits as follows:
(i) The total length of the benefit is for up to fifteen (15) consecutive weeks (regardless of whether the Post- Doctoral Fellow takes Maternity Leave, Child Care Leave or both).
(ii) Such benefit may be shared by two (2) employed parents recognizing the total top-up paid for both will be fifteen (15) weeks.
(iii) The benefit payable by the Employer shall be the difference between 100% of the minimum floor salary stipulated in Appendix A and the amount the Employee receives from all other combined sources (including but not limited to Employment Insurance benefits as defined in (v) below, and/or supplementary benefits funded by an external source or agency).
(iv) Payment of supplemental benefits shall not extend beyond the original period of the Employee’s Employment Contract.
(v) The benefit payable under (iii) will be calculated using the weekly Employment Insurance benefit that would be payable to the Post-doctoral Fellow (i.e., 55%) without regard to any election by the Post-doctoral Fellow to receive a lower Employment Insurance benefit spread over a longer period of time as may be permitted under the Employment Insurance Act.
Maternity and Child Care Leave. Every employee who has completed six months of continuous service with the Mint is entitled to and shall be granted a leave of absence from employment for the purpose of maternity and child care leave in the following manner:
Maternity and Child Care Leave. 1. Maternity leave without sick leave pay shall be granted to any member of the bargaining unit who becomes pregnant and requests said leave. Such leave shall begin at any time, during the course of pregnancy, as verified by her doctor; and shall continue for the duration of pregnancy and post-partum recovery at which time the teacher shall return to her duties or commence an unpaid child care leave as provided below; or any pregnant teacher who continues to perform her duties until, according to her doctor, she becomes physically disabled by her pregnancy or child birth shall be entitled to utilize her accumulated sick leave benefits for the period of disability caused by a pregnancy or child birth under the terms of Article X.
