Maternity and Parental Leave - Female Employees. A pregnant employee may apply for maternity and parental leave, and such leave shall be granted upon written request. The total maximum period of leave both before and after the delivery shall be fifty-two (52) weeks which shall include seventeen (17) weeks of maternity leave and thirty-five (35) weeks of parental leave. With at least three (3) weeks prior notice of a desire to return to work, the employee will be reinstated in her previous position or a comparable one with no loss of salary. A further leave may be granted at the discretion of the Authority. During this further leave, vacation credits shall not accumulate nor shall the benefit plans be paid by the Authority. 11.2.1 During the maternity leave the following salary and benefit provisions will apply on the understanding that the employee is committed to return to work at the end of the leave and the employee has been employed for at least one (1) year prior to the commencement of maternity leave: (a) the Authority will pay ninety-five percent (95%) of two (2) weeks wages based on the classification rate, according to the wage schedules listed in Article 19; (b) during the following fifteen weeks, the employee will receive a payment equal to the difference between the payment in (a) above and the amount of Employment Insurance Benefits she is receiving, or would be expected to receive if she qualified for benefits; (c) during the full period of maternity and parental leave, the Authority shall continue to pay the cost of the benefit plans in which the employee is enrolled. If the employee fails to return to work for a period of at least four (4) months, the employee shall reimburse the Authority for all payments made by the Authority pursuant to Article 11.1.1 (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h), and Article 11.2.1 (a) and (b), and the Authority may apply any moneys which it holds to the benefit of the employee to reduce the amount to be reimbursed to the Authority; (d) vacation credits will continue to accrue while the employee is on maternity and parental leave, provided she returns to work for a period of at least four (4) months; (e) in all weeks, the combination of Employment Insurance Benefits (EI), Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB), and all other earnings, will never exceed ninety-five percent (95%) of an employee’s classification rate according to the wage schedules listed in Article 19; (f) any period of parental leave shall be without pay and shall immediately follow the seventeen (17) week maternity leave, unless the child has not yet come into the custody, care and control of the employee for the first time; (g) a female employee who adopts a child shall be entitled to the same rights and obligations as those specified in Article 11.2, except that the period of up to thirty-seven (37) weeks leave shall commence no more than fifty-two (52) weeks after the child comes into the custody, care and control of the employee for the first time; (h) application for maternity and parental leave shall be made by the form prescribed in Attachment No.2.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Maternity and Parental Leave - Female Employees. A pregnant employee may apply for maternity and parental leave, and such leave shall be granted upon written request. The total maximum period of leave both before and after the delivery shall be fifty-two (52) weeks which shall include seventeen (17) weeks of maternity leave and thirty-five (35) weeks of parental leave. With at least three (3) weeks prior notice of a desire to return to work, the employee will be reinstated in her previous position or a comparable one with no loss of salary. A further leave may be granted at the discretion of the Authority. During this further leave, vacation credits shall not accumulate nor shall the benefit plans be paid by the Authority.
11.2.1 During the maternity leave the following salary and benefit provisions will apply on the understanding that the employee is committed to return to work at the end of the leave and the employee has been employed for at least one (1) year prior to the commencement of maternity leave:
(a) the Authority will pay ninety-five percent (95%) of two (2) weeks wages based on the classification rate, according to the wage schedules listed in Article 19;
(b) during the following fifteen weeks, the employee will receive a payment equal to the difference between the payment in (a) above and the amount of Employment Insurance Benefits she is receiving, or would be expected to receive if she qualified for benefits;
(c) during the full period of maternity and parental leave, the Authority shall continue to pay the cost of the benefit plans in which the employee is enrolled. If the employee fails to return to work for a period of at least four (4) months, the employee shall reimburse the Authority for all payments made by the Authority pursuant to Article 11.1.1 (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h), and Article
11.2.1 (a) and (b), and the Authority may apply any moneys which it holds to the benefit of the employee to reduce the amount to be reimbursed to the Authority;
(d) vacation credits will continue to accrue while the employee is on maternity and parental leave, provided she returns to work for a period of at least four (4) months;
(e) in all weeks, the combination of Employment Insurance Benefits (EI), Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB), and all other earnings, will never exceed ninety-five percent (95%) of an employee’s classification rate according to the wage schedules listed in Article 19;
(f) any period of parental leave shall be without pay and shall immediately follow the seventeen (17) week maternity leave, unless the child has not yet come into the custody, care and control of the employee for the first time;
(g) a female employee who adopts a child, other than the child of a spouse, shall be entitled to the same rights and obligations as those specified in Article 11.2, except that the period of up to thirty-seven (37) weeks leave shall commence no more than fifty-two (52) weeks after the child comes into the custody, care and control of the employee for the first time;
(h) application for maternity and parental leave shall be made by the form prescribed in Attachment No.2#2.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Maternity and Parental Leave - Female Employees. A pregnant employee may apply for maternity and parental leave, and such leave shall be granted upon written request. The total maximum period of leave both before and after the delivery shall be fifty-two (52) weeks which shall include seventeen (17) weeks of maternity leave and thirty-five (35) weeks of parental leave. With at least three (3) weeks prior notice of a desire to return to work, the employee will be reinstated in her previous position or a comparable one with no loss of salary. A further leave may be granted at the discretion of the Authority. During this further leave, vacation credits shall not accumulate nor shall the benefit plans be paid by the Authority.
11.2.1 . During the maternity leave the following salary and benefit provisions will apply on the understanding that the employee is committed to return to work at the end of the leave and the employee has been employed for at least one (1) year prior to the commencement of maternity leave:
(a) : the Authority will pay ninety-five percent (95%) of two (2) weeks wages based on the classification rate, according to the wage schedules listed in Article 19;
(b) ; during the following fifteen weeks, the employee will receive a payment equal to the difference between the payment in (a) above and the amount of Employment Insurance Benefits she is receiving, or would be expected to receive if she qualified for benefits;
(c) ; during the full period of maternity and parental leave, the Authority shall continue to pay the cost of the benefit plans in which the employee is enrolled. If the employee fails to return to work for a period of at least four (4) months, the employee shall reimburse the Authority for all payments made by the Authority pursuant to Article 11.1.1 (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h), and Article
11.2.1 (a) and (b), and the Authority may apply any moneys which it holds to the benefit of the employee to reduce the amount to be reimbursed to the Authority;
(d) vacation credits will continue to accrue while the employee is on maternity and parental leave, provided she returns to work for a period of at least four (4) months;
(e) in all weeks, the combination of Employment Insurance Benefits (EI), Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB), and all other earnings, will never exceed ninety-five percent (95%) of an employee’s classification rate according to the wage schedules listed in Article 19;
(f) any period of parental leave shall be without pay and shall immediately follow the seventeen (17) week maternity leave, unless the child has not yet come into the custody, care and control of the employee for the first time;
(g) a female employee who adopts a child shall be entitled to the same rights and obligations as those specified in Article 11.2, except that the period of up to thirty-seven (37) weeks leave shall commence no more than fifty-two (52) weeks after the child comes into the custody, care and control of the employee for the first time;
(h) application for maternity and parental leave shall be made by the form prescribed in Attachment No.2.
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Samples: Collective Agreement