MATERNITY LEAVE/ADOPTION LEAVE. PARENTAL LEAVE
MATERNITY LEAVE/ADOPTION LEAVE. 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
MATERNITY LEAVE/ADOPTION LEAVE. An employee shall have the right, upon written request, to a leave of absence for pregnancy on the following basis:
(a) An employee shall be granted unpaid leave to a maximum of eighteen
MATERNITY LEAVE/ADOPTION LEAVE. Every employee who has completed six (6) months of continuous service with the Employer is entitled to pregnancy leave without pay up to seventeen (17) weeks, provided the employee provides the Employer with a certificate of a qualified medical practitioner certifying that the employee is pregnant. Pregnancy leave can commence not earlier than eleven (11) weeks prior to the estimated termination date of pregnancy and end not later than seventeen (17) weeks following the actual termination date of pregnancy.
MATERNITY LEAVE/ADOPTION LEAVE. Parental Leave (Effective for maternity and/or parental leaves that commenced before May 1, 2019)
MATERNITY LEAVE/ADOPTION LEAVE and/or Parental Leave shall be granted in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Saskatchewan Labour Standards Act.
MATERNITY LEAVE/ADOPTION LEAVE. Unit Member Options Disabilities resulting from pregnancy, childbirth, miscarriage, abortion, and recovery 7 therefrom are considered temporary disabilities and (except when the unit member takes Unpaid Special 8 Leave) will be treated as conditions of illness. Illness leave (sick leave) may be used for such disabilities.
MATERNITY LEAVE/ADOPTION LEAVE. 6.1. As part of its Equal Opportunities policy, East Renfrewshire Council wishes to recognise the position of its teaching staff who undertake Family Leave as defined in Part 2 Section 7 of the SNCT Handbook. For the purpose of determining eligibility for compulsory transfer, all permanent teaching staff who are granted Family Leave as defined in Part 2 Section 7 of the SNCT Handbook will not be regarded as having had a break in their period of continuous service and such leave will count towards reckonable service.
6.2. For teaching staff returning to work from maternity leave where a surplus situation has arisen in their establishment, normal transfer arrangements will pertain.
MATERNITY LEAVE/ADOPTION LEAVE. 1. A Teacher who is pregnant shall be granted a leave of absence and may continue in active employment as late into the pregnancy as she wishes, if she can fulfill the requirements of her position. Teachers adopting a child not yet age eligible to be enrolled in school shall qualify for the same benefits as a natural birth. This provision does not apply to the adoption of stepchildren by the stepparent. Maternity and adoption leave shall be governed by the following:
a. A letter from the Teacher shall be given to the Superintendent as soon as possible stating the beginning date of the leave and the expected date of return. The teacher shall provide a statement from the doctor certifying the leave, or a letter from the adoption agency that the adoption is in process.
b. A female employee shall be granted thirty (30) consecutive days. The period of leave shall include all holidays which fall during the period of maternity leave. Fall, Christmas, and Spring Break will be counted as holidays. If birth or adoption occurs during the summer months, the leave will commence on the first date of the contract.
c. The teacher may not use accumulated sick leave days when the Teacher’s physician certifies that the Teacher can perform the Teacher’s regular teaching duties. The Teacher is entitled to complete the remaining leave without pay. In case of adoption, a Teacher is entitled to complete additional leave without pay following completion of the Corporation paid leave.
2. During unpaid leave, the Teacher may maintain coverage in any group insurance program by paying the total premium including the Corporation's share, if any, attributable to the leave period.
3. During leave extending into a part of a school year, a Teacher shall accumulate sick leave in accordance with the provisions of the Master Contract in effect at the Springs Valley Community Schools in the same proportion which the number of days the Teacher is paid during such year of work or leave bears to the total number of days for which Teachers are paid in the Corporation.
MATERNITY LEAVE/ADOPTION LEAVE. 15.1 An employee who has completed 12 months continuous service prior to the expected date of birth will be eligible to apply for paid maternity leave. Paid Maternity Leave of four weeks is to be taken in conjunction with unpaid maternity leave.
15.2 An employee who has completed 12 months of continuous service before the date of taking custody of an adopted child is entitled to four weeks paid adoption leave.
15.3 The following conditions apply to an employee applying for paid maternity leave or paid adoption leave: • The total of paid and unpaid leave is not to exceed 52 calendar weeks; • An employee will be entitled to four weeks at the ordinary rate of pay from the date maternity/adoption leave commences. The four weeks paid leave is to be inclusive of any public holiday or programmed days off which may fall during the period of leave. The four weeks paid maternity/adoption leave therefore, is not extended by any public holidays or PDO's that fall during the period of paid leave. • Paid leave must be taken in conjunction with unpaid maternity/adoption leave.
15.4 Part-time employees will have the same entitlements as full time employees on a pro-rata basis according to the average number of contracted hours during the immediately preceding 12 months (disregarding any periods of leave).
15.5 During periods of paid or unpaid maternity/adoption leave, sick leave with pay will not be granted for a normal period of absence for confinement. However, any illness arising from the incidence of the pregnancy may be covered by sick leave to the extent available, subject to the usual provisions relating to production of a medical certificate and the medical certificate indicates that the illness has arisen from the pregnancy.
