Common use of Maternity/Parental Leave Benefits Clause in Contracts

Maternity/Parental Leave Benefits. (a) The Employing Authority shall grant leave of absence without pay for a period of up to fifty-two (52) consecutive weeks to employees for reasons of birth or adoption of a child. (b) An employee upon request shall be granted two (2) day's leave with pay on the occasion of the birth of their child, adoption of their child, or on their permanent placement of a xxxxxx child. (c) Supplements to Employment Insurance (EI) Maternity or Parental Benefits will be provided to employees as follows: (1) An employee who provides the Employer with proof that the employee has applied for and is eligible to receive maternity benefits under the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act shall be paid an allowance for fifteen (15) weeks. The allowance shall be equivalent to the difference between the weekly El benefits the employee is eligible to receive and eighty-five percent (85%) of her weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the employee during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the El benefits to which the employee would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (2) An employee, other than an employee who has received an allowance under Article 24.03(c)(1), who provides the Employer with proof that the employee has applied for and is eligible to receive parental benefits under the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act shall be paid an allowance for fifteen (15) weeks. The allowance shall be equivalent to the difference between the weekly El benefits the employee is eligible to receive and eighty-five percent (85%) of the employee’s weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the employee during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the El benefit to which the employee would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (3) If both parents are employees, the maximum entitlement period to either one or both parents shall not exceed fifteen (15) weeks. (4) An employee mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) who is subject to a waiting period of one (1) week before receiving El benefits, shall receive an allowance equivalent to eighty-five percent (85%) of the employee’s weekly rate of pay for each week of the one (1) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the employee during the waiting period. (5) The weekly rate of pay for a part-time employee will be the average weekly salary earned in the twenty (20) week period prior to commencement of the El claim. (6) Where an employee becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the Supplements to El will be increased accordingly.

Maternity/Parental Leave Benefits. (a) The Employing Authority shall grant leave of absence without pay for a period of up to fifty-two (52) consecutive weeks to employees for reasons of birth or adoption of a child. (b) An A male employee upon request shall be granted two (2) day's ’s leave with pay on the occasion of the birth of their his child, . An employee shall be entitled to two (2) day’s leave with pay on the adoption of their child, a child or on their the permanent placement of a xxxxxx child. (c) Supplements to Employment Insurance (EI) Maternity or Parental Benefits will be provided to employees as follows: (1) An employee who provides the Employer with proof that the employee she has applied for and is eligible to receive maternity benefits under the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act shall be paid an allowance for fifteen (15) weeks. The allowance shall be equivalent to the difference between the weekly El EI benefits the employee is eligible to receive and eighty-five eighty percent (8580%) of her weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the employee during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the El EI benefits to which the employee would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (2) An employee, other than an employee who has received an allowance under Article 24.03(c)(1), who provides the Employer with proof that the employee he/she has applied for and is eligible to receive parental benefits under the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act shall be paid an allowance for fifteen (15) weeks. The allowance shall be equivalent to the difference between the weekly El EI benefits the employee is eligible to receive and eighty-five eighty percent (8580%) of the employee’s his/her weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the employee during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the El EI benefit to which the employee would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (3) If both parents are employees, the maximum entitlement period to either one or both parents shall not exceed fifteen (15) weeks. (4) An employee mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) who is subject to a waiting period of one two (12) week weeks before receiving El EI benefits, shall receive an allowance equivalent to eighty-five eighty percent (8580%) of the employee’s his/her weekly rate of pay for each week of the one two (12) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the employee during the waiting period. (5) The weekly rate of pay for a part-time employee will be the average weekly salary earned in the twenty (20) week period prior to commencement of the El EI claim. (6) Where an employee becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the Supplements to El EI will be increased accordingly.