Maternity/Parental Leave The term of the temporary posting shall be for the term of the illness or maternity/parental leave but shall not exceed eighteen (18) continuous months.
Parenting Leave Parenting Leave consists of Maternity Leave and Parental Leave. Parental Leave includes Paternity and Adoption Leave.
Maternity, Parental and Adoption Leave Employees are eligible for unpaid leave of absence from employment subject to the conditions in this article. Every employee who intends to take a leave of absence under this article shall give at least 30 days' notice in writing to the Employer unless there is a valid reason why such notice cannot be given and shall inform the Employer in writing of the length of leave intended to be taken. Each employee who wishes to change the effective date of approved leave shall give four weeks' notice of such change unless there is a valid reason why notice cannot be given.
Maternity Leave (i) The Employee who intends to take maternity leave shall provide their Manager/Chair and Human Resources at least six (6) weeks' notice in writing of the expected date of delivery of the child, specifying the proposed duration of leave. (ii) The maternity leave may commence up to twelve (12) weeks immediately before the estimated date of delivery. (iii) An Employee taking maternity leave shall be eligible to receive benefits in accordance with the University’s Supplementary Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan. The SUB Plan supplements Employment Insurance (EI) benefits during the maternity leave. (iv) The parties acknowledge that subject to the requirements of Employment and Social Development Canada, the Supplemental Employment Insurance Benefit Plan (“SUB” plan) shall remain in effect for the duration of this Agreement. (v) In order to be eligible to receive benefits under the University’s SUB Plan, an Employee must: - be eligible for a maternity leave in accordance with statement in 23.1 above; - commence maternity leave prior to or on the date of delivery; - apply for and be eligible for Employment Insurance benefits. (vi) The period of eligibility for the SUB Plan is seventeen (17) weeks. a. The SUB Plan provides: - ninety-five (95) percent of the Employee’s regular salary during the waiting period; and - the calculation will be based on an Employee taking a twelve (12) month leave. b. Changes made to the maternity leave program by Service Canada will be reflected in the University’s Maternity Leave Policy. c. The total amount of the SUB plan payments will be divided evenly over the pay periods during the 17 week period. (vii) An Employee who commences maternity leave may continue all benefits they are enrolled in prior to the leave subject to the provisions of the Carrier during her maternity leave. The payment of benefit premiums shall be shared between the Board and Employee as per Article 27.1(c), Article 27.1(d), and Article 27.1(e). (viii) An Employee granted leave without pay for maternity reasons pursuant to the statement in 23.1 shall be returned to the Employee’s former position or be placed in a comparable position for which the Employee is qualified provided that the Employee indicates intention to return to work by notifying the University four (4) weeks before the intended date of return. (ix) Service with the University continues to accrue for the duration of the maternity leave, up to a maximum of one (1) year, for the purposes of vacation entitlement and Employee award only. Employees do not accrue actual vacation hours while on maternity leave from the University.
Maternity/Paternity Leave Solely for purposes of determining whether the Employee incurs a Break in Service under any provision of this Plan, the Advisory Committee must credit Hours of Service during an Employee's unpaid absence period due to maternity or paternity leave. The Advisory Committee considers an Employee on maternity or paternity leave if the Employee's absence is due to the Employee's pregnancy, the birth of the Employee's child, the placement with the Employee of an adopted child, or the care of the Employee's child immediately following the child's birth or placement. The Advisory Committee credits Hours of Service under this paragraph on the basis of the number of Hours of Service the Employee would receive if he were paid during the absence period or, if the Advisory Committee cannot determine the number of Hours of Service the Employee would receive, on the basis of 8 hours per day during the absence period. The Advisory Committee will credit only the number (not exceeding 501) of Hours of Service necessary to prevent an Employee's Break in Service. The Advisory Committee credits all Hours of Service described in this paragraph to the computation period in which the absence period begins or, if the Employee does not need these Hours of Service to prevent a Break in Service in the computation period in which his absence period begins, the Advisory Committee credits these Hours of Service to the immediately following computation period.
Unpaid Parental Leave (a) An employee is entitled to a period of up to 52 weeks unpaid parental leave in respect of the: (i) birth of a child to the employee or employee’s partner; or (ii) adoption of a child who is not the natural child or step child of the employee or employee’s partner; is under the age of five (5); and has not lived continuously with the employee for six (6) months or longer.
FMLA Leave The Board agrees to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act and agrees that any policy adopted to implement the FMLA shall in no way reduce or adversely impact any other provision of this Agreement.
Maternity Adoption and Parental Leave For the purposes of granting Maternity, Adoption and Parental Leave, the provisions of the Canada Labour Code and of its Regulations shall apply.
Paid Parental Leave In addition, if the Employee is entitled to paid parental leave under the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 (Cth) (PPL Act) as the primary carer of the child:
BEREAVEMENT/TANGIHANGA LEAVE 18.1 The employer shall approve special bereavement leave on pay for an employee to discharge any obligation and/or to pay respects to a deceased person with whom the employee has had a close association. Such obligations may exist because of blood or family ties or because of particular cultural requirements such as attendance at all or part of a tangihanga (or its equivalent). The length of time off shall be at the discretion of the employer. 18.2 If a bereavement occurs while an employee is absent on annual leave, sick leave on pay, or other special leave on pay, such leave may be interrupted and bereavement leave granted in terms of 18.1 above. This provision will not apply if the employee is on leave without pay. 18.3 In granting time off and for how long, the employer must administer these provisions in a culturally sensitive manner.