Common use of Maternity/Paternity Leave Clause in Contracts

Maternity/Paternity Leave. Employees shall be entitled to leave for maternity/paternity purposes commencing as determined below and extending up to six (6) months following the birth/adoption of the child. An employee, upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, shall obtain a statement from her physician stating that the physician has reviewed the job specifications of the employee and that it will not be injurious to her health or the health of the expected child for her to continue working. After the initial statement has been presented to the employee’s supervisor* and forwarded to Health and Safety, a similar statement shall be presented monthly, commencing with the sixth month of pregnancy. Employees complying with these provisions shall be entitled to work as long as they continue to present such monthly statements or until the date specified by their physician as the date beyond which they should not be permitted to work. If the employee fails to present any required monthly statement within five days of the date due, she may be placed on maternity leave after three (3) calendar days notice by the Department. *Acting Supervisor or next level in chain of command if the employee’s supervisor is unavailable. Employees may use none, any, or all of their sick leave, vacation leave, bonus leave, professional leave, or leave without pay for maternity/paternity leave purposes. All leaves should be taken as one continuous leave period (unless special circumstances clearly show a legitimate need for broken periods of leave) with the leave without pay being the last to be designated. By the sixth month of pregnancy, employees should make an appointment with the Health and Safety Section, Personnel Bureau, to develop a tentative plan for leave usage.

Maternity/Paternity Leave. Employees Whenever a female employee of the Department shall become pregnant, she shall furnish the Fire Chief with a certificate from her physician stating the expected date of delivery. She may continue to work in a fire fighting capacity so long as her physician certifies she is able to do so. Said certificate shall be entitled provided to the Chief on a monthly basis, and so long as the employee's work performance is not impaired. Upon notification to the Chief of the pregnancy, the employee shall be offered an alternative position involving non-firefighting duties, at no reduction in salary or benefits, for the duration of the pregnancy. Should the employee refuse the alternative position, and choose to continue to perform firefighting duties, she shall be required to sign a waiver of liability as drafted by the City Solicitor’s Office for the City of Cambridge. A leave of absence without pay will be granted for maternity/paternity purposes commencing as determined below and extending up a period not to exceed six (6) months following for the birthpurpose of giving birth and newborn care. Unless medical circumstances prevent it, the leave shall be requested to the Department at least two (2) weeks prior to her anticipated date of departure. A maternity/adoption paternity leave of absence without pay not to exceed six (6) months will be granted to provide care of a newly born or adopted child, legally acknowledged as the child of the childemployee. An employeeUnless medical circumstances prevent it, the leave shall be requested to the Department at least two (2) weeks prior to his/her anticipated date of departure. Upon the expiration of said leave, the employee shall be reinstated to his/her former position. Failure to return to work upon becoming aware the expiration of her pregnancy, said leave will result in termination unless the employee has received a written extension from the City Manager at least two (2) weeks prior to the expiration date. During such leave the employee shall obtain a statement from her physician stating that the physician has reviewed not accrue serviceable time towards those benefits requiring time on the job specifications or other periods of employment seniority, but during the employee and that it will not be injurious to her health or the health of the expected child for her to continue working. After the initial statement has been presented to the employee’s supervisor* and forwarded to Health and Safety, a similar statement shall be presented monthly, commencing with the sixth month of pregnancy. Employees complying with these provisions shall be entitled to work as long as they continue to present such monthly statements or until the date specified by their physician as the date beyond which they should not be permitted to work. If the employee fails to present any required monthly statement within five days of the date due, she may be placed on maternity leave after three (3) calendar days notice by the Department. *Acting Supervisor or next level in chain of command if the employee’s supervisor is unavailable. Employees may use none, any, or all of their sick leave, vacation leave, bonus leave, professional leave, or leave without pay time taken for maternity/paternity leave purposesthe employee’s rights to receive and utilize benefits for which she/he was eligible as of the date of their leave shall be intact and may be used to allow the employee to remain in a pay status during the leave period. All leaves should Regardless of whether the employee uses said benefits to continue pay, the approved leave of absence from employment shall not exceed six (6) months. Sick leave shall be taken as one continuous leave period (unless special circumstances clearly show a legitimate need for broken available during periods of leavedisability caused or contributed to by pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, childbirth, and recovery therefrom. Up to four (4) with tours of duty sick leave shall be available for the care of a newborn at home for any parent of said child, regardless of gender. The City shall continue its contribution towards the employee’s health insurance during any period of the leave without of absence during which the employee remains in a pay being status because of the last utilization of accrued time off owed to be designatedthe employee. By the sixth month of pregnancy, employees should make an appointment with the Health and Safety Section, Personnel Bureau, to develop a tentative plan for leave usage.ARTICLE 47A

Maternity/Paternity Leave. Employees shall be entitled to take up to six (6) months of leave for maternity/paternity purposes commencing as determined below and extending up to six (6) within 12 months following the birth/, placement of a son or daughter with the employee for purposes of adoption or xxxxxx care, or adoption of the child; the provisions of Department Procedure 5/101.17 Family and Medical Leave Act will apply concurrently with this benefit. An employee, upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, shall obtain a statement from her physician stating that the physician has reviewed the job specifications of the employee and that it will not be injurious to her health or the health of the expected child for her to continue working. After the initial statement has been presented to the employee's supervisor (Acting Supervisor or next in chain of command, if the employee’s supervisor* supervisor is unavailable.) and forwarded to Health and Safety, a similar statement shall be presented monthly, commencing with the sixth month of pregnancy. Employees complying with these provisions shall be entitled to work as long as they continue to present such monthly statements or until the date specified by their physician as the date beyond which they should not be permitted to work. If the employee fails to present any required monthly statement within five days of the date due, she may be placed on maternity leave after three (3) calendar days notice by the Department. *Acting Supervisor or next level in chain Employees will use FMLA leave time at the beginning of command if the maternity/paternity leave and exhaust such FMLA leave time concurrently with their accrued leave, beginning with compensatory leave. Once compensatory leave is exhausted, the type of leave used will be at the employee’s supervisor is unavailablediscretion but the type will be designated in advance to Payroll. Employees may If the employee does not designate the leave usage in advance of using it, Payroll will use noneleave in the following order: sick, any, or all of their sick leave, vacation leave, bonus leavevacation, professional leave, or then bonus leave without pay for maternity/paternity leave purposes. All maternity/paternity leaves should must be taken as one continuous leave period (unless special circumstances clearly show a legitimate need for broken periods of leave) with the leave without pay being the last to be designated. By the sixth six (6) month of pregnancy, employees should make an appointment with the Health and Safety Section, Personnel Bureau, to develop a tentative plan for leave usage. Employees should submit a leave application request prior to taking leave to indicate the type of leave that will be utilized.

Maternity/Paternity Leave. Leave of Absence without pay for a continuous period not exceeding eighteen (18) weeks will be granted to regular employees for maternity reasons. Employees will notify the Company at least three (3) weeks in advance of the date on which the employee intends to begin her Leave of Absence. An employee may alter, but only once, the date of commencement of her Leave of Absence by providing written notice to the Company no later than two (2) weeks prior to the date she originally wished to commence her Leave of Absence. Should the employee suffer mental or physical illness as a result of pregnancy, she shall, on the recommendation of her physician, commence her Leave of Absence immediately. Once the employee has commenced her Leave of Absence, she will not be required to return to work during the six (6) week period following the date of delivery. Should the employee suffer mental or physical illness as a result of childbirth she may upon presenting to the Company a medical report from her physician, apply to the Company for an extension of the eighteen (18) weeks Leave of Absence to a date recommended by the physician. Where an employee gives birth or the pregnancy is terminated before a request for leave is made, the Company shall, on the employee's request and on receipt of a medical certificate stating that the employee has given birth or that the pregnancy was terminated, grant the employee a Leave of Absence from work without pay for a period of six (6) weeks, or a shorter period if the employee requests. Where an employee has been granted maternity leave and is, for reasons related to the birth or termination of the pregnancy as certified by a medical practitioner, unable to work or return to work after the expiration of the leave, the Company shall be entitled grant further Leaves of Absence from work without pay, for a period but not exceeding a maximum of six (6) weeks. Employees desiring to return to regular employment following maternity leave for maternity/paternity purposes commencing as determined below and extending up shall notify the Company at least thirty (30) days prior to the desired date of return or thirty (30) days prior to the expiry date of the maternity leave. In cases of special circumstances an employee may request to return prior to six (6) months weeks following the birth/adoption date of delivery. The request must be given in writing to the child. An employee, upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, shall obtain Company at least one (1) week before the date the employee intends to return to work and the employee must furnish the Company with a statement certificate from her physician a medical practitioner stating that the physician has reviewed employee is able to resume work. On return from maternity leave, the job specifications employee will be reinstated in her former position and receive the same salary and benefits as she received prior to such leave including any salary increases and improvements to benefits to which the employee would have been entitled to had the leave not been taken. The Company will not terminate an employee or change a condition of employment of an employee because of the employee's pregnancy or maternity leave unless the employee and that it is absent for a period longer than the permitted leave. The Company will not be injurious continue to her health or pay the health Company's portion of the expected child for her to continue working. After the initial statement has been presented to the employee’s supervisor* and forwarded to Health and Safety, a similar statement shall be presented monthly, commencing with the sixth month of pregnancy. Employees complying with these provisions shall be entitled to work as long as they continue to present such monthly statements or until the date specified by their physician as the date beyond which they should not be permitted to work. If 's benefit premiums while the employee fails to present any required monthly statement within five days of the date due, she may be placed is on maternity leave after three (3) calendar days notice by the Department. *Acting Supervisor or next level in chain of command if the employee’s supervisor is unavailable. Employees may use none, any, or all of their sick leave, vacation leave, bonus leave, professional leave, or leave without pay for maternity/paternity leave purposes. All leaves should be taken as one continuous leave period to a maximum of fifty-two (unless special circumstances clearly show a legitimate need for broken periods of leave52) with the leave without pay being the last to be designated. By the sixth month of pregnancy, employees should make an appointment with the Health and Safety Section, Personnel Bureau, to develop a tentative plan for leave usageweeks.

Maternity/Paternity Leave. Employees shall be entitled to take up to six (6) months of leave for maternity/paternity purposes commencing as determined below and extending up to six (6) within 12 months following the birth/, placement of a son or daughter with the employee for purposes of adoption or xxxxxx care, or adoption of the child; the provisions of Department Procedure 5/101.17 Family and Medical Leave Act (3/05) will apply concurrently with this benefit. An employee, upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, shall obtain a statement from her physician stating that Pursuant to the physician has reviewed the job specifications dictates of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), Public Law 95-555, if an employee and that it is temporarily unable to perform her job duties due to a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, the employee shall be treated in the same manner as other employees affected by other temporary disabilities. Employees will not be injurious to her health or use FMLA leave time at the health beginning of the expected child for her to continue workingmaternity/paternity leave and exhaust such FMLA leave time concurrently with their accrued leave. After the initial statement has been presented to The type of leave used will be at the employee’s supervisor* and forwarded discretion, but the type will be designated in advance to Health and Safety, a similar statement shall be presented monthly, commencing with the sixth month of pregnancy. Employees complying with these provisions shall be entitled to work as long as they continue to present such monthly statements or until the date specified by their physician as the date beyond which they should not be permitted to workPayroll. If the employee fails to present any required monthly statement within five days does not designate the leave usage in advance of using it, Xxxxxxx will use leave in the date duefollowing order: sick, she may be placed on maternity leave after three (3) calendar days notice by the Department. *Acting Supervisor or next level in chain of command if the employee’s supervisor is unavailable. Employees may use none, any, or all of their sick leave, vacation leave, bonus leavevacation, professional leave, or and then bonus leave without pay for maternity/paternity leave purposes. All maternity/paternity leaves should must be taken as one continuous leave period (unless special circumstances clearly show a legitimate need for broken periods of leave) with the leave without pay being the last to be designated. By the sixth (6) month of pregnancy, employees should make an appointment with the Health and Safety Section, Personnel Bureau, to develop a tentative plan for leave usage. Employees should submit a leave application request prior to taking leave to indicate the type of leave that will be utilized.

Maternity/Paternity Leave. Employees shall be entitled to take up to six (6) months of leave for maternity/paternity purposes commencing as determined below and extending up to six (6) within 12 months following the birth/, placement of a son or daughter with the employee for purposes of adoption or xxxxxx care, or adoption of the child; the provisions of Department Procedure 5/101.17 Family and Medical Leave Act will apply concurrently with this benefit. An employee, upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, shall obtain a statement from her physician stating that Pursuant to the physician has reviewed the job specifications dictates of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), Public Law 95-555, if an employee and that it is temporarily unable to perform her job duties due to a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, the employee shall be treated in the same manner as other employees affected by other temporary disabilities. Employees will not be injurious to her health or use FMLA leave time at the health beginning of the expected child for her to continue workingmaternity/paternity leave and exhaust such FMLA leave time concurrently with their accrued leave, beginning with compensatory leave. After Once compensatory leave is exhausted, the initial statement has been presented to type of leave used will be at the employee’s supervisor* and forwarded discretion, but the type will be designated in advance to Health and Safety, a similar statement shall be presented monthly, commencing with the sixth month of pregnancy. Employees complying with these provisions shall be entitled to work as long as they continue to present such monthly statements or until the date specified by their physician as the date beyond which they should not be permitted to workPayroll. If the employee fails to present any required monthly statement within five days does not designate the leave usage in advance of using it, Xxxxxxx will use leave in the date duefollowing order: sick, she may be placed on maternity leave after three (3) calendar days notice by the Department. *Acting Supervisor or next level in chain of command if the employee’s supervisor is unavailable. Employees may use none, any, or all of their sick leave, vacation leave, bonus leavevacation, professional leave, or then bonus leave without pay for maternity/paternity leave purposes. All maternity/paternity leaves should must be taken as one continuous leave period (unless special circumstances clearly show a legitimate need for broken periods of leave) with the leave without pay being the last to be designated. By the sixth six (6) month of pregnancy, employees should make an appointment with the Health and Safety Section, Personnel Bureau, to develop a tentative plan for leave usage. Employees should submit a leave application request prior to taking leave to indicate the type of leave that will be utilized.

Maternity/Paternity Leave. Employees shall be entitled to take up to six (6) months of leave for maternity/paternity purposes commencing as determined below and extending up to six (6) within 12 months following the birth/, placement of a son or daughter with the employee for purposes of adoption or xxxxxx care, or adoption of the child; the provisions of Department Procedure 11.525 Family and Medical Leave Act (3/05) will apply concurrently with this benefit. An employee, upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, shall obtain a statement from her physician stating that Pursuant to the physician has reviewed the job specifications dictates of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), Public Law 95-555, if an employee and that it is temporarily unable to perform her job duties due to a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, the employee shall be treated in the same manner as other employees affected by other temporary disabilities. Employees will not be injurious to her health or use FMLA leave time at the health beginning of the expected child for her to continue workingmaternity/paternity leave and exhaust such FMLA leave time concurrently with their accrued leave. After the initial statement has been presented to The type of leave used will be at the employee’s supervisor* and forwarded discretion, but the type will be designated in advance to Health and Safety, a similar statement shall be presented monthly, commencing with the sixth month of pregnancy. Employees complying with these provisions shall be entitled to work as long as they continue to present such monthly statements or until the date specified by their physician as the date beyond which they should not be permitted to workPayroll. If the employee fails to present any required monthly statement within five days does not designate the leave usage in advance of using it, Xxxxxxx will use leave in the date duefollowing order: sick, she may be placed on maternity leave after three (3) calendar days notice by the Department. *Acting Supervisor or next level in chain of command if the employee’s supervisor is unavailable. Employees may use none, any, or all of their sick leave, vacation leave, bonus leavevacation, professional leave, or and then bonus leave without pay for maternity/paternity leave purposes. All maternity/paternity leaves should must be taken as one continuous leave period (unless special circumstances clearly show a legitimate need for broken periods of leave) with the leave without pay being the last to be designated. By the sixth (6) month of pregnancy, employees should make an appointment with the Health and Safety Section, Personnel Bureau, to develop a tentative plan for leave usage. Employees should submit a leave application request prior to taking leave to indicate the type of leave that will be utilized.

Maternity/Paternity Leave. Employees shall be entitled to leave for maternity/paternity purposes commencing as determined below and extending up to six (6) months following the birth/birth or adoption of the child; the provisions of Department Procedure 5/101.17 Family and Medical Leave Act will apply concurrently with this benefit. An employee, upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, shall obtain a statement from her physician stating that the physician has reviewed the job specifications of the employee and that it will not be injurious to her health or the health of the expected child for her to continue working. After the initial statement has been presented to the employee's supervisor (Acting Supervisor or next in chain of command, if the employee’s supervisor* supervisor is unavailable.) and forwarded to Health and Safety, a similar statement shall be presented monthly, commencing with the sixth month of pregnancy. Employees complying with these provisions shall be entitled to work as long as they continue to present such monthly statements or until the date specified by their physician as the date beyond which they should not be permitted to work. If the employee fails to present any required monthly statement within five days of the date due, she may be placed on maternity leave after three (3) calendar days notice by the Department. *Acting Supervisor or next level in chain of command if the employee’s supervisor is unavailable. Employees may use none, any, or all of their sick leave, vacation annual leave, and/or bonus leave, professional leave, or leave without pay pay, for maternity/paternity leave purposes. All leaves should be taken as one continuous leave period (unless special circumstances clearly show a legitimate need for broken periods of leave) with the leave without pay being the last to be designated. By the sixth month six (6)month of pregnancy, employees should make an appointment with the Health and Safety Section, Personnel Bureau, to develop a tentative plan for leave usage.

Maternity/Paternity Leave. Employees shall be entitled to leave for maternity/paternity purposes commencing as determined below and extending up to six (6) months following the birth/adoption of the child. An employee, upon becoming aware of her pregnancy, shall obtain a statement from her physician stating that the physician has reviewed the job specifications of the employee and that it will not be injurious to her health or the health of the expected child for her to continue working. After the initial statement has been presented to the employee’s supervisor* and forwarded to Health and SafetySection, a similar statement shall be presented monthly, commencing with the sixth month of pregnancy. Employees complying with these provisions shall be entitled to work as long as they continue to present such monthly statements or until the date specified by their physician as the date beyond which they should not be permitted to work. If the employee fails to present any required monthly statement within five days of the date due, she may be placed on maternity leave after three (3) calendar days notice by the Department. *Acting Supervisor or next level in chain of command if the employee’s supervisor is unavailable. Employees may use none, any, or all of their sick leave, vacation leave, bonus leave, professional leave, or leave without pay for maternity/paternity leave purposes. All leaves should be taken as one continuous leave period (unless special circumstances clearly show a legitimate need for broken periods of leave) with the leave without pay being the last to be designated. By the sixth month of pregnancy, employees should make an appointment with the Health and Safety Section, Personnel Bureau, to develop a tentative plan for leave usage. Employees should submit a leave application request prior to taking leave to indicate the type of leave that will be utilized.