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Pregnancy, Parental and Adoption Leave The Board provides pregnancy, parental and adoption leave for employees for such period before and after delivery or adoption of a child as will serve the interest of the students, the Board and the employee concerned, and in conformity with the requirements of the Employment Standards Act. Pregnancy is regarded as a normal health condition and not as sickness. No distinction is made between illness resulting from pregnancy and other types of illness for the purpose of sick leave coverage.
Pregnancy/Parental/Adoption Leave Pregnancy Leave will be in accordance with the current Employment Standards Act (Pregnancy and Parental Leave) at the time of application. (See Appendix A)
Parental and Adoption Leave Shall refer to the following leaves which include female biological parents, male biological parents, male adoptive parents and female adoptive parents: (a) The parental leave of a Nurse who has taken pregnancy/birth leave and whose newborn child or children arrive in the Nurse’s home during pregnancy/birth leave, (i) shall begin immediately upon the exhaustion of the pregnancy/birth allowance without the Nurse’s returning to work; and (ii) shall end not later than fifty-two (52) weeks after the parental leave began as determined by the Nurse. (iii) In no case shall the combined pregnancy/birth and parental/adoption leaves to which Nurse is entitled exceed a maximum of fifty-two (52) weeks. (b) The parental leave for a Nurse who becomes a parent of one or more children through the birth of the child or children, other than a parent for whom provision is made in Article 13.05(a), (i) shall begin on such date coinciding with or after the birth of the child as the Nurse determines; and (ii) shall end not later than fifty-two (52) weeks after the child or children first arrive in the Nurse’s home. (c) A Nurse who becomes a parent of one or more children through the placement of the child or children in the care of the Nurse for the purpose of adoption of the child or children is entitled to a leave of absence of up to fifty-two (52) weeks. This leave: (i) shall begin on a date coinciding with the arrival of the child or children in the Nurse’s home; and (ii) shall end not later than fifty-two (52) weeks after the leave began.
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.
Pregnancy/Parental Leave Pregnancy/Parental Leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act as amended from time to time. (a) The service requirement for eligibility for pregnancy/parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. (b) The Nurse shall give written notification which shall include the expected date of return and a certificate from a legally qualified medical practitioner at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave. This notice will be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child. (c) The Nurse has the right to return to their former position, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not. (d) The Nurse shall be granted seventeen (17) weeks pregnancy leave and up to sixty-one (61) weeks of parental leave. Natural mothers, if they take parental leave, must take it at the end of the pregnancy leave, or such time as the child comes into their care, but not more than fifty-two (52) weeks after the child is born or comes into care. I.) waiting period. (e) A Nurse shall be permitted to commence their pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery. (f) During pregnancy/parental leave a Nurse shall continue to accumulate seniority rights for all purposes and the Employer must continue to make Employer contributions to pension, life insurance, accidental death, extended health and dental plans unless the employee has advised the Employer, in writing, that they do not wish to continue to make the employee contributions to such plans. (g) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child and who intends to treat the child as own. (h) A Nurse shall have the right to a personal leave of absence without pay to commence immediately following a parental/pregnancy/ adoption leave of absence, provided the sum of all such leaves of absence do not exceed twelve continuous months per pregnancy/ adoption.
Pregnancy and Parental Leave (a) Pregnancy/Parenting leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. (b) If possible the employee shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) The employee shall reconfirm her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Employer at least four (4) weeks in advance thereof. The employee shall be reinstated to her former position, unless the position has been discontinued in which case she shall be given a comparable job. (d) An employee who is on pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement, who has completed five (5) months of continuous service and has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance pregnancy/ parental benefits pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act shall be paid a supplemental employment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between seventy-five percent (75%) of her regular weekly earnings (which for part-time employees shall include percentage-in-lieu) and the sum of her weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following receipt by the Employer of the employee's Employment Insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of Employment Insurance pregnancy/ parenting benefits, and shall continue while the employee is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of seventeen (17) weeks. The employee will endeavour to provide a copy of the Employment Insurance cheque stub within two (2) weeks of receipt of the employee’s EI benefit. The employee's regular weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying her regular hourly rate on her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times her normal weekly hours. The normal weekly hours for an employee working less than seventy-five
Parental/Adoption Leave a) A full-time or regular-part time nurse who commenced employment with the Employer at least thirteen (13) weeks before the expected date of delivery or date of custody of a child and is a parent, shall be entitled to thirty seven (37) weeks of parental or adoption leave of absence without pay, in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act of Ontario, except as amended in this Article. b) The nurse shall advise the Employer in writing seven (7) weeks in advance, but not later than two (2) weeks in advance, of the date the parental/adoption leave is to commence and end. Such leave must commence no later than thirty-five (35) weeks after the child was born or came into the custody, care or control of the parent. c) The nurse shall re-confirm her intention to return to work or may request changes to dates originally approved in subsection b) above by written notification to be received by the Employer at least seven (7) weeks in advance thereof. The nurse shall be reinstated to her former position unless the position has been discontinued in which case she shall be placed in a comparable position. d) A full-time nurse’s seniority, vacation and sick leave shall continue to accrue during parental and adoption leave. However, the nurse will not be paid for named holidays occurring during such leaves of absence. A regular part-time nurse who is on an approved parental/adoption leave shall accrue seniority while on such leave, calculated on the basis of averaging her hours over the twenty (20) week period immediately preceding the week in which her leave commences. e) During the nurse's parental or adoption leave, the nurse shall continue to participate in the pension plan and insured benefit plans (applicable to full-time nurses only) she is enrolled in immediately prior to commencing her leave, unless she gives the Employer seven (7) weeks advance written notice before her leave is to commence that she does not intend to do so. The nurse shall be required to prepay her share of any premiums and pension contributions. f) A nurse returning from parental/adoption leave shall be paid at the same step in salary scale that she had attained prior to going on such leave of absence. Should an anniversary increment fall during such leave of absence, the nurse shall receive her anniversary increment upon her return to employment. g) Nurses hired to replace nurses who are on approved parental/adoption leave, may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. If retained by the Employer, the nurse shall be credited with seniority from her date of hire subject to successfully completing her probationary period.
Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance (a) An Employee entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has applied for and is eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.) benefits pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act, 1996, shall be paid an allowance in accordance with the Supplementary Employment Benefit (S.E.B.) Plan. (b) In respect to the period of parental or adoption leave, payments made according to the S.E.
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.
Adoptive Leave Adoptive leave (unpaid) shall be granted for up to a period of one (1) school year. Upon initial application of the adoption, the teacher shall notify the Director of his/her intent in writing to take adoptive leave (unpaid) setting out the beginning and ending dates when possible. The period of leave shall commence when the child is physically turned over to the parent-teacher. Upon adoption, the teacher is entitled to five (5) adoptive leave days, the use of up to ten (10) sick leave days and all accumulated personal leave days.
