Common use of Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance Clause in Contracts

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s Nurses’ classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Part Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Part Time Nurse as a percentage of full-full time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse Regular Employee or Casual Employee in a Temporary Position is 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.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.SEB) Plan. (b) In respect to the period of parental or adoption leave, payments made according to the S.E.B. SEB Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse Employee is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. E. I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse Employee during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse Employee is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse Employee during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse Employee would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nursean Employee’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse Employee is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or her/his classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the parental or adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Part- Time NurseEmployee, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the NurseEmployee’s hours paid time worked (as defined for the purpose of accumulating service) averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).six

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. E. I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have applied for and is are 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have applied for and is are eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety- three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s Nurses’ classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Part Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Part Time Nurse as a percentage of full-full time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).“Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.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.SEB) Plan. (b) In respect to the period of parental or adoption leave, payments made according to the S.E.B. SEB Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Part Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Part Time Nurse as a percentage of full-full time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. SEB Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. E. I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. E. I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. E. I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Part Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Part Time Nurse as a percentage of full-full time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is . The provisions of this Article 13.07 are not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position and then only for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have applied for and is are 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. E. I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten often (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½ ) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.E. 1.) 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.B. Plan will consist of the following:: (-_) (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. E.1. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum amaximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. E.1. benefits the Nurse is eligible iseligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. inthe E.1. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no ifno other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s 's weekly rate of pay will be one-one• half (½'h) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement co=encement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will suchweekly rateof paywill be multiplied by the fraction obtained from obtainedfrom dividing the Nurse’s 's hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s Nurses' classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Part Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Part Time Nurse as a percentage of full-offull time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required isrequired to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 V2) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Insumn.ce Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. ‌ (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have applied for and is are 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.06(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have applied for and is are eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have applied for and is eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety- three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks one week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodfor, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety- three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions prov1s1ons 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninetyseventy-three five per cent (9375%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes purpose of this allowance, a Nurse’s 's weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½Y:z) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day date immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption her pregnancy leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s 's hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26twenty six(26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s 's classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Part-Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 Y:z) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is will not applicable apply to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a or Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position)Nurses.

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have applied for and is are 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b) (i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10 additional weeks, (a) Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (b) Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes purses of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).“Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have applied for and is eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. E. I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety- three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he the Nurse has applied for and is eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.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.SEB) Plan. (b) In respect to the period of parental or adoption leave, payments made according to the S.E.B. SEB Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodt, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05 (b) (i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.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.SEB) Plan. (b) In respect to the period of parental or adoption leave, payments made according to the S.E.B. SEB Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s 's weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½Y:.) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s 's hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s 's classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Part-Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. SEB Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 Y:.) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision Article is not applicable to a Casual Nurse Nurses (except a Casual Nurse Nurses in a Temporary Position and then only for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he the Nurse 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay for each week of the two one (21) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 11.06 (b)(i) one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit, the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the that period.; and (ciii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. where the Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the Weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; c. For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-full- time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Part-Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b) (i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10 additional weeks, (a) Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (b) Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to receive and ninety- three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes purses of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety- three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. ‌ (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have applied for and is are eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the that period.; and (ci) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety- three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (a) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. ‌ (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s Nurses’ classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Part Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Part Time Nurse as a percentage of full-full time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-full- time hours of work for the Nurse’s Nurses’ classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Part Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Part Time Nurse as a percentage of full-full time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. E. I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. E. I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has they have applied for and is eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.06(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. E. I. benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her/his weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. E. I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period. (c) For the purposes of this allowance, a Nurse’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (26) weeks by the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where a Nurse becomes eligible for a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordingly. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½1 ½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he the Nurse has applied for and is eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05 (b) (i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).

Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he the Nurse 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.B. Plan will consist of the following: (i) Where the Nurse is subject to a waiting period of two one (21) weeks week before receiving E.I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five percent (75%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay for each week of the two (2) week waiting periodpay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period; (ii) Up to a maximum of ten Where the Nurse has served the one (101) week waiting period in Article 13.05(b)(i), one (1) additional weeks, payments payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefits benefit the Nurse is eligible to receive received and ninety-three per cent percent (93%) of her/his their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Nurse during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Nurse would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period; and (iii) Up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, a. Where the period.Nurse is in receipt of Standard E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Parental Benefits the Nurse is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; b. Where the Nurse is in receipt of Extended E.I. Parental Benefits, the payments will be equivalent to the difference between the weekly Standard E.I. Benefits the Nurse would have been eligible to received and ninety three percent (93%) of the Nurse’s weekly rate of pay; (c) For the purposes of this allowancearticle, “Standard E.I. Parental Benefits” means the E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse’s weekly rate Nurse who is taking a parental leave of pay will be oneup to thirty-half five (½) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the Nurse is entitled for her level on the increment scale and her position or classification on the day immediately preceding the commencement of the adoption leave. In the case of a Part-Time Nurse, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the Nurse’s hours paid averaged over the preceding twenty-six (2635) weeks by and “Extended E.I. Parental Benefits” means the regularly scheduled full-time hours of work for the Nurse’s classification. For the purposes of this calculation the hours used for a Part-Time Nurse shall be the actual hours paid, or the hours based on the current appointment status of the Part- Time Nurse as a percentage of full-time hours, whichever is greater. (d) Where E.I. benefits paid to a Nurse becomes eligible for who is taking a salary increment or pay increase during the benefit period, payments under the S.E.B. Plan will be adjusted accordinglyparental leave greater than thirty-five (35) weeks. (e) The Employer will not reimburse the Nurse for any amount she/he is required to remit to Human Resources Development Canada where her/his annual income exceeds one and one-half (1½) times the maximum yearly insurable earnings under the Employment Insurance Act. (f) This provision is not applicable to a Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position for the length of the Temporary Position).