Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. Where an employee has or will have the actual care and custody of a newborn child, that employee is entitled to and shall be granted a leave of absence from employment of up to thirty-five (35) weeks commencing as the employee elects:
Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. A P.S.O. (other than the natural mother) on parental leave shall, while on such leave, be deemed, for the purposes of this Plan, to be on Layoff and shall be entitled to Layoff Benefits for such period of absence in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and subject to the following:
(1) the first week of leave will not be paid;
(2) the second week (i.e., of the Employment Insurance wait period) will be paid under the Plan;
(3) for the remaining ten weeks, the Plan will only top up Employment Insurance benefits in accordance with Articles III and IV. Benefits shall be payable to the natural mother of a child, commencing at the start of her period of parental leave, for a period of up to ten weeks.
Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. Upon request, an Employee shall be granted up to sixty one (61) weeks (inclusive of the one (1) week waiting period) parental leave for the purpose of caring for the Employee’s newly born or newly adopted child/children. In the case of an Employee eligible for maternity leave of absence, parental leave shall commence at the conclusion of the first seventeen (17) weeks of the maternity leave. In the case where both parents are Employees, the parental leave can be shared up to a total of sixty one (61) weeks.
Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. A bargaining unit member shall be granted a leave of absence for the purposes of child rearing within a year of the child's birth and/or adoption. A member requesting such leave shall do so at least forty-five (45) days in advance of the commencement of such leave. Parental leave and/or adoption shall not exceed two (2) years duration. Members returning from such leave shall notify the District of their intention to return not later than April 15 for the September semester and September 1 for the January semester.
Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. (a) Upon written request an employee shall be entitled to parental or adoption leave of up to 35 weeks without pay.
(b) Where both parents are employees of the Employer, the employees shall determine the apportionment of the 35 weeks' parental or adoption leave between them.
(c) Such written request pursuant to (a) above must be made at least four weeks prior to the proposed leave commencement date.
(d) Leave taken under this clause shall commence:
(1) in the case of a mother, immediately following the conclusion of leave taken pursuant to Clause 21.1, or
(2) in the case of a father, following the birth or adoption of the child and concluding within the 52-week period after the birthday or adoption of the child. Such leave request must be supported by appropriate documentation.
Parental Leave and Adoption Leave where an employee has or will have the actual care and custody of a newborn child or adopts a child, that employee is entitled to and shall be granted a leave of absence employment of up to thirty-five (35) weeks commencing, as the employee elects: In the case of a female employee on the expiration of any leave of absence taken-for maternity purposes, or on the day the child is born or comes into her care and custody, In the case of a male employee on the expiration of any of absence granted to the mother for maternity leave, or on the day the child is born or comes into his actual care and custody. Where the employee's child is born with or contracts a condition that requires hospitalization within the period defined in (a) and above and the employee to work during all or part of any periods during which the newborn is hospitalized, the employee resume the leave to the extent provided in (a) and above, subject to operational requirements. An employee may elect to use earned vacation and compensatory leave credits up to and beyond the date that the pregnancy terminates. The aggregate amount of parental leave and adoption leave that may be taken by two employees for child care responsibilities will not exceed thirty five (35) weeks. Every employee is to give at least four (4) weeks notice in writing to the Employer of the intent to take leave pursuant to clause and of any change length of leave to be taken. An employee returning from leave provided pursuant to clause shall be reinstated into the position occupied at the time the leave commenced, or in a comparable position in the same location, with not less than the same wages and benefits. If during the period of leave, the salary and benefits of the group to which the employee belongs are changed as a result of a reorganization, a renewal of the Collective Agreement, the employee is entitled upon return from leave to receive the same salary and benefits that the employee would have received had she been working when the reorganization and/or renewal of the Collective Agreement took place. An employee on leave will be notified in writing if such a change occurred. Leave granted under this clause shall be counted as "service" for purposes of benefits in the Agreement. This shall not apply where an employee employment immediately following leave pursuant to clause During any period of leave under Article or the Employer shall continue to pay its applicable share of pensions and group insurance premiums.
Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. Upon request, an employee shall be granted up to six (6) months’ parental leave without pay for the purpose of caring for newly born or newly adopted child. In the case of an employee eligible for maternity leave of absence, parental leave shall commence at the conclusion of the first twenty-seven
Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. Xxxxx refer to the following leaves which include biological parents and adoptive parents:
(a) The parental leave of a Nurse who has taken pregnancy/birth leave and whose newborn child or children arrive in the Nurse’s home during pregnancy/birth leave,
(i) shall begin immediately upon completion of the pregnancy/birth allowance, without the Nurse’s returning to work; and
(ii) shall end not later than seventy eight (78) weeks after the parental leave began as determined by the Nurse.
(iii) In no case shall the combined pregnancy/birth and parental/adoption leaves to which Nurse is entitled exceed a maximum of seventy eight (78) weeks.
(b) The parental leave for a Nurse who becomes a parent of one or more children through the birth of the child or children, other than a parent for whom provision is made in Article13.04(a),
(i) shall begin on such date coinciding with or after the birth of the child as the Nurse determines; and
(ii) shall end not later than seventy eight (78) weeks after the child or children first arrive in the Nurse’s home.
(c) A Nurse who becomes a parent of one or more children through the placement of the child or children in the care of the Nurse for the purpose of adoption of the child or children is entitled to a leave of absence of up to seventy eight (78) weeks. This leave:
(i) shall begin on a date coinciding with the arrival of the child or children in the Nurse’s home; and
(ii) shall end not later than seventy eight (78) weeks after the leave began.
Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. (a) Parental Leave is unpaid leave and will be applied in accordance with the NES In summary; A full time, part time or casual Employee with more than 12 months continuous service with the Company is entitled to maternity, paternity and adoption leave in accordance with relevant legislation.
(b) Further, an Employee is entitled to the right to request flexible working arrangements in accordance with the provisions of the NES.
Parental Leave and Adoption Leave. (a) Upon written request an employee shall be entitled to parental leave of up to 61 consecutive weeks of unpaid leave. A birth parent must begin their parental leave immediately after their maternity leave ends, unless they and the Employer agree otherwise.
(b) For a birth parent who does not take maternity leave other than adopting parents are entitled to up to 62 consecutive weeks of unpaid parental leave. The leave can begin anytime within 78 weeks of the birth or placement of a child. Where both parents are employees of the Employer, the employees shall determine the apportionment of the sixty-two (62) weeks (or sixty-one (61)) consecutive weeks in the case of birth mother who takes maternity leave under Article 35.01. In such case the Employer shall be advised of the arrangements at least four (4) weeks prior to the commencement of the leave.
(c) Such written request pursuant to (a) above must be made at least four (4) weeks prior to the proposed leave commencement date.
(d) Leave taken under this clause shall commence:
i) In the case of a mother, immediately following the conclusion of leave taken pursuant to Article 35.01 or following the adoption;
ii) In the case of the other parent, following the adoption or the birth of the child and conclude within the fifty-two (52) week period after the birth date or adoption of the child. The “other parent” is defined as the father of the child and/or spouse of the mother, including common-law spouse as defined by Article 2.03. Such leave request must be supported by appropriate documentation.
(e) Adoption leave will be applied according to the Employment Standards Act.
