Common use of Parental Leave Benefit Clause in Contracts

Parental Leave Benefit. (i) Subject to the Employee's indication to return to work following the period of parental leave, Employees who have held a position for at least sixty-five (65) hours for a term and have held such a position for at least thirteen (13) weeks shall be eligible to receive a benefit during parental leave as follows: 1. for the six (6) weeks of parental leave, ninety-five percent (95%) of the average weekly earnings as determined by 22.08 (d) (iii) below; and 2. for the next eleven (11) weeks of parental leave, sixty-five percent (65%) of the average weekly earnings as determined by 22.08 (d) (iii) below. An Employee who is eligible for this parental leave benefit and who takes a pregnancy leave may elect before the pregnancy leave begins to receive the parental leave benefit during up to the first seventeen (17) weeks of the pregnancy leave instead of during the parental leave. (ii) The period of leave during which the benefit is received shall not be charged as a period of service under the provision of Article 13.01. The Employee may apply for a leave from duties as outlined in this Article. (iii) Such benefit will be paid providing the Employee is receiving not more than ninety-five percent (95%) of normal weekly earnings from all sources (including E.I. benefits, supplementary University payments, and other employment earnings). (iv) The benefit is subject to any other limitations set out by Employment and Social Development Canada or other governing authorities. (v) The Employee must return to work following the expiry of the leave, subject to the availability of work and the Employee's eligibility for work under this Collective Agreement. It is understood that, on the Employee's return to work, it may not be practicable to return the Employee to the same position; in such cases, alternative duties shall be assigned, and Article 13.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis.