Parental Leave for Birth and Adopting Parents. Employees shall be granted Parental Leave in accordance with provisions of the British Columbia Employment Standards Act as per date of signing this Collective Agreement and as follows: (i) A request for Parental leave must be supported by a Certificate of a Medical Practitioner or other evidence. A request for Adoption leave must be supported by a proof of adoption. (ii) If an employee returns to work immediately after the expiry of the authorized leave, the employee will retain his/her former position without loss of available benefits to which he/she has contributed to during the Parental leave, except as provided in Article 23. If the position was eliminated or there was a reduction of hours, notice of layoff would be forwarded to the employee and layoff is to be effective on the date of return. Provisions of Article 17.01 (ii) shall apply. (iii) The employee shall be deemed to have resigned on the date upon which the leave commenced, if a notice to return to employment is not made or the employee does not commence re-employment on the dates required in subsection (ii) above, and the Employer shall recover the Employer’s share of any benefit contribution made in accordance with the arrangements made by the employer with the employee prior to the commencement of the leave.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
