Parental Leave Plan. The City and the Union recognize the importance of our employee’s families and the value of time during the birth or adoption of a child. In this spirit, the City will offer a parental leave plan consisting of paid time off following the birth or adoption of a child. The City will establish policies and procedures for administering the Parental Leave Plan as outlined in applicable HR Directive.
Parental Leave Plan. The City and the JSA recognize the importance of our employee’s families and the value of time during the birth or adoption of a child. In this spirit, the City will offer a parental leave plan consisting of paid time off following the birth or adoption of a child. The City will establish policies and procedures for administering the Parental Leave Plan as outlined in applicable HR Directive.
Parental Leave Plan. For the purposes of this Parental leave, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and person who is in a relationship of some permanence with a parent of a child and who intends to treat the child as his or her own. An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation of the pending adoption. If, because of late receipt of confirmation of the pending adoption, the employee finds it impossible to request the leave of absence in writing, the request may be made verbally and subsequently verified in writing. An employee who is an adoptive parent may extend the parental leave for such greater time as may be required by the adoption agency concerned to a maximum total of six (6) months. An employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment parental benefits pursuant to Section of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental employment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between seventy five (75%) of hisher normal weekly earnings and the sum of hisher weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence, following completion of the two-week Employment Insurance waiting period and receipt by the Employer of the employee’s Employment Insurance cheque stub as proof that is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits, and shall continue while the employee is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of ten (1 0) weeks. The employee’s regular weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying hisher regular hourly rate on hisher day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times normal weekly hours (above) plus any wage increase or salary increment that would be entitled to receive if were not on parental leave. Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35)weeks after the parental leave began while the employee is \ on parental leave, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began if the employee did not take pregnancy leave. The Employer will continue to pay its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits, including pension, in which the employee is participating for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks a...
