PARENTAL LEAVE WITHOUT ALLOWANCE. (a) Every Employee who becomes the natural parent of a child or who adopts a child under the laws of the province; (i) who completes seven (7) consecutive months of employment with the Employer; and (ii) who submits to the Employer an application in writing for parental leave at least four (4) weeks before the day specified in the application as the day on which the Employee intends to commence the leave is entitled to, and shall be granted, parental leave of absence without pay consisting of a continuous period of up to thirty-seven (37) weeks. An employee who gives less than four (4) weeks is entitled to the 37 weeks of parental leave less the number of days by which the notice given is less than four weeks. (b) subject to Clause 14.10.c, a parental leave must commence no later than the first anniversary of the date of birth or adoption of the child or the date on which the child comes into the actual care and custody of the Employee. (c) an employee taking parental leave, in addition to maternity leave, must commence the parental leave immediately upon expiry of the maternity leave without a return to work (d) an employee taking parental leave, in addition to adoption leave, must commence the parental leave immediately following the adoption leave without a return to work.
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PARENTAL LEAVE WITHOUT ALLOWANCE. (a) Every Employee who becomes the natural parent of a child child, where the adoption occurs or who adopts a child is recognized under the laws of the province;:
(i) who Who completes seven (7) consecutive months of employment with the Employer; and
(ii) who Who submits to the Employer an application in writing for parental leave at least four (4) weeks before the day specified in the application as the day on which the Employee intends to commence the leave is entitled to, and shall be granted, parental leave of absence without pay consisting of a continuous period of up to thirtysixty-seven three (3763) weeks. .
(iii) An employee Employee who gives less than four (4) weeks is entitled to the 37 sixty-three (63) weeks of parental leave less the number of days by which the notice given is less than four (4) weeks.
(iv) For the purposes of this Agreement, adoption shall be deemed to include situations where an Employee assumes actual care and custody of a child as a part of a permanent placement.
(b) subject Subject to Clause 14.10.cArticle 14.37 (c), a parental leave must commence no later than the first anniversary of the date of birth or adoption of the child or seventy-eight (78) weeks after the date on which the child is born or adopted or comes into the actual care and custody of the Employee.
(c) an employee An Employee taking parental leave, in addition to maternity leave, must commence the parental leave immediately upon expiry of the maternity leave without a return to work
. The leave must be taken in one (d1) an employee taking parental leave, in addition to adoption leave, must commence the parental leave immediately following the adoption leave without a return to workconsecutive period.
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Samples: Collective Agreement