Common use of Parental Leave Clause in Contracts

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to partfull-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Health Centre as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Health Centre at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalHealth Centre's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Health Centre of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Health Centre shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave. (g) The Health Centre 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 after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave. (h) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only)‌ (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to eighteen (18) weeks while an employee is on parental leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. (g) The Hospital will continue to pay the percentage in lieu of benefits and its share of the pension contribution for a period of up to ten (10) weeks while the employee is on parental leave. The Hospital will register these benefits with the Unemployment Benefit Plan. (h) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay."

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only)‌ (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only)‌ (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to eighteen (18) weeks while an employee is on parental leave. (g) The Hospital 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 eighteen (18) weeks while the employee is on parental leave. (h) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay."

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.ten

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only)‌ (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, employee who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give be given written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes purpose of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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. The employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent per cent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety- three per cent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance Benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave. For part-time employees credits for service and seniority shall be calculated on the basis of what the employee’s normal regular hours of work would have been. (g) The Hospital will continue to pay its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits, including pension, in which the employee is participating for period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only)‌ (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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 their own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her their intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her their weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (ai) Parental leaves Leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (bii) An employee, employee who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (ciii) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (div) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (bii) above by written notification received by the Hospital Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (ev) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Employer’s Supplementary Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, Act shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit The supplement shall be equivalent to the difference between ninetyseventy-three five percent (9375%) of the employee's her normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Employer of the employee's ’s employment insurance cheque stub will serve as stubs shall constitute proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment Employment Insurance parental benefits. The employee’s normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying her regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee’s normal weekly hours plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to receive if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Employer will pay the employee seventy- five percent (75%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the one (1) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under this plan. Where an employee elects to receive parental leave benefits pursuant to Section 12(3)(b)(ii) of the Employment Insurance Act, the amount of a Supplemental Unemployment Benefits payable by the employer will be equal to what would have been payable had the employee elected to receive parental leave benefits pursuant to Section 12(3)(b)(i) of the Employment Insurance Act. vi) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to sixty-one (61) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and sixty-three (63) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while an employee is on parental leave. vii) 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 sixty-one (61) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and sixty-three

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only)‌ (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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 their own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her their intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her their weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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 his/her own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on On confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Employer’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Collective Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, Act shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earningsas noted below. Receipt by the Hospital Employer of the employee's ’s employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.cheques stubs shall

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted An Employee who becomes a parent of a child is eligible to take a parental leave in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, Employee who qualifies for has taken a pregnancy leave under Article 14.05 is eligible to be granted a parental leave, other than an adoptive parentinclusive of their seventeen (17) week period of pregnancy leave, shall give written notification of at least up to fifty-two (252) weeks duration, in advance of accordance with the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person Employment Standards Act. An Employee who is in eligible for a relationship of some permanence with a parent of a child and parental leave who intends to treat is the child as his natural father or her own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent is eligible to be granted a parental leave for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks duration, in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. In cases of adoption, the Employee shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified with respect to adopt a child, prospective adoption and shall request the leave 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 . (c) The Employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection following completion of parental leave as per (b) above above, by written notification received by the Hospital at least two four (24) weeks in advance thereof. The Employee shall be reinstated to her former position, unless her former position has been discontinued, in which case the Employee shall be subject to layoff. (d) Employees newly hired to replace Employees who are on approved parental leave may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. The Hospital will outline to Employees hired to fill such temporary vacancies, the circumstances giving rise to the vacancy and the special conditions relating to such employment. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission Seniority and credit for service for purposes of salary increment, vacation, sick leave or any other benefits under any provisions of the appropriateness Collective Agreement or elsewhere shall continue to accrue in accordance with the Employment Standards Act during parental leave. In addition, the Employee shall be eligible to continue to participate in the benefit plans in which she was participating prior to the commencement of her parental leave. Prior to the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on commencement of her parental leave except where the employee has already so indicated as provided under this Agreement who has applied Article 14.05 (f) above, the Employee shall indicate in writing those insured benefits including pension in which she does not wish to continue participating during the period of her leave. It will be implicit for and is the Hospital that failure to provide such notification, in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Actwriting, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub Employee will serve as proof that the employee is indicate a desire to continue all benefits during this period, in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.keeping with Section 51(1)

Parental Leave. Subject to the applicable Parental Leave provisions of the Canada Labour Code (The following clause is applicable to Part a permanent part-time employees only) employee who has completed six (a6) Parental leaves will consecutive months of continuous employment with the Employer shall be granted in accordance with the provisions Leave without pay, upon written request to their Manager, of up to thirty-seven (37) weeks to care for a new-born child of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom employee or a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in the care of the employee for the purpose of adoption under the laws governing adoption in the province in which the employee resides. Parentaltop-up Subject to sub-clause a) above, twelve (12) months' continuous service and, having completed the probationary period, a relationship of some permanence with a parent of a child and who intends to treat the child as his or her own. (d) An permanent part-time employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is is: in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant associatedwith Parental Leave shall receive payments from the Supplementary Unemployment Benefit Fund to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent bring her combined and payments to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of their normal pay for a maximum period of ten weeks of Parental Leave. The aggregate amount of Parental leave that may be taken by two (2) employees in respect of the employee's normal weekly earnings same birth or adoption shall not exceed seven (37) weeks, and the sum aggregate amount of his Maternity / Parental Leave taken by one or her weekly employment insurance benefits two employees in respect of the same birth shall not exceed fifty-two (52) weeks. * While on Maternity Leave and/or Parental Leave, as provided under this Article, an employee would continue to accrue seniority, earn vacation leave credits and any other earningsbe entitled to continued coverage under all insured benefit plans. Receipt While on Maternity Parental Leave employees do not contribute to the plan. Following their return to work from Maternity Parental Leave the employee may opt to purchase the aforementioned period and the Employer will pay its portion for the period specified. The window of availability, for the employee to purchase this defined period shall be governed by * Pension Plan Applicable only to eligible permanent part-time employees as governed by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefitsOntario Municipal Employees Retirement System.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.ten

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Health Centre as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Health Centre at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalHealth Centre's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.ten

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only)‌ (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety- three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. (g) The Hospital will continue to pay the percentage in lieu of benefits and its share of the pension contribution for a period of up to ten (10) weeks while the employee is on parental leave. The Hospital will register these benefits with the Unemployment Benefit Plan. (h) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to partfull-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalEmployer's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Employer of the employee's employment insurance Employment Insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment Employment Insurance parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, Act except where amended in this provision. The service requirement requirements for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. . The Employer agrees to provide a parental leave of up to thirty-five (b35) weeks for the birth mother and thirty-seven (37) weeks for an employee who is a parent, including an adoptive parent, following the birth of a child or the adoption of a child. It is agreed that the union and the bargaining unit employees shall not be disadvantaged in any way by the amendments to the Ontario Employment Standards Act and Regulations. For greater clarity, the Collective Agreement provisions shall prevail. Where this Collective Agreement provides an with a greater right, benefit, term or condition for parental leave that specific or in question in the Agreement shall prevail. In the event the Ontario Employment Standards Act and Regulations are amended to provide a greater right, benefit, term or condition to an with respect to pregnancy and parental leave than that which existed on March each of such amended provisions shall be incorporated within this Collective An employee, employee who qualifies for parental parent leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) . An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation of the pending adoption. If, because of late receipt of confirmation of the pending adoption, 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 a period of up to twelve (12) months duration maximum, as may be required by the adoption agency concerned. Written notice by the employee for such extension will be given at least two (2) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. An employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection Article (be) above by written notification received by the Hospital Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an . An employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeksbenefit. That benefit shall will be equivalent to the difference between ninetyeighty-three four percent (9384%) of the employee's normal their regular weekly earnings and the sum of his or her their weekly Employment Insurance benefits. Such payment shall commence following completion of the two week employment insurance benefits Insurance waiting period, and any other earnings. Receipt receipt by the Hospital Employer of the employee's employment insurance ’s Employment Insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that they are in receipt of the Employment Insurance parental benefits, and shall continue while the employee is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of ten weeks. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment parental benefitsperiod. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payment received under the plan.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous serviceservice at the Hospital prior to the commencement of the pregnancy leave. (a) Parental leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Xxx 0000, except where amended in this provision. In the event the Ontario Employment Standards Act 2000 and Regulations are amended to provide a greater right, benefit, term or condition to an employee(s) with respect to pregnancy and parental leave than that which existed on March 31, 2000, each of such amended provisions shall be incorporated within this Collective Agreement. (b) An employee, who qualifies The Hospital agrees to provide a standard parental leave of up to thirty- five (35) weeks for parental the birth mother or an extended leave of up to sixty- one (61) weeks if the mother originally took pregnancy leave, other than and sixty- three (63) weeks for an employee who is a parent, including an adoptive parent, shall give written notification following the birth of at least two (2) weeks in advance a child or the adoption of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of returna child. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation of the pending adoption. If, because of late receipt of confirmation of the pending adoption, 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. (d) An employee who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification at least four (4) weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (e) An employee who is an adoptive parent may extend the parental leave for a period of up to twelve (12) months duration maximum, as may be required by the adoption agency concerned. An Written notice by the employee for such extension will be given at least eight (8) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. (f) The employee shall reconfirm his or her their intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (bArticle 14.05(d) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two four (24) weeks in advance thereof. (eg) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an A full time or regular part time employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeksbenefit. That benefit shall will be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three eighty-- four percent (9384%) of the employee's normal their regular weekly earnings and the sum of his or her their weekly Employment Insurance benefits. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week employment insurance benefits Insurance waiting period, and any other earnings. Receipt receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve ’s Employment Insurance Payment Details as proof that they are in receipt of the Employment Insurance parental benefits, and shall continue while the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.such benefits for a maximum period of eleven

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to partfull-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's ’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's ’s normal weekly earnings and the sum of or his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's ’s employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee’s normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee’s regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee’s normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety- three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while an employee is on parental leave. (g) The Hospital 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 after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted A nurse who becomes a parent of a child is eligible to take a parental leave in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, A nurse who qualifies for has taken a pregnancy leave under Article 11.05 is eligible to be granted a parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of accordance with the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person Employment Standards Act. A nurse who is in eligible for a relationship of some permanence with a parent of a child and parental leave who intends to treat is the child as his natural father or her own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent may extend the parental leave for a period of up to six (6) months duration, consideration being given to any requirements of adoption authorities. In cases of adoption, the nurse shall advise the Hospital Home as far in advance as possible of having qualified with respect to adopt a child, prospective adoption and shall request the leave 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 nurse finds it impossible to request the leave of absence in writing, the request may be made verbally and subsequently verified in writing. (c) The nurse shall be reinstated to her former position, unless her former position has been discontinued, in which case she shall be given a comparable job. (d) Nurses newly hired to replace nurses who are on approved parental leave may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. An employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received If retained by the Hospital at least Home, in a permanent position, the nurse shall be credited with seniority from date of hire subject to successfully completing her probationary period. The nurse shall be credited with tours worked (hours worked for nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day) towards the probationary period provided in Article 9.02 to a maximum of 30 tours (two hundred and twenty-five (2225) weeks in advance thereofhours for nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day). The Home will outline to nurses hired to fill such temporary vacancies, the circumstances giving rise to the vacancy, and the special conditions relating to such employment. (e) Effective on confirmation by the An employee qualifying for parental leave under Human Resources Canada Employment Insurance Commission shall be paid a maximum of eighty percent (80%) top up of the appropriateness of normal weekly earnings from all sources. Such payment shall commence following the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 completion of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a waiting period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to and receipt by the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) Employer of the employee's ’s Employment Insurance cheque stub and shall continue the payment bi-weekly for the period stated for pregnancy leave in the Employment Insurance Act. The nurse’s regular weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying her or his regular hourly rate on her or his last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times her or his normal weekly earnings and hours. The normal weekly hours for a part-time employee shall be calculated by using the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital same time period used for calculation of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof Employment Insurance benefit (currently 26 weeks). The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payments in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefitsplan.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) . An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) . For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) . An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) . Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (11) weeksIO)weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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 their own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her their intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her their weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.. Where an employee elects to receive parental leave benefits pursuant to Section 12(3)(b)(ii) of the Employment Insurance Act, the amount of any Supplemental Unemployment Benefit payable by the Hospital will be equal to what would have been

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Health Centre as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof.be (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalHealth Centre's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Health Centre of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. (g) The Health Centre will continue to pay the percentage in lieu of benefits and its share of the pension contribution for a period of up to ten (10) weeks while the (h) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Health Centre as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Health Centre at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalHealth Centre's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Health Centre of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing the Health Centre shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. (g) The Health Centre will continue to pay the percentage in lieu of benefits and its share of the pension contribution for a period of up to ten (10) weeks while the employee is on parental leave. The Health Centre will register these benefits with the Unemployment Benefit Plan. (h) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will Upon written request, leave of absence without pay and without loss of seniority shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave to a maximum of fifty (52) weeks. The employee returning to work after parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of provide the employer with at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation of the pending adoptionnotice. If, because of late receipt of confirmation of the pending adoptionOn return from parental leave, the employee finds it impossible will be placed in his/her former position. If his/her former position should become redundant during parental leave, he/she would then be placed in a position consistent with the seniority provisions of this agreement. Once an employee has started his/her parental leave, he/she shall not be eligible for sick leave benefits, except as covered under Article 19.11 a) or 19.11 b). During the period of parental leave, up to request fifty (52) weeks, the Employer agrees to continue paying the Employer’s share of the benefits contained in Articles 21.02, 21.03, 21.04, and 21.05 where applicable. While an employee is on parental leave, the replacement procedure shall be as follows subject to Article 12 which takes precedent: The senior employee with that department or school, provided the person has sufficient ability to perform the job, shall be given the opportunity of performing that job during the parental leave. The above procedure shall be done in a reasonable and logical fashion. At no time shall a vacancy be posted that occurs as a result of an employee going on parental leave. If an employee on parental leave decides not to return at the end of his/her leave, that position shall then be posted as a regular position. Notwithstanding the other provisions contained in Article 18.08, the Employer agrees that, as soon as possible after the signing of this collective agreement, they shall enter into an agreement with the Human Resources Development Canada Employment Insurance Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan to provide that an employee on leave of absence in writing, the request may be made verbally as set out above and subsequently verified in writing. An employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits Parental Benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, S.C.1996, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeksby Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Plan. That benefit shall Benefit will be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) 75% of the employee's normal weekly ’s regular earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits Employment Insurance Benefits and any other earnings. Receipt Such payment shall commence following completion of the two (2) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Hospital Employer of the employee's employment insurance ’s Employment Insurance cheque stub will serve stub, as proof that he/she is in receipt of Employment Insurance Parental Benefits, and shall continue while the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefitssuch benefits to a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The employee’s regular weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying his/her regular hourly rate on his/her last day worked, prior to commencement of the leave, times her normal weekly hours. It is understood by the Parties that the terms and entitlements applicable to Parental Leave under the Ontario Employment Standards Act and the Canada Employment Insurance Act shall apply. As clarification it is noted that adoption is within the framework contemplated by Parental Leave under the above legislation. Specifically, in the event of a split in leave, benefits as contemplated in the second paragraph shall apply.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employeeEmployee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee Employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 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 Employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by Seniority and service credit shall continue to accrue during a parental leave granted under this Article. (f) The Employer will continue to make the Canada Employment Insurance Commission benefit plans available to the employee under the same cost-sharing arrangements, if any, and its share of the appropriateness of Multi-Sector Pension Plan contributions, if applicable, during the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit parental leave. (SUBg) Plan, an Subject to any changes to the employee’s status which would have occurred had the employee who is not been on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of leave, the Employment Insurance Act, Employer shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent reinstate the employee to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of FTE held prior to the employee's normal weekly earnings and leave at the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by same practice if the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefitsposition still exists.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) 29.02.1 Parental leaves will leave shall be considered as a right for all employees. Employees shall be granted parental leave in accordance with the provisions of this collective agreement unless increased or better leave or benefits are provided by the Employment provisions the Labour Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental Code of the Province of Nova Scotia. 29.02.2 Parental leave shall be thirteen deemed to be continuous employment for the accrual of seniority, service, vacation and sick leave. Vacation entitlements will not be prorated under Article 31 during the vacation year(s) when parental leave of thirty-five (1335) weeks or less is taken. Employees on parental leave retain their seniority rights. 29.02.3 An employee who becomes a parent through the birth of continuous servicea child or the placement of a child in the care of the employee for the purpose of adoption pursuant to the laws of the province or through guardianship is entitled to an unpaid leave of absence of, at the employee’s choice, up to thirty­five (35) weeks or, in the case of adoption, any longer period required by the adoption agency or the province. The employee shall endeavour to provide reasonable notice to the Employer of the date on which she/he intends to start the leave and the date on which she/he intends to return, provided that if circumstances beyond the control of the employee dictate a change to those dates, she/he shall advise the Employer of the changed dates as soon as reasonably possible. 29.02.4 In the case of a new born child, an employee may begin parental leave anytime following the birth of a child provided that the leave shall end thirty-five (35) weeks following its commencement or fifty-two (52) weeks after the birth of the child, whichever is earlier. This leave will be uninterrupted. In the case of the adoption of a child or guardianship, the employee may begin parental leave, at the employee’s option, at any time required by the adoption agency or upon arrival of the child in the employee’s home, provided that the leave shall end at the end of the time required by the adoption agency or fifty-two (52) weeks after the leave began, whichever is earlier, provided that the employee is entitled to a minimum amount of up to thirty-five (35) uninterrupted weeks leave. 29.02.5 Notwithstanding the foregoing, where an employee has begun parental leave and the child to whom parental leave relates is hospitalized for a period exceeding or likely to exceed one (1) week, the employee is entitled to return to and resume work in her/his position and defer the unused portion of the parental leave until the child is discharged from hospital. An employee is entitled to only one (1) interruption and deferral of each parental leave. 29.02.6 Employees on parental leave under this article shall make arrangements with the Employer to: (a) Deduct all benefit contributions for which the employee is responsible, and those which the employee must continue and further those which he/she may choose to continue, covering the period of the employee’s leave. The deductions may be taken from the employee’s pays prior to the commencement of the leave or the employee may pay by cash or cheque in advance of or during the leave. (b) An Prior to commencing leave the employee must confirm to the Employer in writing their election between two pension options: (i) The employee may opt to continue credited service which will result in the Employer paying all contributions to the Pension Plan covering the employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification ’s period of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For employee authorizing the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined Employer to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with a parent of a child and who intends to treat collect the child as his or her own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation employee’s share 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 shall reconfirm his or contributions from him/her intention to after his/her return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission not later than within 26 pay periods of the appropriateness of pregnancy, parental and adoption leave period ending or such earlier time if the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Planemployee decides to make earlier repayment. Notwithstanding any other provision in the collective agreement, an employee who has elected the option to continue credited service during pregnancy, parental and adoption leave may upon returning to work cash out TOIL, vacation and Holiday Leave they currently have. (ii) The employee may opt out of credited service for pension purposes for the duration of their pregnancy, parental and adoption leave and accepts that opting out of credited service for pension purposes is on parental for the duration of leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub taken which will serve as proof require that the employee is must, in receipt order to buy back the period opted out, notwithstanding any provision of unemployment the Collective Agreement, including Article 35, purchase such service pursuant to the purchase of service provisions of the HRM pension plan. (iii) For greater clarity where an employee has not confirmed in writing prior their election as between the two pension options in (i) or (ii) above they are deemed to have elected option (ii). 29.02.7 An employee returning from parental benefitsleave shall retain her/his rights as outlined in this Collective Agreement.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) “Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service.” (b) “An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return.” (c) “For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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.” (d) “An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof.” (e) “Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.” “The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave.” “In addition to the foregoing the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety- three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits.” “The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan.” (f) “Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been.” (g) “The Hospital will continue to pay the percentage in lieu of benefits and its share of the pension contribution for a period of up to ten (10) weeks while the employee is on parental leave. The Hospital will register these benefits with the Unemployment Benefit Plan.” (h) “Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay.” (e) applies to employees who begin parental leave after the date of ratification.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.. Where an employee elects to receive parental leave benefits pursuant to Section 12(3)(b)(ii) of the Employment Insurance Act, the amount of any Supplemental Unemployment Benefit payable by the Hospital will be equal to what would have been

Parental Leave. (b) (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalEmployer's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.to

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalEmployer's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Employer of the employee's employment insurance Employment Insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment Employment Insurance parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (ai) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (bii) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) four (4) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (ciii) For the purposes purpose of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with for whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (div) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Employer at least two four (24) weeks in advance thereof. (ev) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Canadian Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalEmployer's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave leave, as provided under this Agreement agreement, who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 (for full time employees) of the Employment Insurance Act, or Section 23 (for part time employees) of the Employment Insurance Act shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninetyseventy-three five percent (9375%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Employer of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee’s normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee’s regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave, times the employee’s normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he/she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Employer shall pay the employee seventy-five percent (75%) of his/her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave, while waiting to receive Employment Insurance Benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. vi) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began; otherwise, while an employee is on parental leave. vii) 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 after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began; otherwise, while an employee is on parental leave. viii) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift, in the same department, and at the same rate of pay.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 maybe made verbally and subsequently verified in writing. An employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two four (2) weeks 4)weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) . An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) . For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) . An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) . Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) ten weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to eighteen

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) . An employee, employee who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give be given written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) . For the purposes purpose of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) . An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation Confirmation of the pending adoption. If, because of late receipt of confirmation of the Collective Agreement between The Ottawa Hospital and and its Local Expiry September 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. The employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) . Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent per cent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee three per cent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance Benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave Collective Agreement between The Ottawa Hospital and and its Local Expiry September began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave. For part-time employees credits for service and seniority shall be calculated on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. The Hospital will continue to pay its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits, including pension, in which the employee is participating for period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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 their own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her their intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her their weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's ’s employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remurieration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to partfull-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a adopta child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance lnsurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalEmployer's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance lnsurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance lnsurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment lnsurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Employer of the employee's employment insurance Employment Insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment Employment Insurance parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous ofcontinuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation of confirmationof 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) } above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) . An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) . For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship of some e permanence with a parent of a child and who intends to treat the child as his or her own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 to a total of six (6) months. An employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks 2)weeks in advance thereof. (e) . Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11ten 0) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits Employment Insurance and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2)week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to eighteen (18) weeks while an employee is on parental leave. The Hospital will continue to pay its share of the of the subsidized employee benefits, including pension, in which the employee is participating for a period of up to eighteen (18) weeks while the employee is on parental leave. Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of If required by the Hospital, an employee shall be entitled to leave of absence with pay and without loss of and to write examinations to upgrade his or her employment qualifications. Where employees are required by the Hospital to to upgrade or acquire new employment the shall pay the full costs associated with the courses. Subject to operational requirements,the Hospital will make every reasonable effort to grant requests for necessary changes to an employee's schedule to enable attendance at a recognized course or seminar related to employment with the Hospital.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to partfull-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) . An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) . For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) . An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 months. An employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) . Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's ’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) ten weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's ’s normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's ’s employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.. The employee’s normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee’s regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee’s normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to eighteen weeks while an employee is on parental leave. The Hospital will continue to pay its share of the premiums of the employee benefits, including pension, in which the employee is participating for a period of up to eighteen weeks while the employee is on parental leave. Subject to any changes to the employee’s status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted An Employee who becomes a parent of a child is eligible to take a parental leave in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, Employee who qualifies for has taken a pregnancy leave under Article 14.05 is eligible to be granted a parental leave, other than an adoptive parentinclusive of their seventeen (17) week period of pregnancy leave, shall give written notification of at least up to fifty-two (252) weeks duration, in advance of accordance with the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person Employment Standards Act. An Employee who is in eligible for a relationship of some permanence with a parent of a child and parental leave who intends to treat is the child as his natural father or her own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent is eligible to be granted a parental leave for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks duration, in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. In cases of adoption, the Employee shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified with respect to adopt a child, prospective adoption and shall request the leave 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 . (c) The Employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection following completion of parental leave as per (b) above above, by written notification received by the Hospital at least two four (24) weeks in advance thereof. The Employee shall be reinstated to her former position, unless her former position has been discontinued, in which case the Employee shall be subject to layoff. (d) Employees newly hired to replace Employees who are on approved parental leave may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. The Hospital will outline to Employees hired to fill such temporary vacancies, the circumstances giving rise to the vacancy and the special conditions relating to such employment. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission Seniority and credit for service for purposes of salary increment, vacation, sick leave or any other benefits under any provisions of the appropriateness Collective Agreement or elsewhere shall continue to accrue in accordance with the Employment Standards Act during parental leave. In addition, the Employee shall be eligible to continue to participate in the benefit plans in which she was participating prior to the commencement of her parental leave. Prior to the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on commencement of her parental leave except where the employee has already so indicated as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is Article 14.05 (f) above, the Employee shall indicate in receipt of Employment Insurance parental writing those insured benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is including pension in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.which she

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to partfull-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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 their own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her their intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her their weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person persan with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person persan 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a adopta child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance lnsurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalEmployer's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance lnsurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment lnsurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Employer of the employee's employment insurance Employment Insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment Employment lnsurance parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the of.the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) . An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in In advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) . For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with a parent of a child and who intends Intends to treat the child as his or her own. (d) . An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Health Centre as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Health Centre at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) . Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalHealth Centre's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) ten weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Health Centre of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.. The weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on her last day worked to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Health Centre shall pay the employee percent (93%) of or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the period. The plan provides that payment in respect of annual or respect of deferred remuneration or are reduced or Increased by payments received under the plan. Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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 their own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her their intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her their weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, employee who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an en employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety- three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave. g) The Hospital 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 after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven

Parental Leave. (a) (The following clause is applicable to partfull-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital Employer as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalEmployer's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.ten

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance An employee shall receive twenty-one (21) hours of leave with pay for needs related to the provisions birth or adoption of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provisionemployee's child. The service requirement for eligibility for parental This leave shall may be thirteen divided into two (132) weeks of continuous serviceperiods and granted on separate days. (b) A pregnant employee shall be entitled to this twenty-one (21) hours of leave immediately prior to the commencement of maternity leave. (c) An employee, who qualifies employee requiring leave for parental reasons pertaining to the birth or adoption of a child joining their immediate family shall be granted up to sixty-one (61) weeks of leave without pay if the employee also took a period of maternity leave. If the employee did not take any maternity leave, other than an adoptive parent, the employee shall give written notification be entitled to sixty-three (63) weeks of leave without pay. (d) A notice that leave will be requested under this clause shall be made at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and prior to the expected date of returncommencement of that leave. The employee shall make every effort to keep the Employer informed of leave requirements. Notice of the leave requirement may be waived by the Employer. (ce) For The employer may: i. defer the purposes commencement of this article, parent shall be defined parental leave without pay at the request of the employee; ii. require an employee to include submit a person birth certificate for the child or evidence of adoption. (f) Parental leave without pay utilized by an employee couple in conjunction with whom a child is placed for the birth or adoption and a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with a parent of a child shall not exceed a total of one hundred and who intends to treat the child as his or her owntwenty-five (125) weeks for both employees combined. (dg) Leave granted under this clause shall be counted in the calculation of 'continuous employment' for the purpose of calculating severance pay and vacation leave. Time spent on such leave shall be counted for seniority and pay increment purposes. During such leave the Employer will continue to pay its applicable share of pension and benefit plans. i. An employee who provides the Employer with proof that he/she has applied for and is an adoptive parent eligible to receive employment insurance benefits pursuant to applicable provisions of the Employment Insurance Act or Québec Parental lnsurance Plan, shall advise be paid a parental leave allowance in accordance with the Hospital as far Supplementary Employment Benefit Plan. While in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation this allowance the employee shall continue to accumulate annual leave and sick leave credits. ii. Employees shall have no vested right to payments under the plan, except to payments during a period of unemployment specified in the plan. iii. Payments in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments under the plan. (i) An applicant under the sub-clause g) shall sign an agreement with the Employer providing: i. that the applicant will return to work and remain in the Employer's employ for a period equal to the period he/she was in receipt of the pending adoptionparental allowance; ii. If, because of late receipt of confirmation of that 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to applicant will return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by of the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereofexpiry of the parental leave, unless this date is modified with the Employer's consent. (ej) Effective on confirmation Should the employee fail to return to work in accordance with the provisions of sub-clause h), or should he/she return to work but fail to work for the total period specified in provisions of sub-clause h), he/she will be indebted to the Employer for an amount determined as follows: (Allowance received) X (remaining period to be worked following her return to work) total period to be worked as specified in h) the repayment provided for in 36.2 i) will not apply in situations of: 1. death, 2. lay off, 3. early termination due to lack of work or discontinuance of function of a specified period of employment that would have been sufficient to meet the obligation specified under sub-clause h), 4. the end of a specified period of employment, if the employee is rehired by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission Employer within six (6) months following the end of the appropriateness of obligations specified in sub-clause h), or 5. has become disabled. Notwithstanding sub-clause 36.2 b) (k) i. where the Hospitalemployee's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an child is hospitalized and the employee who is has not yet proceeded on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Actwithout pay, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.or

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous serviceservice at the Hospital prior to the commencement of the pregnancy leave. (a) Parental leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act 2000, except where amended in this provision. In the event the Ontario Employment Standards Act 2000 and Regulations are amended to provide a greater right, benefit, term or condition to an employee(s) with respect to pregnancy and parental leave than that which existed on March 31, 2000, each of such amended provisions shall be incorporated within this Collective Agreement. b) An employeeThe Hospital agrees to provide a parental leave of up to thirty-five (35) weeks for the birth mother and thirty-seven (37) weeks for an employee who is a parent, who qualifies for parental leave, other than including an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of following the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with a parent birth of a child and who intends to treat or the child as his or her ownadoption of a child. (dc) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation of the pending adoption. If, because of late receipt of confirmation of the pending adoption, 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. d) An employee who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. e) An employee who is an adoptive parent may extend the parental leave for a period of up to twelve (12) months duration maximum, as may be required by the adoption agency concerned. An Written notice by the employee for such extension will be given at least eight (8) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. f) The employee shall reconfirm his or her their intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (bArticle 14.05(d) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (eg) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an An employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeksbenefit. That benefit shall will be equivalent to the difference between ninetyeighty-three four percent (9384%) of the employee's normal their regular weekly earnings and the sum of his or her their weekly Employment Insurance benefits. Such payment shall commence following completion of the two-week employment insurance benefits Insurance waiting period, and any other earnings. Receipt receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve ’s Employment Insurance Payment Details as proof that they are in receipt of the Employment Insurance parental benefits, and shall continue while the employee is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of ten (10) weeks. h) The parental leave can be split between the partners but there is only one allotment of SUB top-up for parental leave per family. i) The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payment received under the plan. j) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-seven (37) weeks while an employee is on parental leave, including an adoptive parent on parental leave as calculated Article 14.05(e) above. k) The Hospital 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-seven (37) weeks while the employee is on parental leave, including an adoptive parent on parental leave, should the employee choose to maintain benefits and make arrangements suitable with the Hospital to contribute to the Hospital their share of the premiums. For the purpose of calculating Supplemental Unemployment Benefits for regular part time employees (excluding casual), the calculation will be based on an average of the employee's gross earnings, including lieu and vacation pay, in the twenty-six (26) weeks prior to their last day worked. l) The employee shall be reinstated upon their return from parental leave to their former position, shift and department if it still exists or to a comparable position if it does not and receive the same rate of pay as the employee received prior to commencement of the leave. m) The employee’s regular weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying their regular hourly rate on their last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times her normal weekly hours.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to partfull-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.the

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only)‌ (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety- three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave. (g) The Hospital 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 after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, employee who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes purpose of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave of absence, 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety- three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. g) The Hospital will continue to pay the percentage in lieu of benefits and its share of the pension contribution for a period of up to ten (10) weeks while the employee is on parental leave. The Hospital will register these benefits with the Unemployment Benefit Plan. h) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time full‑time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave. (g) The Hospital 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 after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave. (h) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes purpose of this sub-article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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 their own. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on On confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the HospitalEmployer's Supplemental Supplementary Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, Act shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven thirteen (1113) weeks. That benefit The supplement shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three ninety percent (9390%) of the employee's their normal weekly earnings and the sum weekly benefit rate of his or her fifty-five percent (55%) of the regular weekly employment insurance benefits earnings up to a maximum amount as defined by Service Canada and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital Employer of the employee's employment unemployment insurance cheque stub will serve as stubs shall constitute proof that they are in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the s regular hourly rate on their last day worked prior to the commencement any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on pregnancy leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Employer will pay the employee ninety percent (90%) of their normal weekly earnings during the initial period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The timeframe of this waiting period is as per the EI standards for wait time regarding Pregnancy Leave. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in receipt respect of unemployment parental benefitsguaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. This sub-article (h) (i) shall apply to Full-Time employees, if permitted by the governing legislation or regulations. This sub-article ( h) ( i ) shall also apply to Part-Time employees assigned to a temporary Full-Time position however, these employees will be eligible for the SUB Plan only after: sixty (60) calendar days or the equivalent number of shifts worked (that would normally be worked in sixty (60) calendar days) whichever is the longer, from the commencement of the temporary assignment, and if permitted by governing legislation or regulations.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only)‌ (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy (g) The Hospital will continue to pay the percentage in lieu of benefits and its share of the pension contribution for a period of up to ten (10) weeks while the employee is on parental leave. The Hospital will register these benefits with the Unemployment Benefit Plan. (h) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay.

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) . An employee, . who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) . For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) . An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) . Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) PlanSUB)Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) ten weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty- five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks sifter the parental leave began otherwise. while the employee is on parental leave. The Hospital will continue to pay its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits, including pension. in which a full-time employee is participating for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began. if the full-time employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to partfull-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) An employee, who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) For the purposes of this articleArticle, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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 shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven ten (1110) weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employeeem ployee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee ninety-three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. (f) Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise while an employee is on parental leave. (g) The Hospital 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 after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave began otherwise, while the employee is on a parental leave. (h) Subject to any changes to the employee's status which would have occurred had he or she not been on parental leave, the employee shall be reinstated to her former duties, on the same shift in the same department, and at the same rate of pay."

Parental Leave. (The following clause is applicable to part-time employees only) (a) Parental leaves leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. (b) . An employee, employee who qualifies for parental leave, other than an adoptive parent, shall give be given written notification of at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of the commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. (c) . For the purposes purpose of this article, parent shall be defined to include a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a 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. (d) . An employee who is an adoptive parent shall advise the Hospital as far in advance as possible of having qualified to adopt a child, and shall request the leave 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. The employee shall reconfirm his or her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in subsection (b) above by written notification received by the Hospital at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. (e) . Effective on confirmation by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Hospital's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, an employee who is on parental leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit for a period not exceeding eleven (11) ten weeks. That benefit shall be equivalent to the difference between ninety-three percent (93%) of the employee's normal weekly earnings and the sum of his or her weekly employment insurance Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Receipt by the Hospital of the employee's employment insurance cheque stub will serve as proof that the employee is in receipt of unemployment parental benefits.. The employee's normal weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying the employee's regular hourly rate on his or her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the employee's normal weekly hours, plus any wage increase or salary increment that the employee would be entitled to if he or she were not on parental leave. In addition to the foregoing, the Hospital shall pay the employee three percent (93%) of his or her normal weekly earnings during the first two (2) week period of the leave while waiting to receive Employment Insurance Benefits. The employee does not have any vested right except to receive payments for the covered unemployment period. The plan provides that payment in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments received under the plan. Credits for service and seniority shall accumulate for a period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven (37) weeks after the parental leave Collective Agreement between The Ottawa Hospital and and its Local Expiry September began otherwise, while the employee is on parental leave. For part-time employees credits for service and seniority shall be calculated on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. The Hospital will continue to pay its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits, including pension, in which the employee is participating for period of up to thirty-five (35) weeks after the parental leave began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave, and thirty-seven