Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows: i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave. ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child. iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified. iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care. v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery. vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums. vii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses own. (b) A nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Act.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy Pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(a) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii(b) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
vc) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi(d) A nurse who is otherwise entitled shall be granted seventeen (17) weeks of unpaid pregnancy leave and thirty-five (35) weeks of unpaid parental leave. All other parents may take unpaid parental leave of thirty-seven (37) weeks within fifty-two (52) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
(e) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority rights and the employer Employer shall continue to make the Employer contribution for the following benefit plans: pension, life insurance, accidental death, EHC and dental throughout the pregnancy and parental leave unless the employee gives the Employer a written notice that the employee does not intend to pay its share of benefit premiumsthe employee’s contribution.
vii(f) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(bg) Nurses newly hired to replace nurses who are on parental/pregnancy leaves may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration.
(h) 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 position.
(i) A nurse period of pregnancy/parental leave is not included in any probationary period.
(j) An employee who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement agreement, who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy maternity benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefitemployment benefit to a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. That The benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eightyseventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance benefits employment insurance benefit and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one two (12) week Employment Insurance employment insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse employment insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of such employment insurance maternity benefits and shall continue for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to normal weekly hours for a part-time employee shall be calculated by using the same time period used for calculation of the employment insurance benefit (currently twenty-six (626) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actweeks).
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/Parental and pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as Act, except where amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeksin this provision. Nurses possessing For the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave purposes of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeksthis Article, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents parent shall be defined to include adoptive parents a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father a parent of the a child who intends to treat the child as his or her own. An employee who is pregnant and who has been employed for at least thirteen (13) weeks, immediately preceding the nurses own.expected date of birth shall be entitled, upon her written application, to a pregnancy leave of absence without pay for a maximum of seventeen (17) weeks from employment. This leave can be immediately followed by thirty-five (35) weeks of parental leave of absence without pay. Unless the child has not yet come into the care and control for the first time. An employee who has completed at least thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service and has not taken pregnancy leave above and who is the parent of a child is entitled to a parental leave of absence without pay for a maximum of thirty-seven (37) weeks following:
(a) the birth of a child; or
(b) A nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 the coming of the Employment Insurance Actchild into the custody, shall be paid care and control of a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to parent for the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeksfirst time. The nurseparental leave may begin no later than fifty-two (52) weeks after the day the child is born or comes into the employee’s regular weekly earning custody, care and control for the first time. The employee shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked give written notification two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the leave times together with the nurse’s normal weekly hoursexpected date of return. Credit for service for purposes of salary increment, vacation or sick leave shall continue to accrue during the period of pregnancy/parental leave. In addition, credit for seniority (maximum of fifty-two (52) weeks) for the purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall continue to accrue for the duration of the leave. The employer agrees Employer will continue to pay up its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits in which the employee is participating for the duration of the leave. For part-time employees, credit for seniority for purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall continue to six accrue for the duration of the leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. The employee's intention to return to work on the date originally provided to the Employer shall be reconfirmed by written notification at least two (62) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according in advance thereof. Subject to any changes to the employee’s entitlement under 's status, which would have occurred had the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits not been on pregnancy/parental leave, the employee shall have be reinstated to her former position and at the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions same rate of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actpay.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy Pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks). Nurses possessing A copy of the service requirement Employment Standards Act will be eligible for pregnancy leave readily accessible to the nurses at all times. Any nurse, on request will be provided with a copy of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave Section 46-49 of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leaveEmployment Standards Act.
ii(a) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to An additional seventeen (17) weeks before leave of absence without pay, employer contributions to benefits, or credit for service or seniority, will be granted upon request. Such request must be submitted at the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child same time as the nurses ownrequest for Parental leave is submitted.
(b) A nurse An employee who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parentalParental/pregnancy benefits Pregnancy Benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment employment benefit. That benefit will be the equivalent to the difference between eightyseventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance benefits employment insurance benefit and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following the completion of the one (1) two-week Employment Insurance employment insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance employment insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse employee is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeksbenefits. The nurse’s employee's regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The normal weekly hours for a part-time employee shall be calculated by using the same time period used for calculation of the Employment insurance benefit (currently 26 weeks).
(c) An employer agrees shall not intimidate, discipline, suspend, lay off, dismiss or impose a penalty on an employee because the employee is or will become eligible to pay up take, intends to six take, or takes pregnancy leave or parental leave.
(6d) weeks (210 hours) Where an employer fails to comply with the provisions of Short Term Disability this article, an employment standards officer may order what action, if any, the employer shall take or what the employer shall refrain from doing in order to constitute compliance with this article and may order what compensation shall be paid by the date of a normal birth according employer to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of Director in trust for the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Act.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/Parental and pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as Act, except where amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeksin this provision. Nurses possessing For the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave purposes of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeksthis Article, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents parent shall be defined to include adoptive parents a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father a parent of the a child who intends to treat the child as his or her own. An employee who is pregnant and who has been employed for at least thirteen (13) weeks, immediately preceding the nurses own.expected date of birth shall be entitled, upon her written application, to a pregnancy leave of absence without pay for a maximum of seventeen (17) weeks from employment. This leave can be immediately followed by thirty-five (35) weeks of parental leave of absence without pay. Unless the child has not yet come into the care and control for the first time. An employee who has completed at least thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service and has not taken pregnancy leave above and who is the parent of a child is entitled to a parental leave of absence without pay for a maximum of thirty-seven (37) weeks following:
(a) the birth of a child; or
(b) A nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 the coming of the Employment Insurance Actchild into the custody, shall be paid care and control of a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to parent for the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeksfirst time. The nurseparental leave may begin no later than fifty-two (52) weeks after the day the child if born or comes into the employee’s regular weekly earning custody, care and control for the first time. The employee shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked give written notification two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the leave times together with the nurse’s normal weekly hoursexpected date of return. Credit for service for purposes of salary increment, vacation or sick leave shall continue to accrue during the period of pregnancy/parental leave. In addition, credit for seniority (maximum of fifty-two (52) weeks) for the purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall continue to accrue for the duration of the leave. The employer agrees Employer will continue to pay up its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits in which the employee is participating for the duration of the leave. For part-time employees, credit for seniority for purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall continue to six accrue for the duration of the leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. The employee's intention to return to work on the date originally provided to the Employer shall be reconfirmed by written notification at least two (62) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according in advance thereof. Subject to any changes to the employee’s entitlement under 's status, which would have occurred had the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits not been on pregnancy/parental leave, the employee shall have be reinstated to her former position and at the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions same rate of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actpay.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
(i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
(ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one two (12) month weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
(iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or shall be granted pregnancy leave to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualifiedmaximum of seventeen (17) weeks.
(iv) Parental leave to a maximum of up to sixtythirty-one five (6135) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13or thirty- seven (37) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to weeks if you did not take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their a pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents ) may take this leave within sixtybegin no later than fifty-three two (6352) weeks after the day of the child being is born or coming comes into carethe custody, care and control of a parent for the first time. Natural mothers must take the parental leave at the end of the pregnancy leave, unless the child has not come into the custody, care and control of the mother for the first time, for a total of fifty-two (52) weeks.
(v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
(vi) A During a pregnancy and parental leave, a nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and service rights and, if she so desires participate in the employer following benefits: Pension, Life Insurance, Accidental Death, EHC and Dental. Where a nurse wishes to participate in the benefits, the Employer shall continue to pay its the Employer’s share of benefit the premiums.
(vii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(b) Nurses newly hired to replace nurses who are on approved pregnancy or parental leave may be released and such release shall not be subject to a grievance or arbitration. If retained by the Employer, the nurse shall be credited with seniority from date of hire subject to successfully completing her probationary period. Nurses newly hired for such temporary vacancies shall be classed as casual part-time for seniority and benefit purposes. A part-time or casual part-time nurse who is replaces a full-time nurse on parental/pregnancy or parental leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eightyretain her part-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commissiontime status. The Employer agrees will outline to pay 84% of nurses hired to fill such temporary vacancies the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up circumstances giving rise to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actvacancy and the special conditions relating to such employment.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse Nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of birth, or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) A Nurse shall be granted seventeen (17) weeks of unpaid pregnancy leave. The nurse Nurse has the right to extend the parental/pregnancy leave to twelve (12) months in total, inclusive of any parental leave. Written notice by the Nurse to extend the leave will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. This notice requirement will be shortened in circumstances where medical complications occur in the four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. The Nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s her former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental A Nurse shall be granted sixty-three (63) weeks of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the same Employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Natural mothers may take parental leave to the end of up the pregnancy leave are entitled to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtyseventy-three eight (6378) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse Nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse Nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority service and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiumsseniority.
vii) All benefits shall be kept whole.
viii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
ix) On confirmation by the Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Employer's Supplemental Employment Benefit (bSUB) A nurse Plan, a Nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave and/or parental leave, as provided under this Agreement Agreement, who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy Pregnancy and/or Parental Leave benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 Sections 22 and 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, 1997, as amended from time to time, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment employment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Nurse's Employment Insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse Nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen twenty- seven (1527) weeks. The nurse’s Nurse's regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have This benefit will be paid biweekly upon the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject biweekly submission of the EI statement to the terms and conditions employer.
x) For part-time nurses, percentage in lieu will be included in the calculation of the SUB Plan registered with supplemental employment benefit.
xi) In the case that an Employee elects to receive extended Employment Insurance Commissionparental benefits, such that his or her weekly benefit is reduced, the Employer’s financial obligation under this Article shall not increase. The Employer agrees to pay 84% For greater clarity, the value of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up supplemental compensation that the Employer is obligated to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under provide to the Employee shall be the same as if the Employee had not elected to receive extended Employment Insurance Actparental benefits. Such supplemental compensation shall continue to be paid for the period described in this Article.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) 14.1 Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(a) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii(b) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii(c) The nurse has the right to return extend the parental/pregnancy leave to twelve (12) months in total. Written notice by the nurse to extend the leave will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or termination of the initially approved leave. This notice requirement will be shortened in circumstances where medical complications occur in the four (4) weeks prior to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualifiedtermination of the initially approved leave.
iv(d) Parental leave of up to sixty-one A nurse shall be granted eighteen (6118) weeks is available to birth mother in of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of same employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following at the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v(e) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi(f) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, service and seniority rights on the following benefits: - Pension - Life insurance - Accidental death - Extended health care and dental throughout pregnancy and parental leave at the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.Employer’s cost
vii(g) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(bh) A On return to work a nurse shall be reinstated to the position the employee most recently held with the Employer, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not.
14.2 The Employer agrees to implement a supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plan. An employee who is on parental/qualifies for pregnancy or parental leave, as set out above, will be eligible to receive SUB benefits during the leave as provided under this Agreement who if she has satisfactorily completed the probation period, and has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy Benefits. The SUB benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall for which an employee may be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eighty-four eligible include:
i) Seventy percent (8470%) of the nurseemployee’s regular weekly normal basic earnings and for the sum first two (2) weeks of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion pregnancy or parental leave corresponding to the waiting period for EI benefits, and
ii) A top-up to a maximum of seventy percent (70%) of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting periodnormal weekly basic earnings, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeksweeks of pregnancy or parental leave. The nurse’s regular top-up will be the difference between seventy percent (70%) of the normal weekly earning basic earnings and the weekly EI benefits and all other earnings. Such payments shall be determined by multiplying contingent upon the nurse’s regular hourly rate employee providing proof that s/he is eligible for, or in receipt of, Employment Insurance pregnancy or parental leave benefits during the period of SUB payments. Normal basic earnings for full-time employees shall be based on the nurses employee’s salary on the last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave. Normal basic earnings for part-time or casual employees who take pregnancy or parental leave times will be based on the nurse’s normal weekly hoursinsurable earnings paid in the twenty-eight (28) weeks immediately preceding the pregnancy or parental leave. Employees have no vested rights to SUB payments for periods of unemployment other than for pregnancy or parental leave. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) payment of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to SUB benefits will not reduce or increase the employee’s entitlement under the STD planto other remuneration or benefits related to his or her employments, such as paid vacation time, paid sick time, pension contributions, or severance pay. An employee who receives STD Employees on approved pregnancy and parental leave continue to accumulate seniority. Additional seniority does not accrue for additional hours worked while on pregnancy or parental leave. Other benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered rights continue during leave in accordance with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Standards Act.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Memorandum of Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(a) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/parental and/or pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing weeks before the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leavedue date.
ii(b) The nurse employee shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii(c) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically Pregnant employees shall be considered unqualifiedgranted seventeen (17) weeks of pregnancy leave.
iv(d) Parental leave of up to sixtyNatural mothers shall be granted thirty-one five (6135) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take unpaid parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this shall be granted thirty-seven (37) weeks of parental leave within sixtyand such leave must commence no later then fifty-three two (6352) weeks of the child being born or coming into care. All other parents have the right to extend parental leave to twelve (12) months in total. Each parent who works for the same employer is entitled to parental leave. Natural mothers must take parental leave at the end of the pregnancy leave unless the child has not come into her care. Written notice by the other parent to extend the parental leave to twelve (12) months in total, will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave, if notification is not given prior to the commencement of the leave.
v(e) A nurse An employee shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time anytime up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi(f) A nurse An employee shall continue to accumulate service, seniority rights and service credits during the employer entire pregnancy/parental leave. While an employee is on pregnancy/parental leave the Employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiumsmake Employer contributions to pension, life insurance, accidental death, extended health care and dental plans unless the employee has advised the Employer, in writing, that he/she does not wish to continue to make the employee contributions (if any) to such plans.
vii(g) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(bh) A nurse Employees hired on a temporary basis to replace employees who are on parental/pregnancy leaves may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration.
(i) An employee who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parentalParental/pregnancy benefits Pregnancy Benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment employment benefit. That benefit will be the equivalent to the difference between eightyseventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance benefits employment insurance benefit and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following the completion of the one (1) two-week Employment Insurance employment insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance employment insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse employee is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Act.pregnancy leave and twelve
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as except where amended from time in this provision. An employee who is eligible for a pregnancy leave may extend the leave for a period of up to time and as follows:eighteen (18) months’ duration, inclusive of any parental leave.
i(a) The the service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing ;
(b) the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii(c) The nurse has An employee who becomes a parent of a child is eligible to take a parental leave in accordance with the right to return to provisions of the nurse’s former jobEmployment Standards Act, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction except where amended in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualifiedthis provision.
iv(d) Parental An employee who has taken a pregnancy leave under Article 11.04 is eligible to be granted a parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks weeks’ duration, in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. An employee who is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take eligible for a parental leave must do so immediately following may extend the expiration parental leave for a period of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-up to sixty- three (63) weeks duration, consideration being given to any requirements of adoption authorities. In cases of adoption, the employee shall advise the Employer as far in advance as possible with respect to a prospective adoption and shall request the leave of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date pending adoption. If, because of delivery.
vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share late receipt of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father confirmation of the child who intends pending adoption, the employees finds it impossible to treat request the child as leave of absence in writing, the nurses ownrequest may be made verbally and subsequently verified in writing.
(be) A nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, The employee shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent reinstated to her or his former position, unless that position has been discontinued, in which case the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning employee shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of given a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actcomparable job.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(a) The the service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing ;
(b) the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has . In the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which case of pregnancy leave the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma shall provide the Employer with a medical certificate stating estimated date of delivery;
(c) a nurse will not automatically shall be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one granted eighteen (6118) weeks is available of unpaid parental leave (subject to birth mother in the bargaining unit 11.04 (i)) for each parent who possesses the service requirement of has worked for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following at the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. All ;
(d) all other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care;
(e) the nurse has the right to extend the parental/ pregnancy leave to twelve (12) months in total without pay and without loss of seniority where a doctor's certificate is provided that a longer period of time is required for health reasons of either the mother or child. Written notice by the nurse to extend the leave will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. This notice requirement will be shortened in circumstances where medical complications occur in the four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. The nurse shall be reinstated to her former position unless the position has been discontinued, in which case she shall be given a comparable job;
(f) A nurse who does not apply for leave of absence under this article and who is otherwise entitled to pregnancy leave thereunder, shall be entitled to and shall be granted leave of absence in accordance with this article upon providing the Employer before the expiry of two (2) weeks after she ceased to work with a Medical Certificate from a qualified medical practitioner stating that she was not able to perform the duties of her employment because of a medical condition arising from her pregnancy, and giving the estimated day upon which, in his opinion, delivery will occur or the actual date of her delivery.
v(g) A a nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time anytime up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.;
vi(h) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.;
(bi) A on confirmation by the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission of the appropriateness of the Employer's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, a nurse who has completed five (5) months of continuous service prior to the expected birth date and who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Unemployment Insurance parental/pregnancy Pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, Act shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eightyseventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance unemployment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) two week Employment Insurance unemployment insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse 's unemployment insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen seventeen (1517) weeks. The nurse’s 's regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The employer agrees 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 plan; The Employer is responsible for renewing the SUB plan with Canada Employment and Immigration Commission as soon as practicable when changes to the SUB plan are made and upon renewal of each Collective Agreement. Should the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission approval be delayed because the Employer did not apply as soon as practicable, the Employer is responsible for full payment of this benefit for a nurse for a period of time not to exceed the Employer's delay.
(j) the nurse shall be entitled to accumulate all seniority and service and shall be entitled to participate in the benefits as prescribed in the Collective Agreement, with the exception of Long Term Disability;
(k) at the time of leave the nurse will indicate, in writing, the waiving of participation of benefits or agreement to pay up any employee premium contributions applicable to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from maintain coverage. However, should the date of a normal birth according to nurse extend the employee’s entitlement under leave beyond E.S.A. time allowable, the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits nurse shall have be responsible for full premium payments during the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actextension time.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/Parental and pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as Act, except where amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeksin this provision. Nurses possessing For the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave purposes of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeksthis Article, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents parent shall be defined to include adoptive parents a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father a parent of the a child who intends to treat the child as his or her own. An employee who is pregnant and who has been employed for at least thirteen (13) weeks, immediately preceding the nurses own.expected date of birth shall be entitled, upon her written application, to a pregnancy leave of absence without pay for a maximum of seventeen (17) weeks from employment. This leave can be immediately followed by thirty-five (35) weeks of parental leave of absence without pay. Unless the child has not yet come into the care and control for the first time. An employee who has completed at least thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service and has not taken pregnancy leave above and who is the parent of a child is entitled to a parental leave of absence without pay for a maximum of thirty-seven (37) weeks following:
(a) the birth of a child; or
(b) A nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 the coming of the Employment Insurance Actchild into the custody, shall be paid care and control of a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to parent for the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeksfirst time. The nurseparental leave may begin no later than fifty-two (52) weeks after the day the child if born or comes into the employee’s regular weekly earning custody, care and control for the first time. The employee shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked give written notification two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the leave times together with the nurse’s normal weekly hoursexpected date of return. Credit for service for purposes of salary increment, vacation or sick leave shall continue to accrue during the period of pregnancy/parental leave. In addition, credit for seniority (maximum of fifty-two (52) weeks) for the purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall continue to accrue for the duration of the leave. The employer agrees Employer will continue to pay up its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits in which the employee is participating for the duration of the leave. For part -time employees, credit for seniority for purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall continue to six accrue for the duration of the leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. The employee's intention to return to work on the date originally provided to the Employer shall be reconfirmed by written notification at least two (62) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according in advance thereof. Subject to any changes to the employee’s entitlement under 's status, which would have occurred had the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits not been on pregnancy/parental leave, the employee shall have be reinstated to her former position and at the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions same rate of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actpay.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (
a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and which is as follows:
i1) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing weeks before the service requirement will expected birth date.
2) An employee who is pregnant shall be eligible for entitled, upon application, to pregnancy leave of up to sixteen and parental leave immediately thereafter. Pregnancy leave shall be granted for seventeen (1617) weeks provided in addition to a one the Employment Standards Act, and may begin no earlier than seventeen (117) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following weeks before the pregnancy leaveexpected birth day.
ii3) The nurse employee shall give written notification of at least one two (12) month weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv4) Parental leave must begin no later than fifty-two (52) weeks after the day the child is born or comes into the custody, care and control of the parent for the first time. For employees on pregnancy leave, parental leave will begin immediately after pregnancy leave expires. Parental leave shall be granted for up to sixtythirty-one five (6135) weeks is available to birth mother in duration if the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen employee also took pregnancy leave and thirty-seven (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (6337) weeks of the child being born or coming into carein duration if she did not.
v5) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse An employee shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and rights during the employer entire pregnancy/parental leave. While an employee is on pregnancy/parental leave the Employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiumsmake Employer contributions to life insurance, accidental death, EHC and dental plans unless the employee has advised the Employer, in writing, that she/he does not wish to continue to make the employee contributions (if any) to such plans.
vii6) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(b7) A nurse Employees newly hired to replace employees who is are on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is leaves may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. If retained by the Home in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of permanent position, the Employment Insurance Act, employee shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability credited with seniority from the date of a normal birth according hire subject to successfully completing her probationary period. The Home will outline to employees hired to fill such temporary vacancies the circumstances giving rise to the employee’s entitlement under vacancies and the STD planspecial conditions relating to such employment.
8) Upon return to work, an employee shall be reinstated to her former position, at the start of the work schedule, provided the position still exists. If not to a comparable position at the same rate of pay when the leave commenced or, if it is higher, the rate the employee would have been earning had she worked through the leave.
9) An employee who receives STD benefits shall have give at least two (2) weeks notice of her intention to return to work.
10) The Home may require on medical grounds, that the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to leave of absence must begin on a date earlier than that requested by the terms and conditions employee, if at such time the duties of her position cannot be reasonably performed by a pregnant woman, or the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% performance of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up 's work is materially affected by the pregnancy, and the employee must, if requested by the Home, furnish medical proof of her physical fitness to one (1) weeks resume her employment following her leave of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actabsence.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy Pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(b) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii(c) The nurse employee shall give written notification at least one two (12) month weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an am adopted child.
iii(d) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically employee shall be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one granted eighteen (6118) weeks is available to birth mother in of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of same employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following at the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. .
(e) All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v(f) A nurse An employee shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi(g) A nurse An employee shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and rights during the employer entire pregnancy/parental leave. While an employee is on pregnancy/parental leave the Employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiumsmake Employer contributions to life insurance, accidental death, EHC, and dental plans unless the employee has advised the Employer, in writing, that she/he does not wish to continue to make the employee contributions (if any) to such plans.
vii(h) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(bi) A nurse Employees newly hired to replace employees who is are on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is leaves shall be released and such release shall not be subject of a grievance or arbitration. If retained by the Home in receipt permanent position, the employee shall be credited with seniority from the date of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant hire subject to Section 18 and/or 20 successfully completing her probationary period. The Home 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.
(j) Upon return to work, an employee shall be reinstated to her former position, at the start of the Employment Insurance Actwork schedule, shall be paid provided the position still exists. If not to a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to comparable position at the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) same rate of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked prior to the commencement of pay when the leave times commenced or, if it is higher, the nurse’s normal weekly hours. The employer agrees rate the employee would have been earning had she worked through the leave.
(k) An employee shall give at least two (2) weeks notice of her intention to pay up return to work, however, her leave shall not end before the expiration of six (6) weeks unless other arrangements are made with the Employer.
(210 hoursl) The Home may require on medical grounds, that the leave of Short Term Disability from the absence must begin on a date of a normal birth according to earlier than that requested by the employee’s entitlement under , if at such time the STD plan. duties of her position cannot be reasonably performed by a pregnant woman, or and the employee must, if requested by the Home, furnish medical proof of her fitness to resume her employment following her leave of absence.
(m) The employer shall continue to pay its share of the premium costs of insured benefits while on pregnancy and parental leave, provided the employee pays their portion of the premium cost sharing arrangements, if applicable.
(n) Parental leave may begin no later than 52 weeks after the day the child is born or comes and control for the first time.
(o) An employee who receives STD benefits shall have has taken pregnancy leave must begin her parental leave when her pregnancy ends unless the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit child has not yet come into her custody, care and control for the first time.
(SUBp) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject Parental leave ends 35 weeks after it began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave and 37 weeks after it began, otherwise.
(q) Seniority will accrue based on the scheduled number of hours the employee was working prior to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actstarting their leave.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as except where amended from time in this provision. An employee who is eligible for a pregnancy leave may extend the leave for a period of up to time and as follows:eighteen (18) months’ duration, inclusive of any parental leave.
i(a) The the service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing ;
(b) the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii(c) The nurse has An employee who becomes a parent of a child is eligible to take a parental leave in accordance with the right to return to provisions of the nurse’s former jobEmployment Standards Act, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction except where amended in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualifiedthis provision.
iv(d) Parental An employee who has taken a pregnancy leave under Article 11.04 is eligible to be granted a parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks weeks’ duration, in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. An employee who is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take eligible for a parental leave must do so immediately following may extend the expiration parental leave for a period of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within up to sixty-three (63) weeks duration, consideration being given to any requirements of adoption authorities. In cases of adoption, the employee shall advise the Employer as far in advance as possible with respect to a prospective adoption and shall request the leave of absence, in writing, upon receipt of confirmation of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date pending adoption. If, because of delivery.
vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share late receipt of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father confirmation of the child who intends pending adoption, the employees finds it impossible to treat request the child as leave of absence in writing, the nurses ownrequest may be made verbally and subsequently verified in writing.
(be) A nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, The employee shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent reinstated to their former position, unless that position has been discontinued, in which case the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning employee shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of given a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actcomparable job.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (
a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and which is as follows:
i1) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16i3) weeks in addition to of service before the anticipated birth or adoption of a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leavechild.
ii2) The nurse employee shall give written notification of at least one two (12) month weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii3) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically An employee shall be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of granted up to sixtyfifty-one two (6152) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeksunpaid parental leave. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following at the expiration end of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v4) A nurse An employee shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi5) A nurse An employee shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and rights during the employer entire pregnancy/parental leave. While an employee is on pregnancy/parental leave the Employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiumsmake Employer contributions to life insurance, accidental death, EHC and dental plans unless the employee has advised the Employer, in writing, that she/he does not wish to continue to make the employee contributions (if any) to such plans.
vii6) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(b7) A nurse Employees newly hired to replace employees who is are on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is leaves may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. If retained by the Home in receipt permanent position, the employee shall be credited with seniority from the date of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant hire subject to Section 18 and/or 20 successfully completing her probationary period. The Home will outline to employees hired to fill such temporary vacancies the circumstances giving rise to the vacancies and the special conditions relating to such employment.
8) Upon return to work, an employee shall be reinstated to her former position, at the start of the Employment Insurance Actwork schedule, shall be paid provided the position still exists. If not to a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to comparable position at the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) same rate of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked prior to the commencement of pay when the leave times commenced or, if it is higher, the nurse’s normal weekly hours. The employer agrees rate the employee would have been earning had she worked through the leave.
9) An employee shall give at least four (4) weeks notice of her intention to pay up return to work, however, her leave shall not end before the expiration of six (6) weeks (210 hoursunless other arrangements have been made with the Employer.
10) The Home may require on medical grounds, that the leave of Short Term Disability from the absence must begin on a date of a normal birth according to earlier than that requested by the employee’s entitlement under , if at such time the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have duties of her position cannot be reasonably preformed by a pregnant woman, or the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% performance of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up 's work is materially affected by the pregnancy, and the employee must, if requested by the Home, furnish medical proof of her physical fitness to one (1) weeks resume her employment following her leave of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actabsence.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/Parental and pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as Act, except where amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeksin this provision. Nurses possessing For the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave purposes of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeksthis Article, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents parent shall be defined to include adoptive parents a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father a parent of the a child who intends to treat the child as his or her own. An employee who is pregnant and who has been employed for at least thirteen (13) weeks, immediately preceding the nurses own.expected date of birth shall be entitled, upon her written application, to a pregnancy leave of absence without pay for a maximum of seventeen (17) weeks from employment. An employee who has completed at least thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service and who is the parent of a child is entitled to a parental leave of absence without pay for a maximum of eighteen (18) weeks following:
(a) the birth of a child; or
(b) A nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 the coming of the Employment Insurance Actchild into the custody, shall be paid care and control of a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to parent for the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeksfirst time. The nurse’s regular weekly earning employee shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked give written notification two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the leave times together with the nurse’s normal weekly hoursexpected date of return. The employer agrees employee has the right to extend the parental/pregnancy leave to twelve (12) months in total. Written notice by the employee to extend the parental leave will be given at least two (2) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. Credit for service for purposes of salary increment, vacation or sick leave shall continue to accrue for a maximum of seventeen (17) weeks of pregnancy leave and eighteen (18) weeks of parental leave. In addition, credit for the purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall continue to accrue for a maximum of seventeen (17) weeks of pregnancy leave and eighteen (18) weeks of parental leave. The Employer will continue to pay up to six its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits in which the employee is participating for a maximum of seventeen (617) weeks of pregnancy leave and eighteen (210 hours18) weeks of Short Term Disability from parental leave. For part-time employees, credit for seniority for purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall continue to accrue for a maximum of seventeen (17) weeks of pregnancy leave and eighteen (18) weeks of parental leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. The employees's intention to return to work on the date of a normal birth according originally provided to the Employer shall be reconfirmed by written notification at least two (2) weeks in advance thereof. Subject to any changes to the employee’s entitlement under 's status which would have occurred had the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits not been on pregnancy/parental leave, the employee shall have be reinstated to her former position and at the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions same rate of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actpay.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) 14.1 Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(a) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii(b) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii(c) The nurse has the right to return extend the parental/pregnancy leave to twelve (12) months in total. Written notice by the nurse to extend the leave will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or termination of the initially approved leave. This notice requirement will be shortened in circumstances where medical complications occur in the four (4) weeks prior to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualifiedtermination of the initially approved leave.
iv(d) Parental leave of up to sixty-one A nurse shall be granted seventeen (6117) weeks is available to birth mother in of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of same employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following at the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v(e) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi(f) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, service and seniority rights on the following benefits: - Pension - Life insurance - Accidental death - Extended health care and dental throughout pregnancy and parental leave at the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.Employer’s cost
vii(g) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with A parent includes the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child, a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship with the parent of a child and who intends to treat the child as the nurses his/her own.
(bh) A On return to work a nurse shall be reinstated to the assignment the employee most recently held with the Employer, if it still exists, or to a comparable assignment, if it does not.
14.2 The Employer agrees to implement a supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plan. An employee who is on parental/qualifies for pregnancy or parental leave, as set out above, will be eligible to receive SUB benefits during the leave as provided under this Agreement who if she has satisfactorily completed the probation period, and has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy Benefits. The SUB benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall for which an employee may be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eightyeligible include:
i) Seventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurseemployee’s regular weekly normal basic earnings and for the sum first two (2) weeks of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion pregnancy or parental leave corresponding to the waiting period for EI benefits, and
ii) A top-up to a maximum of seventy-five percent (75%) of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting periodnormal weekly basic earnings, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeksweeks of pregnancy or parental leave. The nurse’s regular top-up will be the difference between seventy-five percent (75%) of the normal weekly earning basic earnings and the weekly EI benefits and all other earnings. Such payments shall be determined by multiplying contingent upon the nurse’s regular hourly rate employee providing proof that she/he is eligible for, or in receipt of, Employment Insurance pregnancy or parental leave benefits during the period of SUB payments. Normal basic earnings for full-time employees shall be based on the nurses employee’s salary on the last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave. Normal basic earnings for part-time or casual employees who take pregnancy or parental leave times will be based on the nurse’s normal weekly hoursinsurable earnings paid in the twenty-eight (28) weeks immediately preceding the pregnancy or parental leave. Employees have no vested rights to SUB payments for periods of unemployment other than for pregnancy or parental leave. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) payment of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to SUB benefits will not reduce or increase the employee’s entitlement under the STD planto other remuneration or benefits related to his or her employments, such as paid vacation time, paid sick time, pension contributions, or severance pay. An employee who receives STD Employees on approved pregnancy and parental leave continue to accumulate seniority. Additional seniority does not accrue for additional hours worked while on pregnancy or parental leave. Other benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered rights continue during leave in accordance with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Standards Act.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) 14.1 Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(a) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii(b) The nurse Registered Nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii(c) The nurse Registered Nurse has the right to return extend the parental/pregnancy leave in accordance with applicable legislation (currently eighteen (18) months in total). Written notice by the Registered Nurse to extend the leave will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or termination of the initially approved leave. This notice requirement will be shortened in circumstances where medical complications occur in the four (4) weeks prior to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualifiedtermination of the initially approved leave.
iv(d) Parental leave of up to sixty-one A Registered Nurse shall be granted seventeen (6117) weeks is available to birth mother in of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of same employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to Pregnant Registered Nurses may take parental leave must do so immediately following at the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v(e) A nurse Registered Nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi(f) A nurse Registered Nurse shall continue to accumulate service, service and seniority rights on the following benefits: - Pension - Life insurance - Accidental death - Extended health care and dental throughout pregnancy and parental leave at the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.Employer’s cost
vii(g) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with A parent includes the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child, a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship with the parent of a child and who intends to treat the child as the nurses their own.
(bh) A nurse On return to work a Registered Nurse shall be reinstated to the assignment the Registered Nurse most recently held with the Employer, if it still exists, or to a comparable assignment, if it does not.
14.2 The Employer agrees to implement a supplementary unemployment benefit (SEB) plan. An Registered Nurse who is on parental/qualifies for pregnancy or parental leave, as set out above, will be eligible to receive SEB benefits during the leave as provided under this Agreement who if they have satisfactorily completed the probation period, and has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy Benefits. The SEB benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall for which an Registered Nurse may be paid eligible include:
i) a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be payment equivalent to the difference between eighty-four percent eighty (8480%) of the nurseRegistered Nurse’s regular base weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of during the one (1) week mandatory employment insurance waiting period stipulated in the Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by Act; and,
ii) weekly payments equivalent to the Employer difference between eighty (80%) of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefitsnormal weekly basic earnings and the regular weekly employment insurance benefit amount, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum of sixteen (16) weeks of pregnancy or parental leave. Registered Nurses who take an extended pregnancy/parental leave of eighteen (18) months will be entitled to a SEB payment equal in dollar value to the SEB payment for an Registered Nurse, in the same classification at the same grid step, who takes the normal thirty-five (35) week parental leave. Such payments shall be contingent upon the Registered Nurse providing proof that they are eligible for, or in receipt of, Employment Insurance pregnancy or parental leave benefits during the period of fifteen (15) weeksSEB payments. The nurse’s regular weekly earning Normal basic earnings for full- time Registered Nurses shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate based on the nurses Registered Nurse’s salary on the last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave. Normal basic earnings for part- time or casual Registered Nurses who take pregnancy or parental leave times will be based on the nurse’s normal weekly hoursinsurable earnings paid in the twenty-eight (28) weeks immediately preceding the pregnancy or parental leave. Registered Nurses have no vested rights to SEB payments for periods of unemployment other than for pregnancy or parental leave. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) payment of Short Term Disability from SEB benefits will not reduce or increase the date of a normal birth according to the employeeRegistered Nurse’s entitlement under the STD planto other remuneration or benefits related to their employments, such as paid vacation time, paid sick time, pension contributions, or severance pay. An employee who receives STD Registered Nurses on approved pregnancy and parental leave continue to accumulate seniority. Additional seniority does not accrue for additional hours worked while on pregnancy or parental leave. Other benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered rights continue during leave in accordance with the Employment Insurance CommissionStandards Act. The Employer agrees to pay 84% Effective the 1st of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up month following ratification, a Registered Nurse who begins pregnancy/parental leave will receive pro-rated vacation credits based on gross pay (i.e. SEB Plan payment) during the leave and will receive unpaid vacation relating to one (1) weeks the unpaid portion of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Acttheir leave.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/Parental and pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as Act, except where amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeksin this provision. Nurses possessing For the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave purposes of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeksthis Article, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents parent shall be defined to include adoptive parents a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father a parent of the a child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(b) A nurse . An employee who is on parental/pregnant and who has been employed for at least thirteen (13) weeks, immediately preceding the expected date of birth shall be entitled, upon her written application, to a pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits absence without pay for a maximum period of fifteen seventeen (1517) weeksweeks from employment. This leave can be immediately followed by thirty-five (35) weeks of parental leave of absence without pay. Unless the child has not yet come into the care and control for the first time. An employee who has completed at least thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service and has not taken pregnancy leave above and who is the parent of a child is entitled to a parental leave of absence without pay for a maximum of thirty-seven (37) weeks following:
a) The birth of a child; or:
b) The coming of the child into the custody, care and control of a parent for the first time. The nurse’s regular weekly earning parental leave may begin no later than fifty-two (52) weeks after the day the child is born or comes into the employee's custody, care and control for the first time. The employee shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked give written notification two (2) weeks prior to the commencement of the leave times together with the nurseexpected date of return. Credit for service for purposes of salary increments, vacation or sick leave shall continue to accrue during the period of pregnancy/parental leave. In addition, credit for seniority (maximum of fifty-two (52) weeks) for the purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall continue to accrue for the duration of the leave. The employer will continue to pay its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits in which the employee is participating for the duration of the leave. For part-time employees, credit for seniority for purposes of promotion, demotion, transfer or layoff shall continue to accrue for the duration of the leave on the basis of what the employee's normal regular hours of work would have been. The employer will continue to pay the percentage in lieu of benefits for part-time employees based on the employee’s normal weekly hourshours for the full duration of the pregnancy leave in addition to pension contributions if applicable. The employer agrees employee's intention to pay up return to six work on the date originally provided to the Employer shall be reconfirmed by written notification at least two (62) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according in advance thereof. Subject to any changes to the employee’s entitlement under 's status, which would have occurred had the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits not been on pregnancy/parental leave, the employee shall have be reinstated to her former position and at the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions same rate of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actpay.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy Pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:time.
i(a) The service requirement Employer shall continue to make the Employer contribution for eligibility for parental/the following benefit plans: life insurance, accidental death, EHC, Long Term Disability and Dental throughout the pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up unless the nurse gives the Employer a written notice that the nurse does not intend to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to pay the nurse’s former job, if it still existscontribution, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensationfails to make the payment by the deadline. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in The Employer and the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence discuss deducting the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time share of the premiums from the last pay or equally from up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date last four pays. Contributions for the OMERS pension plan shall be made as per the terms of delivery.
vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority OMERS and the employer Employer shall continue to pay make its share of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses owncontributions accordingly.
(b) A nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave or parental leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parentalParental/pregnancy benefits Pregnancy Benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance ActAct (Canada), shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefitemployment benefit for a maximum of twenty-seven (27) weeks. That benefit will be the equivalent to the difference between eightyseventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurse’s their regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s their weekly Employment Insurance benefits benefit and any other earnings, as reported by or to the employer. Such payment shall commence following the completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance employment insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeksbenefits. The nurse’s regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s their regular hourly rate on the nurses their last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s their normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to normal weekly hours for a part-time nurse shall be calculated by using the same time period used for calculation of the Employment Insurance benefit (currently twenty-six (626) weeks weeks).
i) In order to be eligible for the top-up under this Article 8.05, the nurse must provide the employer with proof that they are in receipt of Employment Insurance benefits pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act (210 hoursCanada) and the amount of the Employment Insurance benefit they are receiving.
ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, in no event will the top-up exceed the difference between seventy-five percent (75%) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject actual weekly rate of pay that they were receiving on the last day worked prior to the terms and conditions start of the SUB Plan registered with leave and the nurse’s Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees benefit calculated without regard to pay 84% any election by the nurse to receive a lower Employment Insurance benefit spread over a longer period of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period time as may be permitted under the Employment Insurance ActAct (Canada).
(c) Upon a return from pregnancy/parental leave, the nurse shall be reinstated to their former position, unless the nurse’s former position has been discontinued in which case they shall be given a comparable position.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy Pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) ). A copy of the Employment Standards Act will be readily accessible to the nurses at all times. Any nurse, on request will be provided with a copy of Section 46-49 of the Employment Standards Act, as amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leavetime.
ii(a) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s pregnancy leave at any time up to An additional seventeen (17) weeks before leave of absence without pay, employer contributions to benefits, or credit for service or seniority, will be granted upon request. Such request must be submitted at the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child same time as the nurses ownrequest for Parental leave is submitted.
(b) A nurse An employee who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parentalParental/pregnancy benefits Pregnancy Benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance ActAct (Canada), shall be paid a supplemental unemployment employment benefit. That benefit will be the equivalent to the difference between eightyseventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance benefits employment insurance benefit and any other earnings, as reported by or to the employer. Such payment shall commence following the completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance employment insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance employment insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse employee is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeksbenefits. The nurse’s employee's regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from normal weekly hours for a part-time employee shall be calculated by using the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions same time period used for calculation of the SUB Plan registered Employment insurance benefit (currently 26 weeks).
i) In order to be eligible for the top-up under this Article 9.05, the employee must provide the employer with proof that they are in receipt of employment insurance benefits pursuant to the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees Act (Canada) and the amount of the employment insurance benefit she is receiving
ii) Notwithstanding anything to pay 84the contrary above, in no event will the top-up exceed the difference between 75% of the employee’s regular actual weekly earnings for up rate of pay that she was receiving on the last day worked prior to one (1) weeks the start of an applicable waiting the leave and the employee’s employment insurance benefit calculated without regard to any election by the employee to receive a lower employment insurance benefit spread over a longer period of time as may be permitted under the Employment Insurance ActAct (Canada).
(c) An employer shall not intimidate, discipline, suspend, lay off, dismiss or impose a penalty on an employee because the employee is or will become eligible to take, intends to take, or takes pregnancy leave or parental leave.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse Nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of birth, or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) A Nurse shall be granted seventeen (17) weeks of unpaid pregnancy leave. The nurse Nurse has the right to extend the parental/pregnancy leave to twelve (12) months in total, inclusive of any parental leave. Written notice by the Nurse to extend the leave will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. This notice requirement will be shortened in circumstances where medical complications occur in the four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. The Nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s her former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixtyA Nurse shall be granted thirty-one five (6135) weeks is available to birth mother in of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of same Employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following to the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse Nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse Nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority service and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiumsseniority.
vii) All benefits shall be kept whole.
viii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
ix) On confirmation by the Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Employer's Supplemental Employment Benefit (bSUB) A nurse Plan, a Nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave and/or parental leave, as provided under this Agreement Agreement, who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy Pregnancy and/or Parental Leave benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 Sections 22 and 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, 1997, as amended from time to time, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment employment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one two (12) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Nurse's Employment Insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse Nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen twenty-seven (1527) weeks. The nurse’s Nurse's regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have This benefit will be paid biweekly upon the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject biweekly submission of the EI statement to the terms and conditions employer.
x) For part-time nurses, percentage in lieu will be included in the calculation of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actsupplemental employment benefit.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy Pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(a) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii(b) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
vc) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi(d) A nurse who is otherwise entitled shall be granted seventeen (17) weeks of unpaid pregnancy leave and thirty-five (35) weeks of unpaid parental leave. All other parents may take unpaid parental leave of thirty-seven (37) weeks within fifty-two (52) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
(e) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority rights and the employer Employer shall continue to make the Employer contribution for the following benefit plans: pension, life insurance, accidental death, EHC and dental throughout the pregnancy and parental leave unless the employee gives the Employer a written notice that the employee does not intend to pay its the employee’s contribution. The Employer and the employee shall discuss deducting the employee’s share of benefit premiumsthe premiums from the last pay or equally from up to the last four pays.
vii(f) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(bg) Nurses newly hired to replace nurses who are on parental/pregnancy leaves may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration.
(h) 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 position.
(i) A nurse period of pregnancy/parental leave is not included in any probationary period.
(j) An employee who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement agreement, who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy maternity benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefitemployment benefit to a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. That The benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eightyseventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance benefits employment insurance benefit and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance employment insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse employment insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of such employment insurance pregnancy benefits and shall continue for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to normal weekly hours for a part-time employee shall be calculated by using the same time period used for calculation of the employment insurance benefit (currently twenty-six (626) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actweeks).
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) 14.1 Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(a) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii(b) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii(c) The nurse has the right to return extend the parental/pregnancy leave to twelve (12) months in total. Written notice by the nurse to extend the leave will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or termination of the initially approved leave. This notice requirement will be shortened in circumstances where medical complications occur in the four (4) weeks prior to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualifiedtermination of the initially approved leave.
iv(d) Parental leave of up to sixty-one A nurse shall be granted seventeen (6117) weeks is available to birth mother in of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of same employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following at the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v(e) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi(f) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, service and seniority rights on the following benefits: - Pension - Life insurance - Accidental death - Extended health care and dental throughout pregnancy and parental leave at the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.Employer’s cost
vii(g) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with A parent includes the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child, a person with whom a child is placed for adoption and a person who is in a relationship with the parent of a child and who intends to treat the child as the nurses their own.
(bh) A On return to work a nurse shall be reinstated to the assignment the employee most recently held with the Employer, if it still exists, or to a comparable assignment, if it does not.
14.2 The Employer agrees to implement a supplementary unemployment benefit (SUB) plan. An employee who is on parental/qualifies for pregnancy or parental leave, as set out above, will be eligible to receive SUB benefits during the leave as provided under this Agreement who if they have satisfactorily completed the probation period, and has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy Benefits. The SUB benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall for which an employee may be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eightyeligible include:
i) Seventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurseemployee’s regular weekly normal basic earnings and for the sum first two (2) weeks of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion pregnancy or parental leave corresponding to the waiting period for EI benefits, and
ii) A top-up to a maximum of seventy-five percent (75%) of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting periodnormal weekly basic earnings, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeksweeks of pregnancy or parental leave. The nurse’s regular top-up will be the difference between seventy-five percent (75%) of the normal weekly earning basic earnings and the weekly EI benefits and all other earnings. Such payments shall be determined by multiplying contingent upon the nurse’s regular hourly rate employee providing proof that they are eligible for, or in receipt of, Employment Insurance pregnancy or parental leave benefits during the period of SUB payments. Normal basic earnings for full-time employees shall be based on the nurses employee’s salary on the last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave. Normal basic earnings for part-time or casual employees who take pregnancy or parental leave times will be based on the nurse’s normal weekly hoursinsurable earnings paid in the twenty-eight (28) weeks immediately preceding the pregnancy or parental leave. Employees have no vested rights to SUB payments for periods of unemployment other than for pregnancy or parental leave. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) payment of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to SUB benefits will not reduce or increase the employee’s entitlement under the STD planto other remuneration or benefits related to their employments, such as paid vacation time, paid sick time, pension contributions, or severance pay. An employee who receives STD Employees on approved pregnancy and parental leave continue to accumulate seniority. Additional seniority does not accrue for additional hours worked while on pregnancy or parental leave. Other benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered rights continue during leave in accordance with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Standards Act.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy Pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(b) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii(c) The nurse employee shall give written notification at least one two (12) month weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an am adopted child.
iii(d) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically employee shall be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one granted eighteen (6118) weeks is available to birth mother in of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of same employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following at the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. .
(e) All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v(f) A nurse An employee shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi(g) A nurse An employee shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and rights during the employer entire pregnancy/parental leave. While an employee is on pregnancy/parental leave the Employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiumsmake Employer contributions to life insurance, accidental death, EHC, and dental plans unless the employee has advised the Employer, in writing, that she/he does not wish to continue to make the employee contributions (if any) to such plans.
vii(h) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(bi) A nurse Employees newly hired to replace employees who is are on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is leaves shall be released and such release shall not be subject of a grievance or arbitration. If retained by the Home in receipt permanent position, the employee shall be credited with seniority from the date of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant hire subject to Section 18 and/or 20 successfully completing her probationary period. The Home 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.
(j) Upon return to work, an employee shall be reinstated to her former position, at the start of the Employment Insurance Actwork schedule, shall be paid provided the position still exists. If not to a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to comparable position at the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) same rate of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked prior to the commencement of pay when the leave times commenced or, if it is higher, the nurse’s normal weekly hours. The employer agrees rate the employee would have been earning had she worked through the leave.
(k) An employee shall give at least two (2) weeks notice of her intention to pay up return to work, however, her leave shall not end before the expiration of six (6) weeks unless other arrangements are made with the Employer.
(210 hoursl) The Home may require on medical grounds, that the leave of Short Term Disability from the absence must begin on a date of a normal birth according to earlier than that requested by the employee’s entitlement under , if at such time the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have duties of her position cannot be reasonably performed by a pregnant woman, or the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% performance of the employee’s regular weekly earnings work is materially affected by the pregnancy, and the employee must, if requested by the Home, furnish medical proof of her fitness to resume her employment following her leave of absence.
(m) The employer shall continue to pay its share of the premium costs of insured benefits while on pregnancy and parental leave, provided the employee pays their portion of the premium cost sharing arrangements, if applicable.
(n) Parental leave may begin no later than 52 weeks after the day the child is born or comes into the employee’s custody, care and control for up the first time.
(o) An employee who has taken pregnancy leave must begin her parental lave when her pregnancy ends unless the child has not yet come into her custody, care and control for the first time.
(p) Parental leave ends 35 weeks after it began, if the employee also took pregnancy leave and 37 weeks after it began, otherwise.
(q) Seniority will accrue based on the scheduled number of hours the employee was working prior to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actstarting their leave.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the
(a) the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing ;
(b) the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has . In the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which case of pregnancy leave the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma shall provide the Employer with a medical certificate stating estimated date of delivery;
(c) a nurse will not automatically shall be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one granted eighteen (6118) weeks is available of unpaid parental leave (subject to birth mother in the bargaining unit 11.04 (i)) for each parent who possesses the service requirement of has worked for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following at the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. All ;
(d) all other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care;
(e) the nurse has the right to extend the parental/ pregnancy leave to twelve (12) months in total without pay and without loss of seniority where a doctor's certificate is provided that a longer period of time is required for health reasons of either the mother or child. Written notice by the nurse to extend the leave will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. This notice requirement will be shortened in circumstances where medical complications occur in the four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. The nurse shall be reinstated to her former position unless the position has been discontinued, in which case she shall be given a comparable job;
(f) A nurse who does not apply for leave of absence under this article and who is otherwise entitled to pregnancy leave thereunder, shall be entitled to and shall be granted leave of absence in accordance with this article upon providing the Employer before the expiry of two (2) weeks after she ceased to work with a Medical Certificate from a qualified medical practitioner stating that she was not able to perform the duties of her employment because of a medical condition arising from her pregnancy, and giving the estimated day upon which, in his opinion, delivery will occur or the actual date of her delivery.
v(g) A a nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time anytime up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.;
vi(h) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiums.
vii) Parents parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.;
(bi) A on confirmation by the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission of the appropriateness of the Employer's Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan, a nurse who has completed five (5) months of continuous service prior to the expected birth date and who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Unemployment Insurance parental/pregnancy Pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, Act shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eightyseventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance unemployment insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one two (12) week Employment Insurance unemployment insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse 's unemployment insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen seventeen (1517) weeks. The nurse’s 's regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The employer agrees 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 plan; The Employer is responsible for renewing the SUB plan with Canada Employment and Immigration Commission as soon as practicable when changes to the SUB plan are made and upon renewal of each Collective Agreement. Should the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission approval be delayed because the Employer did not apply as soon as practicable, the Employer is responsible for full payment of this benefit for a nurse for a period of time not to exceed the Employer's delay.
(j) the nurse shall be entitled to accumulate all seniority and service and shall be entitled to participate in the benefits as prescribed in the Collective Agreement, with the exception of Long Term Disability;
(k) at the time of leave the nurse will indicate, in writing, the waiving of participation of benefits or agreement to pay up any employee premium contributions applicable to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from maintain coverage. However, should the date of a normal birth according to nurse extend the employee’s entitlement under leave beyond E.S.A. time allowable, the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits nurse shall have be responsible for full premium payments during the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actextension time.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:the
i) a. The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) b. The nurse employee shall give written notification of at least one two (12) month weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically c. An employee shall be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one granted thirty five (6135) weeks is available to birth mother in of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of same Employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following at the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse d. An employee shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse e. An employee shall continue to accumulate serviceseniority rights during the entire pregnancy/parental leave. While an employee is on pregnancy/parental leave, seniority and the employer Employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiumsmake Employer contributions to pension, life insurance, accidental death, EHC and dental plans unless the employee has advised the Employer, in writing, that she/he does not wish to continue to make the employee contributions (if any) to such plans.
vii) f. Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his/her own.
(b) A nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits pursuant g. Upon return to Section 18 and/or 20 work, an employee shall be reinstated to her former position, at the start of the Employment Insurance Actwork schedule, provided the position still exists. If not, then to a comparable position at the same rate of pay as when the leave commenced, or, if it is higher, the rate the employee would have been earning had she worked through the leave.
h. An employee shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eighty-four percent give at least two (84%) of the nurse’s regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (152) weeks' notice of her intention to return to work. The nurse’s regular weekly earning However, her leave shall be determined by multiplying not end before the nurse’s regular hourly rate on the nurses last day worked prior to the commencement expiration of the leave times the nurse’s normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) unless other arrangements are made with the Employer.
i. The Home may require, on medical grounds, that the leave of Short Term Disability from the absence must begin on a date of a normal birth according to earlier than that requested by the employee’s entitlement under , if at such time the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have duties of her position cannot be reasonably performed by a pregnant woman or the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% performance of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up 's work is materially affected by the pregnancy and the employee must, if requested by the Home, furnish medical proof of her fitness to one (1) weeks resume her employment following her leave of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actabsence.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse Nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of birth, or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) A Nurse shall be granted seventeen (17) weeks of unpaid pregnancy leave. The nurse Nurse has the right to extend the parental/pregnancy leave to twelve (12) months in total, inclusive of any parental leave. Written notice by the Nurse to extend the leave will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. This notice requirement will be shortened in circumstances where medical complications occur in the four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. The Nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s her former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental A Nurse shall be granted sixty-three (63) weeks of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the same Employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Natural mothers may take parental leave to the end of up the pregnancy leave are entitled to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtyseventy-three eight (6378) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse Nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse Nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority service and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiumsseniority.
vii) All benefits shall be kept whole.
viii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
ix) On confirmation by the Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Employer's Supplemental Employment Benefit (bSUB) A nurse Plan, a Nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave and/or parental leave, as provided under this Agreement Agreement, who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy Pregnancy and/or Parental Leave benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 Sections 22 and 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, 1997, as amended from time to time, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment employment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one (1) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Nurse's Employment Insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse Nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen twenty-seven (1527) weeks. The nurse’s Nurse's regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have This benefit will be paid biweekly upon the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject biweekly submission of the EI statement to the terms and conditions employer.
x) For part-time nurses, percentage in lieu will be included in the calculation of the SUB Plan registered with supplemental employment benefit.
xi) In the case that an Employee elects to receive extended Employment Insurance Commissionparental benefits, such that his or her weekly benefit is reduced, the Employer’s financial obligation under this Article shall not increase. The Employer agrees to pay 84% For greater clarity, the value of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up supplemental compensation that the Employer is obligated to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under provide to the Employee shall be the same as if the Employee had not elected to receive extended Employment Insurance Actparental benefits. Such supplemental compensation shall continue to be paid for the period described in this Article.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii) The nurse Nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of birth, or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) A Nurse shall be granted seventeen (17) weeks of unpaid pregnancy leave. The nurse Nurse has the right to extend the parental/pregnancy leave to twelve (12) months in total, inclusive of any parental leave. Written notice by the Nurse to extend the leave will be given at least four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. This notice requirement will be shortened in circumstances where medical complications occur in the four (4) weeks prior to the termination of the initially approved leave. The Nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s her former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixtyA Nurse shall be granted thirty-one five (6135) weeks is available to birth mother in of unpaid parental leave for each parent who has worked for the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of same Employer for thirteen (13) weeks. Birth Natural mothers who wish to may take parental leave must do so immediately following to the expiration end of their the pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixtythirty-three five (6335) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
v) A nurse Nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi) A nurse Nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority service and the employer shall continue to pay its share of benefit premiumsseniority.
vii) All benefits shall be kept whole.
viii) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
ix) On confirmation by the Employment Insurance Commission of the appropriateness of the Employer's Supplemental Employment Benefit (bSUB) A nurse Plan, a Nurse who is on parental/pregnancy leave and/or parental leave, as provided under this Agreement Agreement, who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy Pregnancy and/or Parental Leave benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 Sections 22 and 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, 1997, as amended from time to time, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment employment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance benefits and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one two (12) week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Nurse's Employment Insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse Nurse is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen twenty- seven (1527) weeks. The nurse’s Nurse's regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to six (6) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have This benefit will be paid biweekly upon the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject biweekly submission of the EI statement to the terms and conditions employer.
x) For part-time nurses, percentage in lieu will be included in the calculation of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actsupplemental employment benefit.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Parental/Pregnancy Leave. (a) Parental/pregnancy Pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act (ESA) as amended from time to time and as follows:
i(a) The service requirement for eligibility for parental/pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Nurses possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to sixteen (16) weeks in addition to a one (1) week waiting period and a subsequent parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks, total leave of up to seventy-eight (78) weeks, immediately following the pregnancy leave.
ii(b) The nurse shall give written notification at least one (1) month in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth of or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
iii) The nurse has the right to return to the nurse’s former job, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not, or to any position for which the nurse is qualified, provided there is no reduction in compensation. A diploma nurse will not automatically be considered unqualified.
iv) Parental leave of up to sixty-one (61) weeks is available to birth mother in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Birth mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within sixty-three (63) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
vc) A nurse shall be allowed to commence the nurse’s her pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
vi(d) A nurse who is otherwise entitled shall be granted seventeen (17) weeks of unpaid pregnancy leave and thirty-five (35) weeks of unpaid parental leave. All other parents may take unpaid parental leave of thirty-seven (37) weeks within fifty-two (52) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
(e) A nurse shall continue to accumulate service, seniority rights and the employer Employer shall continue to make the Employer contribution for the following benefit plans: pension, life insurance, accidental death, EHC and dental throughout the pregnancy and parental leave unless the employee gives the Employer a written notice that the employee does not intend to pay its share of benefit premiumsthe employee’s contribution.
vii(f) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child who intends to treat the child as the nurses his or her own.
(bg) Nurses newly hired to replace nurses who are on parental/pregnancy leaves may be released and such release shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration.
(h) 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 position.
(i) A nurse period of pregnancy/parental leave is not included in any probationary period.
(j) Effective January 1, 2005 an employee who is on parental/pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement agreement, who is in receipt of Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy maternity benefits pursuant to Section 18 and/or 20 of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefitemployment benefit to a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. That The benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eightyseventy-four five percent (8475%) of the nurse’s her regular weekly earnings and the sum of the nurse’s her weekly Employment Insurance benefits employment insurance benefit and any other earnings. Such payment shall commence following completion of the one two (12) week Employment Insurance employment insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the nurse’s Employment Insurance parental/pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the nurse employment insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of such employment insurance maternity benefits and shall continue for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The nurse’s regular weekly earning earnings shall be determined by multiplying the nurse’s her regular hourly rate on the nurses her last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave times the nurse’s her normal weekly hours. The employer agrees to pay up to normal weekly hours for a part-time employee shall be calculated by using the same time period used for calculation of the employment insurance benefit (currently twenty-six (626) weeks (210 hours) of Short Term Disability from the date of a normal birth according to the employee’s entitlement under the STD plan. An employee who receives STD benefits shall have the nurse’s Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) benefits reduced accordingly. The benefits provided herein are subject to the terms and conditions of the SUB Plan registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The Employer agrees to pay 84% of the employee’s regular weekly earnings for up to one (1) weeks of an applicable waiting period under the Employment Insurance Actweeks).
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Samples: Collective Agreement
