Parenting Leaves. Pregnancy leaves shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act of Canada and the Employment Standards Act of Ontario.
Parenting Leaves. 6.8.1 Employees needing to be absent due to disability caused by pregnancy or child birth may use sick leave as provided under the sick leave provisions of this Contract.
6.8.2 An employee may be granted up to two (2) days of paid parenting leave at the time of birth or adoption of his/her child, or in the event of adoption, at the time of taking delivery of the adopted child. Such leave shall not be deducted from sick leave.
6.8.3 Employees may be granted an unpaid parental leave of absence in relation to child rearing as follows:
6.8.3.1 An employee who is pregnant shall be entitled, on request, to an unpaid leave to begin at any time between the commencement of her pregnancy and birth of the child. The employee shall make formal application to the Human Resources Department for parental leave.
6.8.3.2 Once the child is born, an employee may be granted, upon request, an unpaid child-rearing leave to begin at any time between the birth and/or adoption of his/her child and two years thereafter. The leave may not exceed one year without the approval of the superintendent and board of education.
6.8.3.3 Leaves under these provisions shall be requested by submitting a formal leave of absence request to Human Resources, signed by the employee’s supervisor, and should be requested as far in advance of the desired leave as possible.
Parenting Leaves. These provisions apply to members of the academic staff holding Continuing, Contingent Term, or Limited Term appointments, whether full-time or part-time.
Parenting Leaves a) Pregnancy Leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act of Ontario.
b) Parental Leaves will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act of Ontario.
Parenting Leaves. A male Employee shall be entitled, upon request, to a Leave without pay for a period not to exceed ten (10) weeks upon the birth of the Employee's child. Such leave must take place within fifty-two (52) weeks of the birth of the child.
Parenting Leaves. To the extent not otherwise credited, Hours of Service shall be credited to an employee for any period of absence from work beginning in Plan Years commencing after August 31, 1985, due to pregnancy of the employee, the birth of a child of the employee, the placement of a child with the employee in connection with the adoption of such child by the employee or for the purpose of caring for such child for a period beginning immediately following such birth or placement. The employee shall be credited with the number of Hours of Service which otherwise would normally have been credited to such employee but for such absence. If it is impossible to determine the number of Hours of Service which would otherwise normally have been so credited, the employee shall be credited with eight (8) Hours of Service for each day of such absence. In no event, however, shall the number of Hours of Service credited for any such absence exceed five hundred one (501) Hours of Service. Such Hours of Service shall be credited to the computation period in which such absence from work begins if crediting all or any portion of such Hours of Service is necessary to prevent the employee from incurring a One-Year Break in Service in such computation period. If the crediting of such Hours of Service is not necessary to prevent the occurrence of a One-Year Break in Service in that computation period, such Hours of Service shall be credited in the immediately following computation period (even though no part of such absence may have occurred in such subsequent computation period). These Hours of Service shall not be credited until the employee furnishes timely information which may be reasonably required by the Administrative Committee to establish that the absence from work is for a reason for which these Hours of Service may be credited.
Parenting Leaves a) Pregnancy leaves shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act of Canada and the Employment Standards Act of Ontario.
b) Parental and Adoption leaves shall be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act of Canada and the Employment Standards Act of Ontario.
c) Upon request, a Teacher shall be granted three (3) days paternity leave within ten (10) days of the birth/adoption of a child.
d) The probationary period of a Teacher who, during his/her probationary period is granted a pregnancy or parental/adoption leave at the request of the Teacher or due to a statutory obligation, will be extended for a period equal to the period of the leave. An extension will not apply where the Teacher performs the duties of a Teacher on probation for a minimum of five consecutive months in a school year.
e) The Board shall provide a Supplementary Employment Insurance Benefits Plan (SEB) for Teachers on pregnancy leave.
i) The plan will pay 100% of the Teacher’s normal weekly earnings, during the mandatory two (2) week waiting period for Employment Insurance Pregnancy Benefits.
ii) The plan will pay 100% of the Teacher’s normal weekly earnings, minus the Employment Insurance Benefits, for four (4) weeks. The combined weekly level of EI Benefits, SEB and other earnings will not exceed 100% of the Teacher’s normal weekly earnings.
iii) In the event that there is no mandatory two week waiting period, the plan will pay 100% of the Teacher’s normal weekly earnings, minus the Employment Insurance Benefits, for six (6) weeks. The combined weekly level of EI Benefits, SEB and other earnings will not exceed 100% of the Teacher’s normal weekly earnings.
iv) To receive this supplement, the Teacher must supply the Board with adequate information from Service Canada reflecting their waiting period and weekly payment.
v) No sick leave deduction will be made as a result of payments made under this Article. It is understood that a Teacher cannot access sick leave for the six-week period if they have received a top-up under this Article as these payments under this provision are in lieu of entitlement and /or payment of sick pay.
vi) Teachers not eligible to receive Employment Insurance Benefits may choose to use their sick leave credits for up to six weeks following the birth of their child. Further use of sick leave credits, during the pregnancy leave, related to the birth of the child, will be based on supporting medical...
Parenting Leaves. PREGNANCY/PARENTAL LEAVE
Parenting Leaves. A number of changes have been made to the parenting leave provisions to bring the current collective agreement language in line with the changes to the Saskatchewan Employment Act and the Federal Employment Insurance -
Parenting Leaves. 27.1 An Employee is entitled to leave of up to one year in connection with the birth or adoption of a child, during which time seniority and service-related benefit entitlements (i.e. vacation) shall continue to accrue. Subject to Article 27.2, this leave will be unpaid.
27.2 Upon the birth or adoption of a child to an Employee or to an Employee’s spouse or spouse equivalent, the Employee is entitled to the equivalent of twelve (12) weeks’ pay or equivalent provision in compliance with the requirements of the Employment Insurance Sub Plan Appendix B, which will be apportioned over all or part of the period which the Employee is actually off work pursuant to Article 27. This provision may be used to supplement E.I. maternity benefits in accordance with the E.I .Act.
27.3 In accordance with the preceding and for the duration of the parenting leave, the Employer shall make its normal premium payments for the benefit plans in which the Employee participates.
27.4 An Employee on parenting leave shall return to the Employee’s former position or to a position of equal or greater rank and salary. The Employee is required to provide sufficient notice to the Employer of a return to work to permit the layoff of any Employee hired to replace the Employee on Leave.
