PARTNER SUPPORT LEAVE. Where an employee's partner gives birth to a child or adopts a child, the employer shall grant the employee leave without pay up to a maximum of weeks, as requested by the employee. An employee on partner support leave shall remain a member of the bargaining unit, and shall receive the benefits of this agreement except the employee shall not accrue leave with pay, or take leave with pay, during a period of partner support leave. Subject to operational requirements, the employer may grant additional partner support leave for a reasonable period of time agreed upon between the employer and the employee.
PARTNER SUPPORT LEAVE. Where an employee's partner gives birth to a child or adopts a child, the employer shall grant the employee leave without pay up to a maximum of I weeks, as requested by the employee. An employee on partner support leave shall remain a member of the bargaining unit, and shall receive the benefits of this agreement except the employee shall not accrue leave with pay, or take leave with pay, during a period of partner support leave. Upon returning to work, the employee shall resume her previous position, or a comparable position. The employer will make every reasonable effort to assign her to her previous position. Subject to operational requirements, the employer may grant additional partner support leave for a reasonable period of time agreed upon between the employer and the employee.
PARTNER SUPPORT LEAVE. 41.01 Upon receiving six (6) weeks notice of an impending birth or adoption of a child by the employee’s partner, the Employer may grant the employee leave without pay for up to 26 weeks, providing the employee has completed their probationary period.
41.02 The leave may be taken for any period less than 26 weeks as requested by the employee, and may be taken before or after the arrival of the child, or partially before and partially after.
41.03 An employee on partner support for longer than two months must give the Employer a month’s notice of intention to return to work at the agreed upon date. Otherwise the Employer will make reasonable efforts to contact the employee within the next two weeks to determine the employee’s intentions. If the Employer cannot contact the employee, their employment is deemed to terminate on the date on which the employee should have notified the Employer.
41.04 If an employee on partner support leave decides not to return to work, and notifies the Employer of this one month prior to the previously agreed upon date of return, the employee’s employment shall terminate on the date on which the leave was due to expire, or at any sooner date the employee wishes.
41.05 An employee on partner support leave remains a member of the bargaining unit, and shall receive the benefits of this agreement except that the employee shall not accrue leave with pay, or take leave with pay, during a period of partner support leave.
41.06 Subject to operational requirements, the Employer may grant additional partner support leave for a reasonable period of time agreed upon between the Employer and the employee.
41.07 Upon returning to work, the employee shall resume their previous position, or a comparable position. The Employer will make every reasonable effort to assign the employee to their previous position.
41.08 An employee who is not entitled to partner support leave for the reason that the employee has not given six weeks notice under Xxxxxx 41.01 may be granted partner support leave by the Employer, subject to operational requirements.
PARTNER SUPPORT LEAVE. Where an employee’s partner gives birth to a or adopts a child, the employee shall receive one (1) day’s leave with pay to attend the birth or to attend to the bringing of the child to its adoptive home.
