Common use of Pay During Maternity Disability or Child Care Leave Clause in Contracts

Pay During Maternity Disability or Child Care Leave. An employee with at least one (1) full year of service who is on Maternity Disability Leave, or on Child Care Leave to take care of a newborn child or a child newly adopted or placed for xxxxxx care, will receive her/his normal pay and benefits for the first six (6) weeks of such leave. In no event will pay exceed a total of six (6) weeks for both leaves. If an employee and his or her spouse both are employed by the College, they are jointly eligible for a combined total of six (6) weeks of paid Parental Leave. Leave under this policy must be taken within one year of the birth, adoption or xxxxxx placement. Leave benefits will be paid only for periods in which the employee would otherwise have worked. For any period of Parental Leave that is not paid in accordance with paragraph (e), the employee may, at his or her option, use any accumulated paid sick leave, unused vacation, or the benefit provided under the Short Term Disability Plan as set forth in Article 20.4(c) if she meets the eligibility requirements therein, during such parental leave. Academic-year employees on parental leave may not, however, use paid sick leave during the College’s winter or summer recesses, except when the employee actually loses time from scheduled work on account of such parental leave.