Common use of Plan B Clause in Contracts

Plan B. Supplemental Adoption Allowance Pay shall be granted in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in clause 25.07 together with the following additional terms and conditions: 25.09.1 Where an employee elects the Supplemental Adoption Allowance Plan, payments will consist of the following: (a) For the first two (2) weeks of Adoption Leave, payment will be 93% of regular wages. (b) For up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments to be made will be the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and 93% of regular wages. The combined weekly level of E.I. benefit, Supplemental Adoption Allowance and other earnings shall not exceed 95% of the employees normal weekly earnings as per E.I. regulations. (c) In the event that legislation is enacted that provides additional Employment Insurance (other than an increase in the maximum standard benefits) or any other payment to salary during the ten (10) week period to an employee on account of their adoption of a child, the amount they are entitled to receive as provided in (b) above shall be decreased by the amount they would be entitled to receive as a result of such additional Employment Insurance or other payment. (d) Employees will be required to apply for and become entitled to Employment Insurance before Supplemental payments become payable. (e) To verify they are receiving Employment Insurance benefits, employees must mail, bring, or send their first two (2) benefit statements to the Corporate Payroll Department. Should the Employment Insurance payment change, the employee must mail, bring or send their revised Employment Insurance statement to the Corporate Payroll Department to ensure the supplement pay is adjusted accordingly. 25.09.2 To be eligible, the employee shall sign an Agreement with the Company providing that: (a) They must return to work and remain in the Company’s employ for at least the hours equivalent to six (6) consecutive months of employment in their old capacity prior to commencing Adoption Leave, (b) They will return to work on the date of expiry of their Adoption Leave, and (c) Should they fail to return to work as provided under (a) and (b) above they are indebted to the Company for the full amount received as Supplemental Adoption Allowance and will repay same upon request by the Company. 25.09.3 The Supplemental Adoption Allowance does not apply to Term or Part-time employees.

Plan B. Supplemental Adoption Allowance Pay shall be granted in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in clause 25.07 11.07 together with the following additional terms and conditions: 25.09.1 .1 Where an employee elects the Supplemental Adoption Allowance Plan, Plan payments will consist of the following: (a) For the first two (2) weeks of Adoption Leave, payment will be 93% of regular wages. (b) For up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments to be made will be the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and 93% of regular wages. The combined weekly level of E.I. benefit, Supplemental Adoption Allowance and other earnings shall not exceed 95% of the employees normal weekly earnings as per E.I. regulations. (c) In the event that legislation is enacted that provides additional Employment Insurance (other than an increase in the maximum standard benefits) or any other payment to salary during the ten (10) week period to an employee on account of their adoption of a child, the amount they are entitled to receive as provided in (b) above shall be decreased by the amount they would be entitled to receive as a result of such additional Employment Insurance or other payment. (d) Employees will be required to apply for and become entitled to Employment Insurance before Supplemental payments become payable. (e) To verify they are receiving Employment Insurance benefits, employees must mail, bring, or send their first two (2) benefit statements to the Corporate Payroll Department. Should the Employment Insurance payment change, the employee must mail, bring or send their revised Employment Insurance statement to the Corporate Payroll Department to ensure the supplement pay is adjusted accordingly. 25.09.2 .2 To be eligible, the employee shall sign an Agreement with the Company providing that: (a) They must return to work and remain in the Company’s employ for at least the hours equivalent to six (6) consecutive months of employment in their old capacity prior to commencing Adoption Leave, (b) They will return to work on the date of expiry of their Adoption Leave, and (c) Should they fail to return to work as provided under (a) and (b) above they are indebted to the Company for the full amount received as Supplemental Adoption Allowance and will repay same upon request by the Company. 25.09.3 The Supplemental Adoption Allowance does not apply to Term or Part-time employees.

Plan B. Supplemental Adoption Allowance Pay shall be granted in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in clause 25.07 11.07 together with the following additional terms and conditions: 25.09.1 .1 Where an employee elects the Supplemental Adoption Allowance Plan, Plan payments will consist of the following: (a) For the first two (2) weeks of Adoption Leave, payment will be 93% of regular wages. (b) For up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments to be made will be the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and 93% of regular wages. The combined weekly level of E.I. benefit, Supplemental Adoption Allowance and other earnings shall not exceed 95% of the employees employee’s normal weekly earnings as per E.I. regulations. (c) In the event that legislation is enacted that provides additional Employment Insurance (other than an increase in the maximum standard benefits) or any other payment to salary during the ten (10) week period to an employee on account of their adoption of a child, the amount they are entitled to receive as provided in (b) above shall be decreased by the amount they would be entitled to receive as a result of such additional Employment Insurance or other payment. (d) Employees will be required to apply for and become entitled to Employment Insurance before Supplemental payments become payable. (e) To verify they are receiving Employment Insurance benefits, employees must mail, bring, or send their first two (2) benefit statements to the Corporate Payroll Department. Should the Employment Insurance payment change, the employee must mail, bring or send their revised Employment Insurance statement to the Corporate Payroll Department to ensure the supplement pay is adjusted accordingly. 25.09.2 .2 To be eligible, the employee shall sign an Agreement with the Company providing that: (a) They must return to work and remain in the Company’s employ for at least the hours equivalent to six (6) consecutive months of employment in their old capacity prior to commencing Adoption Leave, (b) They will return to work on the date of expiry of their Adoption Leave, and (c) Should they fail to return to work as provided under (a) and (b) above they are indebted to the Company for the full amount received as Supplemental Adoption Allowance and will repay same upon request by the Company. 25.09.3 .3 The Supplemental Adoption Allowance does not apply to Term or Part-time employees.

Plan B. Supplemental Adoption Allowance Pay shall be granted in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in clause 25.07 together with the following additional terms and conditions:terms 25.09.1 Where an employee elects the Supplemental Adoption Allowance Plan, payments will consist of the following:consist 1. Plan A – Adoption Leave without pay, or 2. Plan B – Supplemental Adoption plan. (a) The employee has commenced legal proceedings under the law of a Province, to adopt a child or obtains an order under the laws of a Province for the adoption of a child. (b) The employee must submit to the Company an application in writing for leave at least four (4) weeks (if possible) before the day specified in the application as the day on which the employee intends to commence the Leave. (c) Adoption Leave of up to thirty-seven (37) weeks shall be taken in the fifty-two (52) week period, beginning on the day on which the child comes into the employee’s care. Note: Pursuant to Section 206.1(2) of The Canada Labour Code, the aggregate amount of Leave of Absence from employment that may be taken by two (2) employees in respect to the adoption of any one (1) child shall not exceed thirty-seven (37) weeks. (d) An employee who wishes to resume employment on the expiration of the Adoption Leave shall be reinstated in the position they occupied at the time such Leave commenced or in a comparable (a) (b) (e) For the first two (2) weeks of Adoption Leave, payment will be 93% of regular wages. (b) . For up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments to be made will be the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and 93% of regular wages. The combined weekly level of E.I. benefit, Supplemental Adoption Allowance and other earnings shall not exceed 95% of the employees normal weekly earnings as per E.I. regulations. (c) . In the event that legislation is enacted that provides additional Employment Insurance (other than an increase in the maximum standard benefits) or any other payment to salary during the ten (10) week period to an employee on account of their adoption of a child, the amount they are entitled to receive as provided in (b) above shall be decreased by the amount they would be entitled to receive as a result of such additional Employment Insurance or other payment. (d) . Employees will be required to apply for and become entitled to Employment Insurance before Supplemental payments become payable. (e) . To verify they are receiving Employment Insurance benefits, employees must mail, bring, or send their first two (2) benefit statements to the Corporate Payroll Department. Should the Employment Insurance payment change, the employee must mail, bring or send their revised Employment Insurance statement to the Corporate Payroll Department to ensure the supplement pay is adjusted accordingly. 25.09.2 To be eligible, the employee shall sign an Agreement with the Company providing that: (a) They must return to work and remain in the Company’s employ for at least the hours equivalent to six (6) consecutive months of employment in their old capacity prior to commencing Adoption Leave, (b) They will return to work on the date of expiry of their Adoption Leave, and (c) Should they fail to return to work as provided under (a) and (b) above they are indebted to the Company for the full amount received as Supplemental Adoption Allowance and will repay same upon request by the Company. 25.09.3 The Supplemental Adoption Allowance does not apply to Term or Part-time employees.

Plan B. Supplemental Adoption Allowance Pay shall be granted in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in clause 25.07 11.07 together with the following additional terms and conditions: 25.09.1 .1 Where an employee elects the Supplemental Adoption Allowance Plan, Plan payments will consist of the following: (a) For the first two (2) weeks of Adoption Leave, payment will be 93% of regular wages. (b) For up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments to be made will be the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and 93% of regular wages. The combined weekly level of E.I. benefit, Supplemental Adoption Allowance and other earnings shall not exceed 95% of the employees employee’s normal weekly earnings as per E.I. regulations. (c) In the event that legislation is enacted that provides additional Employment Insurance (other than an increase in the maximum standard benefits) or any other payment to salary during the ten (10) week period to an employee on account of their adoption of a child, the amount they are entitled to receive as provided in (b) above shall be decreased by the amount they would be entitled to receive as a result of such additional Employment Insurance or other payment. (d) Employees will be required to apply for and become entitled to Employment Insurance before Supplemental payments become payable. (e) To verify they are receiving Employment Insurance benefits, employees must mail, bring, or send their first two (2) benefit statements to the Corporate Payroll Department. Should the Employment Insurance payment change, the employee must mail, bring or send their revised Employment Insurance statement to the Corporate Payroll Department to ensure the supplement pay is adjusted accordingly. 25.09.2 .2 To be eligible, the employee shall sign an Agreement with the Company providing that: (a) They must return to work and remain in the Company’s employ for at least the hours equivalent to six (6) consecutive months of employment in their old capacity prior to commencing Adoption Leave, (b) They will return to work on the date of expiry of their Adoption Leave, and (c) Should they fail to return to work as provided under (a) and (b) above they are indebted to the Company for the full amount received as Supplemental Adoption Allowance and will repay same upon request by the Company. 25.09.3 The Supplemental Adoption Allowance does not apply to Term or Part-time employees.

Plan B. Supplemental Adoption Allowance Pay shall be granted in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in clause 25.07 11.07 together with the following additional terms and conditions: 25.09.1 .1 Where an employee elects the Supplemental Adoption Allowance Plan, Plan payments will consist of the following: (a) For the first two (2) weeks of Adoption Leave, payment will be 93% of regular wages. (b) For up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments to be made will be the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and 93% of regular wages. The combined weekly level of E.I. benefit, Supplemental Adoption Allowance and other earnings shall not exceed 95% of the employees normal weekly earnings as per E.I. regulations. (c) In the event that legislation is enacted that provides additional Employment Insurance (other than an increase in the maximum standard benefits) or any other payment to salary during the ten (10) week period to an employee on account of their adoption of a child, the amount they are entitled to receive as provided in (b) above shall be decreased by the amount they would be entitled to receive as a result of such additional Employment Insurance or other payment. (d) Employees will be required to apply for and become entitled to Employment Insurance before Supplemental payments become payable. (e) To verify they are receiving Employment Insurance benefits, employees must mail, bring, or send their first two (2) benefit statements to the Corporate Payroll Department. Should the Employment Insurance payment change, the employee must mail, bring or send their revised Employment Insurance statement to the Corporate Payroll Department to ensure the supplement pay is adjusted accordingly. 25.09.2 .2 To be eligible, the employee shall sign an Agreement with the Company providing that: (a) They must return to work and remain in the Company’s employ for at least the hours equivalent to six (6) consecutive months of employment in their old capacity prior to commencing Adoption Leave, (b) They will return to work on the date of expiry of their Adoption Leave, and (c) Should they fail to return to work as provided under (a) and (b) above they are indebted to the Company for the full amount received as Supplemental Adoption Allowance and will repay same upon request by the Company. 25.09.3 .3 The Supplemental Adoption Allowance does not apply to Term or Part-time employees.

Plan B. Supplemental Adoption Allowance Pay shall be granted in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in clause 25.07 23.08 together with the following additional terms and conditions: 25.09.1 .1 Where an employee elects the Supplemental Adoption Allowance Plan, Plan payments will consist of the following: (a) For the first two (2) weeks of Adoption Leave, payment will be 93% of regular wages. (b) For up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments to be made will be the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and 93% of regular wages. The combined weekly level of E.I. benefit, Supplemental Adoption Allowance and other earnings shall not exceed 95% of the employees normal weekly earnings as per E.I. regulations. (c) In the event that legislation is enacted that provides additional Employment Insurance (other than an increase in the maximum standard benefits) or any other payment to salary during the ten (10) week period to an employee on account of their adoption of a child, the amount they are entitled to receive as provided in (b) above shall be decreased by the amount they would be entitled to receive as a result of such additional Employment Insurance or other payment. (d) Employees will be required to apply for and become entitled to Employment Insurance before Supplemental payments become payable. (e) To verify they are receiving Employment Insurance benefits, employees must mail, bring, or send their first two (2) benefit statements to the Corporate Payroll Department. Should the Employment Insurance payment change, the employee must mail, bring or send their revised Employment Insurance statement to the Corporate Payroll Department to ensure the supplement pay is adjusted accordingly. 25.09.2 .2 To be eligible, the employee shall sign an Agreement with the Company MTS, MTS Communications Inc. providing that: (a) They must return to work and remain in the CompanyMTS, MTS Communications Inc.’s employ for at least the hours equivalent to six (6) consecutive months of employment in their old capacity prior to commencing Adoption Leave, (b) They will return to work on the date of expiry of their Adoption Leave, and (c) Should they fail to return to work as provided under (a) and (b) above they are indebted to the Company MTS, MTS Communications Inc. for the full amount received as Supplemental Adoption Allowance and will repay same upon request by the Company.MTS, MTS Communications Inc. 25.09.3 .3 The Supplemental Adoption Allowance does not apply to Term or Part-time employees.

Plan B. Supplemental Adoption Allowance Pay shall be granted in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in clause 25.07 23.08 together with the following additional terms and conditions: 25.09.1 .1 Where an employee elects the Supplemental Adoption Allowance Plan, Plan payments will consist of the following: (a) For the first two (2) weeks of Adoption Leave, payment will be 93% of regular wages. (b) For up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments to be made will be the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and 93% of regular wages. The combined weekly level of E.I. benefit, Supplemental Adoption Allowance and other earnings shall not exceed 95% of the employees normal weekly earnings as per E.I. regulations. (c) In the event that legislation is enacted that provides additional Employment Insurance (other than an increase in the maximum standard benefits) or any other payment to salary during the ten (10) week period to an employee on account of their adoption of a child, the amount they are entitled to receive as provided in (b) above shall be decreased by the amount they would be entitled to receive as a result of such additional Employment Insurance or other payment. (d) Employees will be required to apply for and become entitled to Employment Insurance before Supplemental payments become payable. (e) To verify they are receiving Employment Insurance benefits, employees must mail, bring, or send their first two (2) benefit statements to the Corporate Payroll Department. Should the Employment Insurance payment change, the employee must mail, bring or send their revised Employment Insurance statement to the Corporate Payroll Department to ensure the supplement pay is adjusted accordingly. 25.09.2 .2 To be eligible, the employee shall sign an Agreement with the Company MTS, MTS Allstream Inc. providing that: (a) They must return to work and remain in the CompanyMTS, MTS Allstream Inc.’s employ for at least the hours equivalent to six (6) consecutive months of employment in their old capacity prior to commencing Adoption Leave, (b) They will return to work on the date of expiry of their Adoption Leave, and (c) Should they fail to return to work as provided under (a) and (b) above they are indebted to the Company MTS, MTS Allstream Inc. for the full amount received as Supplemental Adoption Allowance and will repay same upon request by the Company.MTS, MTS Allstream Inc. 25.09.3 .3 The Supplemental Adoption Allowance does not apply to Term or Part-time employees.

Plan B. Supplemental Adoption Allowance Pay shall be granted in accordance with the terms and conditions listed in clause 25.07 together with the following additional terms and conditions: 25.09.1 Where an employee elects the Supplemental Adoption Allowance Plan, payments will consist of the following: (a) For the first two (2) weeks of Adoption Leave, payment will be 93% of regular wages. (b) For up to a maximum of ten (10) additional weeks, payments to be made will be the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and 93% of regular wages. The combined weekly level of E.I. benefit, Supplemental Adoption Allowance and other earnings shall not exceed 95% of the employees normal weekly earnings as per E.I. regulations. (c) In the event that legislation is enacted that provides additional Employment Insurance (other than an increase in the maximum standard benefits) or any other payment to salary during the ten (10) week period to an employee on account of their adoption of a child, the amount they are entitled to receive as provided in (b) above shall be decreased by the amount they would be entitled to receive as a result of such additional Employment Insurance or other payment. (d) Employees will be required to apply for and become entitled to Employment Insurance before Supplemental payments become payable. (e) To verify they are receiving Employment Employ ment Insurance benefits, employees must mail, bring, or send their first two (2) benefit statements to the Corporate Payroll Department. Should the Employment Insurance payment change, the employee must mail, bring or send their revised Employment Insurance statement to the Corporate Payroll Department to ensure the supplement pay is adjusted accordingly. 25.09.2 To be eligible, the employee shall sign an Agreement with the Company providing that: (a) They must return to work and remain in the Company’s employ for at least the hours equivalent to six (6) consecutive months of employment in their old capacity prior to commencing Adoption Leave, (b) They will return to work on the date of expiry of their Adoption Leave, and (c) Should they fail to return to work as provided under (a) and (b) above they are indebted to the Company for the full amount received as Supplemental Adoption Allowance and will repay same upon request by the Company. 25.09.3 The Supplemental Adoption Allowance does not apply to Term or Part-time employees.