Pregnancy Allowance Sample Clauses

Pregnancy Allowance a) An employee who has been granted pregnancy leave without pay shall be paid a maternity allowance in accordance with the terms of the Supplementary Employment Benefit (“SUB”) Plan described in paragraphs b) i) to iii), provided that they: (i) have completed six (6) months of continuous employment before the commencement of their pregnancy leave without pay; (ii) provide the Employer with proof that they have applied for and are eligible to receive pregnancy benefits from Employment Insurance or Québec Parental Insurance; and (iii) have signed an agreement with the Employer stating that; A) they will return to work on the expiry date of their pregnancy leave unless the return to work date is modified with the Council’s consent; B) following their return to work, as described in section (A), the employee will work for a period equal to the period in respect of which they are granted the allowance; C) should the employee fail to return to work in accordance with section (A), or should they return to work but fail to work for the total period specified in section (B), for reasons other than: i. death, ii. lay-off, iii. early termination due to lack of work or discontinuance of function of a specified period of employment that would have been sufficient to meet the obligation under section (B), or iv. if the employee has become disabled. The employee recognizes that they will be indebted to the Council for the full amount received as pregnancy leave allowance. b) In respect of the period of pregnancy leave, maternity leave allowance payments made according to the SUB Plan will consist of the following: (i) where an employee is subject to a waiting period before receiving Employment Insurance (EI) maternity benefits, an allowance of ninety-three per cent (93%) of their weekly rate of pay for the waiting period, less any other monies earned during this period; and/or (ii) up to maximum of eighteen (18) weeks, payment equivalent to the difference between the EI or the Québec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) benefits the employee is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of their weekly rate of pay less any other monies earned during the period which may result in a decrease in EI or QPIP benefits to which the employee would have been eligible if no extra monies had been earned during this period: (iii) where an employee has received the full fifteen (15) weeks of maternity benefit under Employment Insurance and thereafter remains on pregnancy leave wi...