Pregnancy and Parental Leave - Pregnancy. Parental Leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act as amended from time to time.
Pregnancy and Parental Leave - Pregnancy and Parental Leave will be granted in accordance with the Employment Standards Act (E.S.A.), as amended from time to time as follows: a) The service requirement for eligibility for pregnancy or parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks. Employees possessing the service requirement will be eligible for pregnancy leave of up to seventeen (17) weeks and a subsequent parental leave of up to thirty-five (35) weeks immediately following the pregnancy leave. b) The Employee shall give written notification at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and four (4) weeks notice of the expected date of return. This notice shall be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth or the sudden coming into care of an adoptive child. c) The Employee shall be reinstated to her former, or a comparable position and geographic area, unless no position is available, in which case she will be subject to the provisions of Article 14. d) Parental leave of up to thirty-five (35) weeks is available to each parent in the bargaining unit who possesses the service requirement of thirteen (13) weeks. Natural mothers who wish to take parental leave must do so immediately following the expiration of their pregnancy leave. All other eligible parents may take this leave within fifty-two (52) weeks of the child being born or coming into care.
Pregnancy and Parental Leave - Pregnancy and Parental Leave shall be granted in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. An employee must: a) pay the employee's contributions for benefits, if any, in advance of commencing such leaves in order to maintain benefit coverage during pregnancy/parental leave or b) provide the Board with written notice that the employee does not intend to pay the employee's contributions, if any, in advance of commencing such leaves. Upon request, an extension of up to one (1) year shall be granted to any employee who is entitled to statutory pregnancy/parental leave. Upon return to employment, the employee shall be returned to a position for which the employee is qualified, at the same level as the position held prior to the leave. Where an employee officially adopts a child, parental leave of absence will be granted in accordance with the Employment Standards Act.
