Common use of Pregnancy and Parental Leaves Clause in Contracts

Pregnancy and Parental Leaves. (a) Pregnancy and Parental Leaves shall be granted in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. (b) The Board shall continue to pay its share of premium contributions of benefits, provided the employee is enrolled in the benefit plans at the time of commencement of the leave, and further provided that the employee agrees to pay his/her share of the contributions, if any, in advance of commencing the leave, in order to maintain benefit coverage during pregnancy leave and/or parental leave. (c) If the employee chooses not to continue the benefit coverage, she/he must provide the Board with the written notice that the employee does not intend to pay the employee's contributions, if any, in advance of commencing the leave. (d) An employee who is granted an extension to the pregnancy/parental leave under (f) may, subject to the consent of the carrier, continue to be covered by any of the benefit plans referred to in Article 20 provided the employee bears the full cost of the benefit premiums. (e) During pregnancy and/or parental leave, seniority will accrue in accordance with the Employment Standards Act throughout the leave(s), including service for the purpose of sick leave credits and annual salary increments. During an extended leave under (f) only seniority for the purposes of promotion, layoff, and recall, shall continue to accrue. (f) Upon request, an extension of up to one (1) year may be granted to any employee who is eligible for statutory pregnancy and/or parental leave(s). (g) Upon return to work, an employee who has taken pregnancy and/or parental leave(s), and/or extended leave, shall be reinstated to the position he/she most recently held if it still exists, or to a comparable position if it does not. (h) An employee shall be granted special leave without loss of pay up to a maximum of four (4) days for needs directly related to the legal adoption of a child.

Pregnancy and Parental Leaves. (a) Pregnancy and Parental Leaves parental leave shall be granted in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. (b) The Board shall continue to pay its share of premium contributions of benefits, provided the employee is enrolled in the benefit plans at the time of commencement of the leave, and further provided that the employee agrees to pay his/her share of the contributions, if any, in advance of commencing the leave, in order to maintain benefit coverage during pregnancy leave and/or parental leave. (c) If the employee chooses not to continue the benefit coverage, she/he must provide the Board with the written notice that the employee does not intend to pay the employee's contributions, if any, in advance of commencing the leave. (d) An employee who is granted an extension to the pregnancy/parental leave under (f) may, subject to the consent of the carrier, continue to be covered by any of the benefit plans referred to in Article 20 provided the employee bears the full cost of the benefit premiums. (e) During pregnancy and/or parental leave, seniority will accrue in accordance with the Employment Standards Act throughout of Ontario, as amended from time to time. To the leave(sextent that the provisions set out below Conflict with the Employment Standards Act the Act shall govern; (a) subject to the specific provisions of the Employment Standards Act pregnancy and/or parental leave shall be as follows; (i) a pregnant employee is entitled to a 17 week pregnancy leave (without pay), including service for the purpose of sick leave credits and annual salary increments. During an extended leave under (f) only seniority for the purposes of promotion, layoff, and recall, shall continue to accrue.and (fii) Upon request, an extension of up to one (1) year may be granted to any employee who is eligible for statutory a birth mother is also entitled to a 35 week parental leave (without pay), and (iii) the parent of a child (natural or adoptive) who has not taken pregnancy and/or leave, is entitled to up to 37 weeks parental leave(sleave (without pay). (gb) Upon return to work, an An employee who is entitled to take a pregnancy or parental leave cannot be terminated or laid off, disciplined or suspended for the reason only that she or he has applied for or taken pregnancy and/or parental leave(s), and/or extended such leave. (c) Such leave of absence is not an illness under the interpretation of this Agreement and credits of the accumulated sick leave plan cannot be used. (d) Seniority for all purposes continues to accrue during such leaves and following the leave, shall the employee must be reinstated to the same position he/she most recently held if it still exists, or to a comparable position if it does notnot exist. Upon reinstatement, the employee must be paid at the rate of pay they were receiving when the leave commenced or if it higher, at the rate the employee would be earning if she had worked through the leave. However, if the Association’s operations were suspended while the employee was on leave and have not resumed when the leave ends, the Association shall reinstate the employee, when the operations resume, in accordance with the seniority provisions of the collective agreement. (e) Subject to the premium arrangements in place the employee health care benefits coverage shall be maintained by the employer provided the employee shall pay his/her share of the premium on the first day of the month. The employee is entitled to that coverage unless the employee has advised the employer, in writing, that they do not wish to continue to make the employee contributions (if any), to maintain the benefits coverage; (f) The pregnancy and parental leave provisions of the Act apply to full time and part time employees, except that part time employees are not entitled to benefits’ contributions. (g) The Association is not required to pay wages to an employee while on pregnancy or parental leave. (h) An If an employee wishes to change the date of return from leave to an earlier or later date, the employee must give the Association: (i) four weeks written notice before the earlier date if the leave is being shortened; or, (ii) four weeks written notice before the original date of return, if the leave is being lengthened. (i) A one (1) day leave with pay will be provided for any male employee for the day that his child is born or adopted, if that day is his regularly scheduled work day. (j) To qualify for pregnancy or parental leave the employee must have been employed for at least 13 weeks before the expected due date; and (k) an employee who takes pregnancy or parental leave and does not intend to return to his/her employment shall be granted special leave without loss give the employer at least 4 weeks written notice of pay up resignation prior to a maximum of four (4) days for needs directly related to the legal adoption of a child.their return date