Pregnancy/Birth Allowance. (a) A Nurse entitled to pregnancy leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she has applied for, and is eligible to receive employment insurance (E.I.) benefits pursuant to Section 22, Employment Insurance Act, S.C. 1996, c.23, shall be paid an allowance in accordance with the Supplementary Employment Benefit (S.E.B.).
(b) In respect to the period of pregnancy leave, payments made according to the S.E.
Pregnancy/Birth Allowance. (a) Effective December 31, 2005, or the date of ratification of the Collective Agreement, whichever occurs earlier, an employee entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has applied for and is eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.) benefits pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act, 1996, shall be paid an allowance in accordance with the Supplementary Employment Benefit (S.E.B.) Plan.
(b) In respect to the period of parental or adoption leave, payments made according to the S.E.
Pregnancy/Birth Allowance. (a) An employee entitled to pregnancy leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that the employee has applied for, and is eligible to receive employment insurance (E.I.) benefits pursuant to Section 22, Employment Insurance Act, S.C. 1996, c.23, shall be paid an allowance in accordance with the Supplementary Employment Benefit (S.E.B).
(b) In respect to the period of pregnancy leave, payments made according to the S.E.B. Plan will consist of the following:
(i) Where the employee is subject to a waiting period of one (1) week before receiving E. I. benefits, payments equivalent to seventy-five per cent (75%) of their weekly rate of pay for each week of the one
(1) week waiting period, less any other earnings received by the employee during the benefit period;
(ii) Where the Employee has served the one (1) week waiting period in Article 20.05 (b) (i) one (1) additional payment equivalent to the difference between the weekly E.I. benefit, the Employee is eligible to receive and ninety-three percent (93%) of their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the Employee during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E.I. benefits to which the Employee would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during that period.
(iii) Up to a maximum of five (5) additional weeks, payments equivalent to the difference between the weekly E. I. benefits the employee is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of their weekly rate of pay, less any other earnings received by the employee during the benefit period which may result in a decrease in the E. I. benefits to which the employee would have been eligible if no other earnings had been received during the period.
(c) For the purpose of this allowance, an employee’s weekly rate of pay will be one-half (1/2) the bi-weekly rate of pay to which the employee is entitled for their classification on the date immediately preceding the commencement of their pregnancy leave. In the case of a Part-Time employee, such weekly rate of pay will be multiplied by the fraction obtained from dividing the employee’s time worked (as defined for the purpose of accumulating service) averaged over the preceding twenty-six
