Pregnancy Maternity Parental and Adoption Leave Without Pay. (a) Pregnancy/Maternity Leave Without Pay Employees who have completed a minimum of three (3) months service before the anticipated birth of a child shall be granted a pregnancy/maternity leave without pay, without loss of seniority or benefits for a period of up to seventeen (17) weeks. Where an employee will take further leave as standard or extended Parental Leave as provided for in 15.06 (b), the period of leave under this paragraph will be limited to sixteen (16) weeks consisting of the one (1) week E.I. waiting period and fifteen (15) weeks E.I. benefits period. Pregnancy/Maternity leave must be requested in writing at least two (2) weeks prior to the anticipated commencement of this leave. An employee who becomes pregnant shall notify the employer at least ten (10) weeks prior to the expected date of the termination of the pregnancy.
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Samples: Signed Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
