Pregnancy/Parental Leave. Pregnancy/Parental Leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act as amended from time to time.
(a) The service requirement for eligibility for pregnancy/parental leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks.
(b) The Nurse shall give written notification which shall include the expected date of return and a certificate from a legally qualified medical practitioner at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave. This notice will be waived in the event of pregnancy complications, premature birth or the sudden coming into care of an adopted child.
(c) The Nurse has the right to return to their former position, if it still exists, or to a comparable position, if it does not.
(d) The Nurse shall be granted seventeen (17) weeks pregnancy leave and up to sixty-one (61) weeks of parental leave. Natural mothers, if they take parental leave, must take it at the end of the pregnancy leave, or such time as the child comes into their care, but not more than fifty-two (52) weeks after the child is born or comes into care.
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(e) A Nurse shall be permitted to commence their pregnancy leave at any time up to seventeen (17) weeks before the expected date of delivery.
(f) During pregnancy/parental leave a Nurse shall continue to accumulate seniority rights for all purposes and the Employer must continue to make Employer contributions to pension, life insurance, accidental death, extended health and dental plans unless the employee has advised the Employer, in writing, that they do not wish to continue to make the employee contributions to such plans.
(g) Parents shall be defined to include adoptive parents and a person in a relationship of some permanence with the natural or adoptive mother or father of the child and who intends to treat the child as own.
(h) A Nurse shall have the right to a personal leave of absence without pay to commence immediately following a parental/pregnancy/ adoption leave of absence, provided the sum of all such leaves of absence do not exceed twelve continuous months per pregnancy/ adoption.
Pregnancy/Parental Leave i) An employee who is entitled to take a pregnancy or parental leave shall not be terminated or laid off, disciplined or suspended because he or she is so entitled, or has in fact applied for or taken such leave.
ii) Seniority for all purposes continues to accrue during pregnancy and parental leaves. Following the statutory pregnancy/parental leave an employee shall be reinstated to the same position if it still exists, or to a comparable position if it does not. On reinstatement the employee shall be paid at the rate the employee would be earning if he or she had worked through the leave.
iii) The employer shall continue to make employer contributions to pension, life insurance, accidental death, extended health and dental plans unless the employee has advised the employer, in writing, that he or she does not wish to continue to make the employee contributions (if any) to such plans.
iv) An employee who is entitled to pregnancy/parental leave is required to give two (2) weeks notice in writing of the date the leave is to begin, together with a medical certificate estimating the date of delivery. If the employee does not specify the date of the end of the pregnancy leave, it will be assumed that she wishes to take the maximum leave.
v) If an employee on pregnancy/parental leave wishes to change the date of return to work to an earlier date, he/she must give the employer four (4) weeks written notice of the date on which he/she intends to return.
vi) An employee who has given notice to begin a pregnancy/parental leave may change the notice to an earlier date by giving at least two (2) weeks written notice before the earlier date. He/she may change to a later date by giving two (2) weeks notice before the leave was to begin.
vii) If an employee wishes to change the date of return to a later date, but subject to the rules concerning the maximum length of leave, he/she must give the employer four (4) weeks written notice before the date the leave was to end.
Pregnancy/Parental Leave. Pregnancy/Parental Leave shall be in accordance with the Employment Standards Act.
Pregnancy/Parental Leave. Pregnancy and parental leaves will be granted in accordance with the Employment Standards Act of Ontario unless otherwise amended.
Pregnancy/Parental Leave. (a) Employees are entitled to Pregnancy and Parental (including Adoption) Leave as specified in this Collective Agreement and under the Employment Standards Act of British Columbia (RSBC 1996 c.113), as amended from time to time.
(b) Upon return from leave, employees will be placed in their original positions or, if such placement is not possible, in a comparable placement. It is understood that any such placement is not intended to create employment for which the employee would not have otherwise been eligible under Article 13.
Pregnancy/Parental Leave. Pregnancy / Parental Leave of Absence will be available to any employee in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. Seniority will accumulate during the period of pregnancy/parental leave. Before returning to work, following the pregnancy leave, the employee must provide the Company with a physician’s certificate stating that she is fit to return to her normal duties, at least five (5) working days prior to the date of return.
Pregnancy/Parental Leave. The entitlements in this article are generally described in the brochure "Pregnancy and Parental Leaves – All Society Represented Performance Paid Staff" (April 1, 1999). The Brochure is under revision to reflect the provisions below.
Pregnancy/Parental Leave. Employees are entitled to pregnancy and parental leave as outlined in the Employment Standards Act.
Pregnancy/Parental Leave. Pregnancy and/or parental leave, without pay, shall be in accordance with Part XIV of the Employment Standards Act, 2000, S.O. 2000, as amended.
Pregnancy/Parental Leave. The term of the temporary posting shall be for the term of the illness or maternity/parental leave but shall not exceed eighteen (18) continuous months.
