Common use of PRIMARY CAREGIVER LEAVE Clause in Contracts

PRIMARY CAREGIVER LEAVE. a) Primary Caregiver Leave is available to a parent, other than a birth parent, who has the primary responsibility for the care of a child during the thirty- seven (37) weeks immediately following: (i) the birth of a child or; (ii) the coming of a child into the custody, care and control of a parent for the first time or (iii) such shorter or longer period as required under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 as amended from time to time. Primary Caregiver Leave must be applied for and granted in writing with a minimum of two (2) weeks’ notice and is available to an employee who will have completed thirteen (13) weeks of service prior to the date of application. b) An employee making such an application must confirm in writing that the employee will in fact have the primary responsibility for the care of the child during the period of the leave applied for (e.g. for birth parent’s partner, because the birth parent is unavailable or has returned to work; for an adoptive parent, because the parent will be the primary caregiver for some period of time after the child comes into the custody, care, and control of an adoptive parent for the first time). c) In the case of an adoption, the Primary Caregiver Leave may be split between two parents. d) For employees with one (1) year of service or more the University will pay ninety-five (95) percent of salary during the one (1) week waiting period for Employment Insurance parental benefits, and, for the next ten (10) weeks, will pay the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and ninety-five

PRIMARY CAREGIVER LEAVE. a) Primary Caregiver Leave is available to a parent, other than a birth parent, who has the primary responsibility for the care of a child during the thirty- seven (37) weeks immediately following: (i) the birth of a child or; (ii) the coming of a child into the custody, care and control of a parent for the first time or (iii) such shorter or longer period as required under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 2000, as amended from time to time. Primary Caregiver Leave must be applied for and granted in writing with a minimum of two (2) weeks’ notice and is available to an employee who will have completed thirteen (13) weeks of service prior to the date of application. b) An employee making such an application must confirm in writing that the employee will in fact have the primary responsibility for the care of the child during the period of the leave applied for (e.g. for birth parent’s partner, because the birth parent is unavailable or has returned to work; for an adoptive parent, because the parent will be the primary caregiver for some period of time after the child comes into the custody, care, and control of an adoptive parent for the first time). c) In the case of an adoption, the Primary Caregiver Leave may be split between two parents. d) For employees with one (1) year of service or more the University will pay ninety-five (95) percent of salary during the one (1) week waiting period for Employment Insurance parental benefits, and, for the next ten (10) weeks, will pay the difference between Employment Insurance benefits and ninety-five