Protection During Maternity. Maternity leave shall be considered as a right. Accordingly, no Employee shall be laid off or otherwise adversely affected in her employment because of pregnancy. The Employer shall not deny the pregnant Employee the right to continue employment during the period of pregnancy. Where working conditions may be hazardous to an unborn child or to the pregnant Employee, the Employee shall be entitled to transfer to another position, provided she is capable of performing the work and is otherwise entitled thereto by virtue of seniority.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Protection During Maternity. Maternity leave shall be considered as a right. Accordingly, no Employee shall be laid laid-off or otherwise adversely affected in her employment because of pregnancy. The Employer shall not deny the pregnant Employee the right to continue employment during the period of pregnancy. Where working conditions may be hazardous to an unborn child or to the pregnant Employee, the Employee shall be entitled to transfer to another position, where available, provided she is capable of performing the work and is otherwise entitled thereto by virtue of seniority.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
Protection During Maternity. Maternity leave shall be considered as a right. Accordingly, no Employee employee shall be laid off or otherwise adversely affected in her employment because of pregnancy. The Employer shall not deny the pregnant Employee employee the right to continue employment during the period of pregnancy. Where working conditions may be hazardous to an unborn child or to the pregnant Employee, the Employee shall be entitled to transfer to another position, provided she is capable of performing the available work and is otherwise entitled thereto by virtue of seniority.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Protection During Maternity. Maternity leave shall be considered as a right. Accordingly, no Employee employee shall be laid off or otherwise adversely affected in her employment because of pregnancy. The Employer shall not deny the pregnant Employee employee has the right to continue employment during the period of pregnancy. Where working conditions may be hazardous to an unborn child or to the pregnant Employeeemployee, the Employee employee shall be entitled to transfer to another position, provided she is capable of performing the work and is otherwise entitled thereto by virtue of senioritywork.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Protection During Maternity. Maternity leave shall be considered as a right. Accordingly, no Employee employee shall be laid off or otherwise adversely affected in her employment because of pregnancy. The Employer employer shall not deny the pregnant Employee employee the right to continue employment during the period of pregnancy. Where working conditions may be hazardous to an unborn child or to the "pregnant Employeeemployee", the Employee employee shall be entitled to transfer to another position, provided she is capable of performing the work and is otherwise entitled thereto by virtue of seniority. In the event that there are no positions available. the employee may elect to take unpaid leave of absence.
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Samples: Collective Agreement