Purpose of Paid Parental Leave. Paid parental leave is offered to accommodate the special needs of University employees who bear children and who remain at home to care for children during the post-delivery and/or post-adoption period. It is expected that all employees who take paid parental leave will return to employment at the University of Guelph following such leave.
Purpose of Paid Parental Leave. Paid parental leave is offered to accommodate the special needs of University employees who bear children and who remain at home to care for children during the post-delivery and/or post-adoption period. It is expected that all employees who take paid parental leave will return to employment at the University of following such leave. Eligibility for Paid Parental Leave: Natural mothers or the adoptive parent having primary care of the child or children, who are regular full-time University employees will be eligible to receive seventeen (17) weeks of normally continuous paid parental leave, including the date of birth or adoption, per pregnancy or placement. The employee shall give at least two (2) weeks written notice to her or his supervisor of the intent to commence paid parental leave. Employees must apply for U. I. benefits before supplementary income from the University becomes payable. To be eligible for paid parental leave, employees must provide appropriate documentation of the birth or adoption of a child and of the receipt of maternity or adoption leave benefits to Human Resources. An employee disentitled or disqualified from receiving maternity or adoption benefits is not eligible to receive supplementary benefits from the University. Exceptions to this rule will be made for those employees who are denied maternity or adoption leave benefits only because they have not completed the twenty weeks of employment required for benefit eligibility. Terms of Paid Parental Leave Eligible employees will receive of normal salary less applicable Unemployment Insurance (U.I. maternity or adoption leave benefits for a maximum period of seventeen (17) weeks from the commencement of the leave. An employee who receives paid parental leave benefits must not receive other earnings or payments, such that his or her combined income (including maternity leave benefits, supplementary payments from the University and other earnings) exceeds of normal weekly earnings. No employee may claim any other form of supplementary benefit during the period of leave. The employee proceeding on paid parental leave shall not forfeit any accrued employment benefits save for the right to accrue sick leave credits during the period of absence. Seniority shall continue to accrue for employees taking paid parental leave. While on paid parental leave, the employee will continue to receive University benefits on a normal cost sharing arrangement. For the purposes of promotion, any period ...
