Unpaid Parental Leave. (a) An employee is entitled to a period of up to 52 weeks unpaid parental leave in respect of the:
(i) birth of a child to the employee or employee’s partner; or
(ii) adoption of a child who is not the natural child or step child of the employee or employee’s partner; is under the age of sixteen; and has not lived continuously with the employee for six months or longer.
Unpaid Parental Leave. Any teacher or spouse who gives birth to or adopts a child may be granted an unpaid leave of absence any time between the commencement of the pregnancy or adoption and one (1) year following the birth or adoption of the child, if s/he notifies the Superintendent at least thirty (30) days before the date on which s/he wishes to start his/ her leave, unless extenuating circumstances approved by the Superintendent require shorter prior notice. Such notice shall include the expected length of this leave, and a copy of the birth certificate of the newborn or applicable adoption documents. A teacher’s right to Parental Leave will be coordinated with the teacher’s rights under the Family Medical Leave Act and any applicable leave policies adopted by the Board.
Unpaid Parental Leave. A teacher, upon request, shall be entitled to up to one (l) year of unpaid parental leave for the primary purpose of child care following the birth or adoption of a child. This leave may be taken without jeopardy to employment status, retirement and salary benefits, and teacher status and seniority rights. A written request for a parental leave must be submitted in advance of the effective date of said request for leave. The request shall include the expected length of the leave, and except in a situation beyond the control of the teacher, shall be submitted at least thirty (30) days in advance. In the event both parents of a child are employed by the corporation, only one of the two may be granted parental leave for the same period of time. This leave shall be used for the primary purpose of care of a child of which the teacher has legal custody, or in cases of adoption when there is temporary custody with intent to secure legal custody.
Unpaid Parental Leave. Unpaid parental leave shall be granted to an employee, upon request, to begin any time between the birth or adoption of his/her child and three (3) calendar months thereafter. Subparagraphs a. through e. above shall apply to parental leaves, except for the disability language of subparagraph b. and the first sentence of subparagraph c.
Unpaid Parental Leave. 79.1 In addition to the provisions for paid maternity leave and paid primary care giver’s leave as set out in clauses 76 and 77, employees are entitled to unpaid parental leave. This clause should be read in conjunction with the PSM Standards.
79.2 Casual employees are eligible for unpaid parental leave where the casual employees are eligible casual employees for unpaid maternity leave or unpaid paternity leave under the WR Act.
79.3 Parental leave is without pay and does not count as service.
79.4 The Chief Executive will, on application, grant an employee unpaid leave for a period of up to three years following the birth or adoption of a child. This will include any period of paid or unpaid maternity leave.
79.5 An application by an employee for unpaid parental leave under 79.1 in addition to paid or unpaid maternity leave or paid primary care giver’s leave will only be approved where the employee agrees to be placed on the Agency’s unattached list.
79.6 Either parent may be granted unpaid parental leave if both are employees in the Agency but the leave may not be taken concurrently.
79.7 The maximum aggregate unpaid parental leave that may be approved for an employee under this clause is seven years.
79.8 An employee on unpaid parental leave may access annual leave and long service leave on full or half pay.
Unpaid Parental Leave a) Unpaid Parental leave will be provided in accordance with the NES including any subsequent employee beneficial variation to the NES parental leave provisions.
b) An Employee returning to work after the expiration of unpaid parental leave shall be entitled to the job, which they held immediately before proceeding on parental leave. Where the job no longer exists, the Employee shall be placed in a job for which they have the appropriate skill, in the same band and at the same pay to that of the former job.
c) Once unpaid parental leave has commenced, the Employee may shorten the period of leave by giving written notice at least 14 days in advance.
d) During unpaid parental leave of up to and including 4 weeks, personal, annual and long service leave entitlements continue to accrue.
e) Notice of intention to take parental leave should be given in accordance with NES.
Unpaid Parental Leave. Parental leave may be granted to any unit member for a period not to exceed one
(1) year.
a. Applications for this leave must be made in writing to the Director of Human Resources, must state the reason(s) for the request, and indicate the period of leave requested.
b. At the conclusion of the leave, the unit member shall be reinstated in a position under the terms of Section 9.11.
c. This leave shall not interrupt any seniority rights which accrued prior to the leave. No advancement on the salary schedule, increment, retirement credit, or sick leave will be allowed.
d. The District may extend a parental leave for an additional year or portion thereof, provided a written application for extension is filed with the Director of Human Resources sixty (60) calendar days prior to expiration of the initial leave.
Unpaid Parental Leave. 6.7.1 Unpaid parental leave provisions are provided for in the NES (Chapter 2, Part 2-2, Division 5: sections 67 to 85 of the Fair Work Act 2009) as follows:
(a) Eligibility – 12 months of service
(b) Adoption leave – child must be under 16
(c) Transfer of employment situations
(d) Entitlement – 12 months unpaid leave
(e) The period of leave – non-employee couples
(f) The period of leave – employee couples
(g) Employee may be required to take leave 6 weeks before birth
(h) Notice and evidence requirements
(i) Extending period of leave – up to initial 12 months
(j) Extending period of leave – a further period of 12 months
(k) Reducing period of leave
(l) End of pregnancy or child dies
(m) Ceasing to be responsible for child
(n) Accessing paid leave
(o) Keeping in touch days
(p) Leave not extended by keeping in touch days
(q) Unpaid special maternity leave (pregnancy related illness or pregnancy ends)
(r) Transfer to a safe job
(s) Paid no safe job leave
(t) Employee on paid no safe job leave – further medical certificate
(u) Unpaid no safe job leave
(v) Consultation with employee on leave – where significant effect on job
(w) Return to work guarantee
(x) Replacement employees
(y) Unpaid pre-adoption leave
6.7.2 For information purposes, a summary of the NES provisions are provided on the Fair Work Ombudsman website.
6.7.3 The normal guidelines and application procedures of the employer will be used to access unpaid parental leave.
Unpaid Parental Leave. Employees are entitled to leave without pay in accordance with the provisions of the Family Leave Schedule 9. In accordance with clause S9.1.14 of Schedule 9 – Family Leave, an employee and employer may agree that the employee interrupt the period of unpaid parental leave by returning to work for the employer, whether on a full-time, part-time or casual basis. Notwithstanding the above, the total period of parental leave cannot be extended beyond the maximum possible end date permitted under legislation, as a result of the mutually agreed period of return to work.
Unpaid Parental Leave. (a) Purpose of Unpaid Parental Leave Unpaid parental leave is offered to accommodate employees who require more time than that provided as paid parental leave to care for new born or newly adopted children. It is expected that all employees will return to employment at the University of Guelph following unpaid parental leave.
