Common use of UVic Supplementary Benefits Clause in Contracts

UVic Supplementary Benefits. An adoptive parent, who is a regular staff member not on layoff or leave of absence, is entitled to the following supplementary benefits while on parental leave: a) During the first two (2) weeks of parental leave (which is the waiting period for Employment Insurance benefits) the University will pay a supplementary top- up benefit equal to 95% of the staff member’s normal basic salary, providing the staff member has made application for EI parental benefits. b) During the next sixteen (16) weeks, the staff member will receive from the University a salary payment equal to the difference between ninety-five percent (95%) of the staff member’s normal basic earnings and the amount of Employment Insurance Parental Benefit the staff member is receiving or that which the staff member would be expected to receive if the staff member qualified for benefits. c) The remaining seventeen (17) weeks, plus any additional leave under 13.10 (b), are without salary from the University. Where both adoptive parents are regular staff members, the supplementary top- up benefit may be taken by one or the other, or shared between them, to a maximum of eighteen (18) weeks.