For Parental Leave. (B) Any Employee on a temporary layoff or unpaid leave will not be eligible for other leaves or benefits during the period of that temporary layoff or unpaid leave.
For Parental Leave. An employee shall provide employer with at least two weeks written notice prior to the commencement of parental leave. The notice period be reduced by the mutual agreement of the employee and the employer. An employee shall be eligible for and shall be permitted to take parental leave of up to thirty-five (35) weeks in combination with maternity or adoption leave or at some other time (by either parent). In any event, such leave shall commence by the beginning of the fortieth (40th) week following the birth or adoption. The maximum leave allowed under this clause shall be fifty-two (52) weeks in total. However, the Employer may grant leave without pay when an employee is unable to return to duty after the expiration of leave under this clause, during which the employee shall earn service for seniority purposes.
For Parental Leave for the purpose of Adoption, the Board shall compensate the DECE, through an Employment Insurance Commission approved Supplemental Employment Benefit Plan, for the two-week waiting period in an amount equal to one hundred (100) percent of the wages that would be payable to the DECE during each week of the benefit period, provided the two-week waiting period is included in the parental leave dates. The DECE must provide proof from EI that an unpaid waiting period has been served. A DECE’s normal weekly earnings shall be calculated based on the DECE’s normal weekly hours times their hourly rate of pay at the time. No payment will be made during the summer break when the DECE is not working. However, payment will be made during the Christmas and March breaks as long as the DECE is in receipt of earnings during those periods.
For Parental Leave
