Maternity Leave Allowance Eligibility. After completion of six (6) months continuous employment, an employee who provides the Corporation with proof that she has applied for and is in receipt of employment insurance benefits pursuant to Section 22(1) of the Employment Insurance Act, (1996), shall be paid a maternity leave allowance in accordance with the Supplementary Unemployment Benefit Plan. The employee granted leave under this Xxxxxx accepts the leave under the conditions set out below.
Maternity Leave Allowance Eligibility. After completion of twelve months contin- uous employment, an employee who provides the Employer with proof that she has applied and is in receipt of unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to Section of the Insurance Act, shall be paid a maternity leave allowance in accordance with the Unemployment Benefit Plan; An applicant under clause shall sign an agreement with the Employer, providing: that she will return to work and remain in the Employer’s employ for a period of at least six months after her return to work; that she will return to work on the date of the of her maternity leave, unless this date is modified with the Employer’s consent or unless the employee is then entitled to another leave provided for in this collective agreement; Should the employee fail to return to work as per the provisions of clause the employee that she is indebted to the Employer for the amount received as maternity leave allowance; Rate of Allowance In respect of the period of maternity leave, payments made according to the Supplementary Unemploy- ment Benefit Plan will consist of the following: for the first two weeks, payments equivalent to ninety-three percent of her weekly wage; and up to fifteen additional weeks payments equivalent to the difference between benefits the employee is eligible to receive and three percent of her weekly wage; The weekly wage referred to in clause and above shall be the employee’s rate of pay set out in Appendix A converted to a daily rate as per the provisions of Article and multiplied by the normal weekly days of work prescribed for that employee; Where an employee becomes eligible for an annual increment or economic adjustment during the period of maternity leave, payments under clause or shall be adjusted accordingly. Employees shall have no vested right to payments under the plan except to payments during a period of unemployment specified in the plan. Payments in respect of guaranteed annual remuneration or in respect of deferred remuneration or severance pay benefits are not reduced or increased by payments under the plan.
