Common use of Maternity / Parental leave will be granted as follows Clause in Contracts

Maternity / Parental leave will be granted as follows. a) for maternity, the employee, upon request shall be granted a leave of absence without pay beginning before, on or after the termination date of the pregnancy and ending not later than eighteen (18) weeks following the actual day of birth.

Maternity / Parental leave will be granted as follows. a) for maternity, the employee, upon request shall be granted a leave of absence without pay beginning before, on or after the termination date of the pregnancy and ending not later than eighteen seventeen (1817) weeks following the actual day of birth.