Parental Leave Compensation. Where an employee chooses to serve the two (2) week waiting period under the Canada Employment Insurance Act before receiving benefits under the Act, she/he will receive for the first two weeks, payments equivalent to 100% of the actual weekly rate of pay that he or she was receiving on the last day worked prior to the start of the leave; and, Up to a maximum of fifteen (15) additional weeks, payment equivalent to the difference between the sum of weekly Employment Insurance (EI) benefits that the employee is eligible to receive and any other earnings received by the employee and ninety three (93%) percent of the actual weekly rate of pay which he or she was receiving on the last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave. The employee shall receive any scheduled progression on the wage grid or amended wages upon their return. Return to Work Employees returning to work from parental leave will return to their previous job position and base held at the time of their leave.
Parental Leave Compensation. Pilots serving the one (1) week Employment Insurance (EI) waiting period during Parental Leave: Pilots will be paid one hundred percent (100%) of their salary during the first week (EI waiting period) of their parental leave. For those pilots who are in receipt of EI benefits during parental leave, the Company will top-up the first week of EI payments, equivalent to the difference between the sum of the weekly EI benefit a pilot is eligible to receive and any other earnings received by the pilot and one hundred percent (100%) of the weekly rate of pay the pilot received on the last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave. Up to a maximum of fifteen (15) continuous weeks, the Company will top-up the EI payment equivalent to the difference between the sum of the weekly EI benefit a pilot is eligible to receive and any other earnings received by the pilot and ninety-three percent (93%) of the weekly rate of pay the pilot received on the last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave. Pilots not serving the (1) week EI waiting period and are in receipt of EI benefits during parental leave, up to a maximum of fifteen (15) continuous weeks, the Company will top-up the EI payment equivalent to the difference between the sum of the weekly EI benefit a pilot is eligible to receive and any other earnings received by the pilot and ninety-three percent (93%) of the weekly rate of pay the pilot received on the last day worked prior to the commencement of the leave. For clarity, all top-up payments will be determined using the standard weekly EI benefit rate of 55% of the pilot’s average weekly insurable earnings up to the yearly maximum, without regard to any election to receive a lower EI benefit spread over a longer period of time as may be permitted under the Employment Insurance Act (Canada). Quebec residents, see NOTE (2 & 3) below. The pilot shall receive any scheduled progression on the wage grid or amended wage rates upon their return to work. Return to Work Pilots returning to work from parental leave will return to their previous job position and base held at the time of their leave.
