Pregnancy Leave (Applicable to Full. Time and Part Time employees)
Pregnancy Leave (Applicable to Full. Time and Time employees) Pregnancy leave will be granted in accordance with the provisions of the Act, except where amended in this provision. The service requirement for eligibility for pregnancy leave shall be thirteen (13) weeks of continuous service. The employer agrees to provide a pregnancy leave of up to seventeen weeks (17) for a pregnant employee. It is agreed that the union and the bargaining unit employees shall not be disadvantaged in any way by any amendments to the Ontario Employment Standards Act and Regulations. For greater clarity, the Collective Agreement provisions shall prevail. Where this collective agreement provides an with a greater right, benefit, term or condition for pregnancy leave, that specific or in question in the Agreement shall prevail. In the event the Ontario Employment Standards Act and Regulations are amended to provide a greater right, benefit, term or condition to an with respect to pregnancy and parental leave than that which existed on March each of such amended provisions shall be incorporated within this Collective Agreement. The employee shall give written notification at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of commencement of such leave and the expected date of return. At such time she shall also furnish the Employer with the certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner stating the expected birth date. The employee shall reconfirm her intention to return to work on the date originally approved in Article above by written notification received by the Employer at least two (2)weeks in advance thereof. An employee who is on pregnancy leave as provided under this Agreement who has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section of the Employment Insurance Act, shall be paid a supplemental unemployment benefit. That benefit will be equivalent to the difference between eighty-four percent (84%) of her regular weekly earnings and the sum of her weekly Employment Insurance benefits. Such payment shall commence following completion of the two-week Employment Insurance waiting period, and receipt by the Employer of the employee's Employment Insurance cheque stub as proof that she is in receipt of Employment Insurance pregnancy benefits, and shall continue while the employee is in receipt of such benefits for a maximum period of fifteen (15) weeks. The employee's regular weekly earnings shall be determined by multiplying her regular hourly rate on her last day ...
