Common use of SUB Plan Clause in Contracts

SUB Plan. Pregnancy, Parental, Adoption Leave i) All employees will be covered by this plan when they are entitled to Employment Insurance pregnancy and/or parental and/or adoption leave benefits. ii) The purpose of this plan is to supplement the Employment Insurance benefits by receiving from the Agency, an amount equivalent to Employment Insurance benefits for the one (1) week waiting period that must be served prior to receiving Employment Insurance benefits. Payment will be fifty-five percent (55%) of regular rate of pay in effect immediately prior to the commencement of pregnancy or parental leave plus any wage increase that the employee would be entitled to if leave was not taken. iii) In addition, this plan is to supplement the Employment Insurance benefits during the time of pregnancy and/or parental and/or adoption leave. Accordingly, the Agency will pay to the employee a top-up equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the employee’s weekly earnings prior to the commencement of pregnancy or parental or adoption leave for the period that they are in receipt of Employment Insurance benefits. iv) Employees must prove that they have applied for and are in receipt of Employment Insurance (E.I.) benefits before SEB becomes payable except if non-receipt of E.I. is due to serving the E.I. waiting period.