Please refer to Collective Agreement Article XV and Employment Standards Act (ESA)
Eligibility:
Article XV.F.2. An employee must request parental leave in writing and provide a doctor's certificate stating the estimated date of birth or a certificate stating the date of adoption.
Article XV.F.4 A pregnant employee can start parental leave eleven weeks before the expected date of birth or at a later date if the employee so desires.
Article XV.F.5. If an employee gives birth before a request for parental leave is made and she requests a leave and provides a certificate from her doctor stating that she has given birth on a specified date, the College will grant her parental leave.
Article XV.F.18.c. To receive the Supplemental Employment Benefits, the employee shall provide the College with proof of receipt of EI Benefits.
The following table lists your entitlements and benefits during the period of your leave:
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Birth Mother |
Birth Father / Spouse / Adopting Parent |
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Salary |
Unpaid up to 1 year leave |
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Supplemental Employment Benefit (SEB) Plan |
During a period of pregnancy leave an employee eligible for sick leave benefits shall be entitled to SEB as follows:
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Not Eligible |
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Leave for Birth of a Child |
3 days’ paid leave drawn from sick leave bank |
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Vacation |
Continues to accrue |
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Sick Leave |
Continues to accrue |
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Increment |
Continues to accumulate |
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Seniority |
Continues to accumulate |
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Gratuity Leave |
Does not accrue |
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Extended Health |
College paid |
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Dental |
College paid |
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Group Life Insurance, AD&D |
College paid |
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Short-Term Disability (STD) |
Employee paid (Optional) |
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Long-Term Disability (LTD) |
Employee paid (Optional) |
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Deferred Savings Plan (VESP) |
Suspended |
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Municipal Pension Plan |
Maternity and parental leave top-up pay (SEB) is included in pensionable salary. The College will remit employee and employer contributions on the top-up salary at the usual rates and report the proportionate pensionable service to the Pension Corporation. Employees choosing to purchase the balance of the pregnancy and parental leave will be responsible for employee contributions and the College will remit employer contributions. Service may be purchased within 5 years of the end of the leave period or within 30 days of terminating employment, whichever is earlier. |
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Parking Pass |
To cancel your parking pass, please log in to your Workday account and update your parking election. Please click here for instructions available on our Workday Training site. Your parking pass will be deactivated at the end of the month. |
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*Note: Effective January 1, 2017, the Employment Insurance (EI) waiting period for pregnancy and parental leaves was reduced from two weeks to one week. Due to the reduction of the EI waiting period, payments under the Supplemental Employment Benefit plan and EI benefits, when combined, may exceed the allowable limit (100% of employee’s normal weekly earnings) in the week following the waiting period (week 2) and, normally, EI benefits would be reduced for that week. To allow organizations to adjust to the new EI waiting period, the allowable limit in the week following the waiting period has increased during the transition period between January 1, 2017 – January 2, 2021. Please see the example below:
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Schedule |
EI Benefit |
Supplemental Employment Benefit |
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Week 1 |
No EI Benefit |
100% of pre-leave salary |
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Week 2 |
EI Benefit |
100% of pre-leave salary |
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Week 3 to 6 |
EI Benefit |
Top up of EI Benefit to 100% of pre-leave salary |
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Week 7 to 51 |
EI Benefit |
0 |
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Week 52 |
No EI Benefit |
0 |
**Note: Continuation of benefit coverage and premiums are subject to the terms and conditions of the contract with the plan sponsor (i.e. Pacific Blue Cross, Sun Life) and are subject to change.