LETTER OF AGREEMENT
Between
The Seine River School Division
and
The Seine River Teachers' Association
of the
Manitoba Teachers' Society
RE: July 1, 2015 changes to Article 9 – Maternity/Parental Leave
As an outcome of discussions between the parties, the following changes will be made to Article 9 - Maternity/Parental Leave:
9.01. Every female teacher shall be entitled to maternity leave and every teacher shall be entitled to parental leave in accordance with this article.
9.02. Except as otherwise provided herein the Manitoba Employment Standards Code will apply.
9.03. The teacher and the Division shall mutually agree to extend the length of leave if the teacher so desires. Any such arrangement shall be confirmed in writing by the Division.
9.04. Effective July 1, 2015. A teacher taking maternity leave and/or parental leave pursuant to this article shall be entitled to receive pay equivalent to ninety percent (90%) of the teacher's gross salary at the time the leave commenced plus any subsequently negotiated salary adjustments for up to one hundred and thirty-five (135) teaching days, which pay will include any employment insurance benefits received in accordance with this article.
9.05. Effective July 1, 2015, the Division shall pay a teacher on maternity leave and/or parental leave:
(i) If the teacher's two (2) week or ten (10) day waiting period falls entirely on teaching days, ninety percent (90%) of the teacher's gross salary plus up to seventy-five (75) teaching days of maternity leave top-up calculated at the difference between the teacher's employment insurance benefit and ninety percent (90%) of the teacher's gross salary provided the teacher remains on either maternity or parental leave and continues to receive employment insurance benefits.
(ii) If the teacher's two (2) week or ten (10) day waiting period falls partially or entirely within a non-teaching period, ninety percent (90%) of the teacher's gross salary for any teaching days and up to eighty-five (85) teaching days of maternity leave top-up calculated at the difference between the teacher's employment insurance benefit and ninety percent (90%) of the teacher's gross salary provided the teacher remains on either maternity or parental leave and continues to receive employment insurance benefits.
(iii) up to fifty (50) teaching days of parental leave top-up calculated at the difference between the teacher's employment insurance benefit and ninety percent (90%) of the teacher's gross salary provided the teacher remains on either maternity or parental leave and continues to receive employment insurance benefits.
For greater certainty, a teacher who is receiving employment insurance benefits shall be entitled to:
(i) one hundred and thirty-five (135) teaching days of pay and/or top-up benefits if the teacher takes both maternity leave and parental leave;
(ii) eighty-five (85) teaching days of pay and/or top-up benefits if the teacher only takes maternity leave;
(iii) Fifty (50) teaching days of pay and/or top-up benefits if the teacher only takes parental leave;
unless the teacher takes a shorter period of maternity leave or parental leave in which case, the pay and/or top-up will be pro-rated to reflect the actual number of teaching days taken. The parties acknowledge that the top-up payment made by the Division for maternity leave may extend into the period of time that the teacher is on parental leave but the payment is intended to be a top-up of maternity leave benefits.
9.06 Non-Application
The article shall not apply to any teacher who is employed on a term contract during the teacher's first year of employment. All other teachers shall be eligible to receive the top-up benefits once they have been employed for a period of seven (7) months by the Division.
Dated at Lorette, Manitoba this 24th day of November 2015
Signed and agreed on behalf of the Seine River School Division:
Chairperson
Secretary-Treasurer
Signed and agreed on behalf of the Seine River Teachers' Association:
President
Secretary