Every female teacher shall be entitled to maternity leave and every teacher shall be entitled to parental leave in accordance with this article.
Every teacher shall be entitled to unpaid parental leave.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Manitoba Employment Standards Code will apply.
The teacher and the Division may mutually agree to extend the length of leave if the teacher so desires. Any such arrangements shall be confirmed in writing by the Division.
After having served a qualifying period of seven (7) consecutive teaching months in the employ of the Garden Valley School Division, a teacher who is eligible for maternity leave under the provisions of the Employment Standards Code, and who qualifies for Employment Insurance benefits, shall be entitled to receive pay for the period of leave up to seventeen (17) weeks in the amount of ninety percent (90%) of the gross salary being earned at the time leave was taken. This pay shall include any benefits received from Human Resources Development Canada to a Supplementary Employment Benefits Plan.
In respect of the period of maternity leave, payments made according to the SEB Plan will consist of the following:
A. For the first two weeks, payments equivalent to 90% of her gross salary, and
B. Up to fifteen (15) additional weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment Insurance benefit the employee is eligible to receive and 90% of her gross salary.
After having served a qualifying period of seven (7) consecutive teaching months in the employ of the Garden Valley School Division, a teacher who is eligible for adoptive/parental leave under the provisions of the Employment Standards Code, and who qualifies for Employment Insurance benefits, shall be entitled to receive pay for the period of leave up to ten (10) weeks in the amount of ninety percent (90%) of the gross salary being earned at the time leave was taken. This pay shall include any benefits received from Human Resources Development Canada to a Supplementary Employment Benefits Plan.
In respect of the period of adoptive/parental leave, payments made according to the SEB Plan will consist of the following:
A. For the first two weeks, payments equivalent to 90% of gross salary, and
B. Up to eight (8) additional weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment Insurance benefit the employee is eligible to receive and 90% of gross salary.
Where any portion of the 17 weeks referenced in 10.06 above, or where any portion of the 10 weeks referenced in 10.08 above, falls during the summer, Christmas break, Spring break, or any other period for when the teacher would not be earning his or her salary, that portion of the leave period does not qualify the teacher to receive a top-up benefit pursuant to this article.
A. Where a teacher had commenced her maternity leave prior to June 30 of a given year, and a portion of the first 17 weeks falls after the start of the next immediate fall term, the teacher shall be entitled to receive the top-up payments for the portion, if any, of the first 17 weeks of maternity leave which falls after the start of the next immediate fall term.
B. Where a teacher had commenced his or her adoptive/parental leave prior to June 30 of a given year, and a portion of the first 10 weeks falls after the start of the next immediate fall term, the teacher shall be entitled to receive the top-up payments for the portion, if any, of the first 10 weeks of adoptive/parental leave which falls after the start of the next immediate fall term.
When a teacher requests leave from teaching duties to be with the teacher’s partner while she is having a baby or they are adopting a child, such leave, up to two additional days, shall be granted as leave with pay.