Commencing January 1, 2007, Parental Leave Top-Up will be effective in the Supplementary Employment Benefits Plan sub clauses (C), (D) and (G).
(A) After having served a qualifying period of seven (7) consecutive teaching months in the employ of the Portage la Prairie School Division, a teacher who is eligible for maternity leave under the provision 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.
(B) In respect of the period of maternity leave, payments made according to the SEB Plan will consist of the following:
(i) For the first two weeks, payments equivalent to ninety percent (90%) of her gross salary, and
(ii) Up to fifteen (15) additional weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment Insurance benefit the employee is eligible to receive
and ninety percent (90%) of her gross salary.
(C) After having served a qualifying period of seven (7) consecutive teaching months in the employ of the Portage la Prairie 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.
(D) In respect of the period of adoptive/parental leave, payments made according to the SEB Plan will consist of the following.
(i) For the first two weeks, payments equivalent to ninety percent (90%) of gross salary, and
(ii) Up to eight (8) additional weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment Insurance benefit the employee is eligible to receive
and ninety percent (90%) of gross salary.
(E) Where any portion of the seventeen (17) weeks referenced in (B) above, or where any portion of the ten weeks referenced in (D) 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.
(F) Where a teacher had commenced her maternity leave prior to June 30th of a given year, and a portion of the first seventeen (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 seventeen (17) weeks of maternity leave which falls after the start of the next immediate fall term.
(G) Where a teacher had commenced his or her adoptive/parental leave prior to June 30th of a given year, and a portion of the first ten (10) weeks falls after the start of the next immediate fall term, the teacher shall be entitled to receive the top-up payments for this portion, if any, of the first ten (10) weeks of adoptive/parental leave which falls after the start of the next immediate fall term (See also Letter of Understanding).