A) After having served a qualifying period of seven (7) consecutive teaching months in the employ of the Prairie Rose 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 Supplemental 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, payment equivalent to 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 90% of her gross salary.
C) After having served a qualifying period of seven (7) consecutive months in the employ of the Prairie Rose School Division a teacher who is eligible for adoptive or 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 Supplemental Employment Benefits Plan.
D) In respect of the period of adoptive or parental leave, payments made according to the SEB Plan will consist of the following:
a. For the first two weeks, either payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment Insurance benefit the employee is eligible to receive and ninety percent (90%) of gross salary where the two week waiting period has been served, or payment equivalent to ninety percent (90%) of gross salary; and
b. Up to eight (8) 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 17 weeks referenced in (B) above, or where any portion of the 10 weeks referenced in (D) above, falls during the summer, Christmas break, spring break or any other period 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) i) 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.
ii) Where a teacher had commenced his or her adoptive or 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 or parental leave which falls after the start of the next immediate fall term.