Every teacher shall be entitled to maternity and parental leave. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of Manitoba Employment Standards Code shall apply. The teacher and the Employer may mutually agree to extend the length of the leave if the teacher so desires. Any such arrangements shall be confirmed in writing by the Employer.
8.04 a) A teacher taking maternity leave pursuant to this article shall be entitled to receive pay for the period of leave up to seventeen (17) weeks in the amount of ninety-five (95%) of the salary being received at the time leave was taken, this pay to include any benefits received from Employment Insurance pursuant to a Supplementary Unemployment Benefits Plan. The implementation of this clause is subject to the successful arrangement of a Supplementary Unemployment Benefits Plan with Human Resources Development Canada.
8.04 b) In respect of the period of maternity leave, payments made according to the Supplementary Unemployment Benefits Plan shall consist of the following:
i) For the first two weeks, payment is equivalent to ninety-five (95%) percent of her gross salary, and
ii) Up to fifteen (15) additional weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Unemployment Insurance benefits the employee is eligible to receive and ninety-five (95%) percent of her gross salary.
8.04 c) A teacher taking parental leave pursuant to this article shall be entitled to receive pay for the period of leave up to ten (10) weeks in the amount of 95% of the salary being received at the time the leave was taken, this pay to include any benefits received from Unemployment Insurance pursuant to Supplementary Unemployment Benefits Plan. The implementation of this clause is subject to the successful arrangement of a Supplementary Unemployment Insurance Benefits Plan with Human Resources Development Canada.
8.04 d) In respect of the period of parental leave, payments made according to the Supplementary Unemployment Benefits Plan shall consist of the following:
i) Where the female parent is taking the leave,
Up to ten (10) weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Unemployment Insurance benefits the employee is eligible to receive and ninety-five (95%) percent of her gross salary.
ii) Where the male parent is taking leave,
For the first two (2) weeks, payment equivalent to the difference between the Unemployment Insurance benefits the employee is eligible to receive and ninety-five (95%) percent of his gross salary.
8.04 e) i) A teacher is expected to remain in the employ of the Employer for a total of eighteen (18) months after her return to work, or be indebted to the Employer for the full amount of the maternity and parental allowance she has received.
8.04 e) ii) Should the teacher fail to return to work, for reasons other than death, lay-off, termination due to lack of work or discontinuance of a function of a specified period of employment that would have been sufficient to meet the obligations specified in 8.04 e) i), or having become disabled; she shall be indebted to the Employer for the full amount of the maternity and parental allowance she has received.