24-1
Every female teacher shall be entitled to maternity leave and every teacher shall be entitled to adoptive leave and parental leave in accordance with this article.
24-2
Every teacher shall be entitled to unpaid parental leave.
24-3
Except as otherwise provided therein the Manitoba Employment Standards Code will apply.
24-4
The teacher and the Division may mutually agree to extend the length of the leave if the teachers so desires. Any such arrangements shall be confirmed in writing by the Division.
24-5
The condition of the maternity/adoptive /parental leave shall be determined by the teacher and the Board to their mutual satisfaction.
24-6
Maternity/Adoptive/Parental Leave shall not constitute a break in employment for teachers under Teacher-General contracts or teachers under Limited Teacher-General contracts offered continued employment by the Division.
24-7
Upon expiry of the maternity/adoptive/parental leave, the teacher shall be reinstated in the position occupied by her/him at the time such leave commenced or in a comparable and/or mutually agreed-upon position prior to maternity/adoptive/parental leave.
24-8
A teacher taking maternity leave and/or parental/adoptive 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.
24-9
The Division shall pay a teacher on maternity leave and/or parental/adoptive leave:
24-10
For greater certainty, a teacher who is receiving employment insurance benefits shall be entitled to:
unless the teacher takes a shorter period of maternity leave or parental/adoptive 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 acknowledged 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.
This 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.