After having served a qualifying period of seven (7) consecutive teaching months in the employ of the Prairie Spirit 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.
In respect of the period of maternity leave, payments made according to the Supplemental Employment Benefits Plan will consist of the following:
For the first two weeks, payment equivalent to ninety percent (90%) of her gross salary, and Up to fifteen (15) additional weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment
Insurance benefits the employee is eligible to receive and ninety percent (90%) of her gross salary.
After having served a qualifying period of seven (7) consecutive teaching months in the employ of the Prairie Spirit School Division, a teacher who is eligible for parental or adoptive 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.
In respect of the period of parental leave, payments made according to the Supplemental Employment Benefits Plan will consist of the following:
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
Up to eight (8) additional weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment Insurance benefits the employee is eligible to receive and ninety percent (90%) of gross salary.
Where any portion of the seventeen (17) weeks referenced in 2), or where any portion of the ten (10) weeks referenced in 4), falls during the summer, Christmas Break, Spring Break, or any other period when the teacher would not be earning their salary, that portion of leave period does not qualify the teacher to receive a top-up benefit pursuant to 4:02 (2) or 4:02 (4) respectively.
Where a teacher has 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 of the first seventeen (17) weeks of maternity leave which falls after the start of the next immediate fall term.
Where a teacher has commenced their parental or adoptive 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 the portion of the first ten (10) weeks of parental leave which falls after the start of the next immediate fall term.