ARTICLE 7: LEAVE OF ABSENCE

7:08 Parenting Leave

Maternity or Parental Leaves shall be in accordance with the Employment Standards Code of the Province of Manitoba.        

Top-Up Benefits

1. Effective January 1, 2017 a teacher taking Maternity Leave and/or Parental Leave pursuant to this article shall be entitled to receive pay equivalent to ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary (gross salary means 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.

 

2. Effective January 1, 2017 the Division shall pay a teacher on Maternity Leave and/or Parental Leave:

1. if the teacher’s one (1) week or five (5) day waiting period falls entirely on teaching days, ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary plus up to eighty (80) teaching days of Maternity Leave Top-Up calculated at the difference between the teacher’s Employment Insurance benefit and ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary provided the teacher remains on either maternity or Parental Leave and continues to receive Employment Insurance benefits;
2. if the teacher’s one (1) week or five (5) day waiting period falls partially or entirely within a non-teaching period, ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary for any teaching days and up to eighty-five (85) teaching days of Maternity Leave top-up calculated at the difference between the teacher’s Employment Insurance benefit and ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary provided the teacher remains on either Maternity or Parental Leave and continues to receive Employment Insurance benefits;
3. up to fifty (50) teaching days of Parental Leave top-up calculated at the difference between the teacher’s Employment Insurance benefit and ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary provided the teacher remains on Parental Leave and continues to receive Employment Insurance benefits.

For greater certainty, a teacher who is receiving Employment Insurance benefits shall be entitled to:

1. one hundred and thirty-five (135) teaching days of pay and/or top-up benefits if the teacher takes both Maternity Leave and Parental Leave;
2. eighty-five (85) teaching days of pay and/or top-up benefits if the teacher only takes Maternity Leave;
3. fifty (50) teaching days of pay and/or top-up benefits if the teacher only takes Parental Leave;

unless the teacher takes a shorter period of Maternity Leave or Parental 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 acknowledge that the top-up payments 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.

3. Non-Application

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.