Every female teacher shall be entitled to maternity leave and every teacher shall be entitled to parental leave in accordance with this article.
Except as otherwise provided herein the Manitoba Employment Standards Code will apply.
The teacher and the Division may mutually agree to extend the length of leave if the teacher so desires. Any such arrangement shall be confirmed in writing by the Division.
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 percent (90%) of the salary being received at the time leave was taken; this pay to include any benefits received from Human Resources and Social Development Canada to a Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB) plan. The implementation of this clause is subject to the successful arrangement of a Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Plan with Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
In respect to the period of maternity leave, payments made according to the SUB plan will consist of the following:
A teacher taking parental leave shall receive pay for the period of leave up to ten (10) weeks of payment equivalent to the difference between the payment from HRSDC and 90% of his/her salary. The ten weeks includes any waiting period required for employment insurance benefits.
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 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.
The Division shall pay a teacher on Maternity Leave and/or 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.
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.