SEINE RIVER TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2018/07/01 - 2022/08/31

ARTICLE 9 - MATERNITY / PARENTAL LEAVE

9.05

Effective July 1, 2015, the Division shall pay a teacher on maternity leave and/or parental leave:

  1. If the teacher’s two (2) week or ten (10) day waiting period falls entirely on teaching days, ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary plus up to seventy-five (75) 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.
  1. If the teacher’s two (2) week or ten (10) 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.
  1. 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 either maternity or 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;
  1. eighty-five (85) teaching days of pay and/or top-up benefits if the teacher only takes maternity leave;
  1. 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 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.