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For any
requests for leave under this Article, the Employer may request, and when so
requested an employee must provide, satisfactory validation of the circumstances necessitating such request, in such
manner and at such time as may be determined by the Employer.
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13.01 Bereavement Leave
- When
a member of the employee's family dies, an employee shall be entitled to a
bereavement period of five (5) consecutive calendar days. Such bereavement
period, as determined by the employee, must include the day of the memorial
commemorating the deceased, or must begin within two (2) days following the
death. During such period, the employee shall be paid for those days which are
not regularly scheduled days of rest for the employee. In addition, the
employee may be granted up to three (3) days' leave with pay for the purpose of
travel related to the death.
- An
employee is entitled to special leave with pay, up to a maximum of one (1) day,
in the event of the death of the employee's son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law, sister-in-law or grandchild.
- If,
during a period of compensatory leave, and/or a period of vacation leave with
pay an employee is bereaved in circumstances under which he or her would have
been eligible for bereavement leave with pay under paragraph (a) and (b) of
this clause, the employee shall be granted bereavement leave with pay and his
or her compensatory leave credits and/or vacation leave credits shall be
restored to the extent of any concurrent bereavement leave with pay granted.
- It
is recognized by the Parties that the circumstances which call for leave in
respect of bereavement are based on individual circumstances. On request, the
deputy head of a department may, after considering the particular circumstances
involved, grant leave with pay for a period greater than and/or in a different
manner than that provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b).
13.02 Maternity-Related Reassignment or Leave
- An
employee who is pregnant or nursing may, during the period from the beginning
of pregnancy to the end of the twenty-fourth (24th) week following
the birth, request the Employer to modify her job functions or reassign her to
another job if, by reason of the pregnancy or nursing, continuing any of her
current functions may pose a risk to her health or that of the foetus or child.
On being informed of the cessation, the Employer, with the written consent of
the employee, shall notify the appropriate work place committee or the health and
safety representative.
- An
employee's request under clause 13.02(a) must be accompanied or followed as
soon as possible by a medical certificate indicating the expected duration of
the potential risk and activities or conditions to avoid so to eliminate the
risk. Depending upon the particular circumstances of the request, the Employer
may obtain an independent medical opinion.
- An
employee that has made a request under clause 13.02(a) is entitled to continue
in her current job while the Employer examines her request, but, if the risk
posed by continuing any of her job functions so requires, she is entitled to be
immediately assigned alternative duties until such time as the Employer:
- modifies her job functions or reassigns
her,
or
- informs her in writing that it is not
reasonably possible to modify her job functions or reassign her.
- Where
reasonably possible, the Employer shall modify the employee's job functions or
reassign her.
- Where
the Employer concludes that a modification of job functions or a reassignment
that would avoid the activities or conditions indicated in the medical
certificate is not reasonably possible, the Employer shall so inform the
employee in writing and shall grant leave of absence without pay to the
employee for the duration of the risk as indicated in the medical certificate.
However, such leave shall end no later than twenty-four (24) weeks after the
birth.
- An
employee whose job functions have been modified, who has been reassigned or who
is on leave of absence shall give at least two (2) weeks notice in writing to
the Employer of any change in duration of the risk or the inability as
indicated in the medical certificate, unless there is a valid reason why that
notice cannot be given. Such notice must be accompanied by a new medical
certificate.
- Notwithstanding
13.02(e), for an employee working in an institution where she is in direct and
regular contact with offenders, if the Employer concludes that a job function
modification or reassignment that would avoid the activities or conditions
indicated in the medical certificate is not reasonably possible, the Employer
shall so inform the employee in writing and shall grant leave of absence with
pay to the employee for the duration of the risk as indicated in the medical
certificate. However, such leave shall end no later than at the time the
employee proceeds on maternity leave without pay or the termination date,
whichever comes first.
13.03 Maternity Leave
Without Pay
- An employee who becomes pregnant shall, upon request, be granted maternity
leave without pay for a period beginning before, on or after the termination
date of pregnancy and ending not later than eighteen (18) weeks after the
termination date of pregnancy.
- Notwithstanding paragraph (a):
- where the employee has not yet proceeded on
maternity leave without pay and her newborn child is hospitalized,
or
- where the employee has proceeded on
maternity leave without pay and then returns to work for all or part of the
period during which her newborn child is hospitalized,
the
period of maternity leave without pay defined in paragraph (a) may be extended
beyond the date falling eighteen (18) weeks after the date of termination of
pregnancy by a period equal to that portion of the period of the child's
hospitalization during which the employee was not on maternity leave, to a
maximum of eighteen (18) weeks.
- The extension described in paragraph (b) shall end not later than fifty-two (52)
weeks after the termination date of pregnancy.
- The Employer may require an employee
to submit a medical certificate certifying pregnancy.
- An employee who has not started maternity leave without pay may elect to:
- use earned vacation and compensatory leave
credits up to and beyond the date that her pregnancy terminates;
or
- use her sick leave credits up to and
beyond the date that her pregnancy terminates, subject to the sick leave with
pay provisions set out in Article 12. For purposes of this subparagraph, the
terms "illness" or "injury" used in Article 12, Sick Leave With Pay, shall
include medical disability related to pregnancy.
- An employee shall inform the Employer in writing of her plans to take leave
with and without pay to cover her absence from work due to the pregnancy at
least four (4) weeks in advance of the initial date of continuous leave of
absence during which termination of pregnancy is expected to occur unless there
is a valid reason why the notice cannot be given.
- Leave granted under this clause shall be counted for the calculation of "continuous
employment" for calculating severance pay and "service" for calculating
vacation leave. Time spent on such leave shall be counted for pay increment
purposes.
13.04
Maternity Allowance
- An employee who has been granted maternity leave without pay shall be paid a
maternity allowance in accordance with the terms of the Supplemental
Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan described in paragraph (c) to (i), provided
that she:
- has completed six (6) months of continuous
employment before the start of her maternity leave without pay;
- provides the Employer with proof that she
has applied for and is in receipt of maternity benefits under the Employment
Insurance or the Québec Parental Insurance Plan relating to insurable
employment with the Employer;
and
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- has signed an agreement with the Employer
stating that:
- she will return to work on the expiry date of her maternity leave without pay
unless the return to work date is modified by the approval of another form of
leave;
- following her return to work, as described in section (A), she will work for a
period equal to the period she was in receipt of maternity allowance;
- should she fail to return to work for the Employer, Parks Canada, the Canada
Revenue Agency or the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in accordance with
section (A), or should she return to work but fail to work for the total period
specified in section (B), for reasons other than death, lay-off, early
termination due to lack of work or discontinuance of a function of a specified
period of employment that would have been sufficient to meet the obligations
specified in section (B), or having become disabled as defined in the Public Service Superannuation Act, she
will be indebted to the Employer for an amount determined as follows:
however,
an employee whose specified period of employment expired and who is rehired in
any portion of the Core Public Administration as specified in the Public
Service Labour Relations Act or Parks Canada, the Canada Revenue Agency or
the Canadian Food Inspection Agency within a period of ninety (90) days or less
is not indebted for the amount if her new period of employment is sufficient to
meet the obligations specified in section (B).
- For sections (a)(iii)(B), and (C), periods of leave with pay shall count as
time worked. Periods of leave without pay during the employee's return to work
will not be counted as time worked but shall interrupt the period referred to
in section (a)(iii)(B), without activating the recovery provisions described in
section (a)(iii)(C).
- Maternity allowance payments made in accordance with the SUB Plan will consist
of the following:
- where an employee is subject to a waiting
period of two (2) weeks before receiving Employment Insurance maternity
benefits, ninety-three per cent (93%) of her weekly pay rate for each week of
the waiting period, less any other monies earned during this period,
and
- for each week that the employee receives a
maternity benefit under the Employment Insurance or the Québec Parental
Insurance Plan, she is eligible to receive the difference between ninety-three
per cent (93%) of her weekly pay rate and the maternity benefit, less any other
monies earned during this period that may result in a decrease in her maternity
benefit to which she would have been eligible if no extra monies had been
earned during this period.
- At the employee's request, the payment referred to in subparagraph 13.04(c)(i)
will be estimated and advanced to the employee. Adjustments will be made once
the employee provides proof of receipt of Employment Insurance or Québec
Parental Insurance Plan maternity benefits.
- The maternity allowance to which an employee is entitled is limited to that
provided in paragraph (c) and an employee will not be reimbursed for any amount
that she may be required to repay pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act or
the Parental Insurance Act in Quebec.
- The weekly pay rate referred to in paragraph (c) shall be:
- for a full-time employee, the employee's
weekly pay rate on the day immediately preceding the commencement of maternity
leave without pay;
and
- for an employee who has been employed on a
part-time or on a combined full-time and part-time basis during the six (6) month
period preceding the start of maternity leave, the rate obtained by multiplying
the weekly pay rate in subparagraph (i) by the fraction obtained by dividing
the employee's straight time earnings by the straight time earnings the
employee would have earned working full-time during such period.
- The weekly pay rate referred to in paragraph (f) shall be the rate to which the
employee is entitled for her substantive level to which she is appointed.
- Notwithstanding paragraph (g), and subject to subparagraph (f)(ii), if on the
day immediately preceding the start of maternity leave without pay an employee
has been on an acting assignment for at least four (4) months, the weekly rate
shall be the rate she was being paid on that day.
- Where an employee becomes eligible for a pay increment or pay revision while in
receipt of the maternity allowance, the allowance shall be adjusted
accordingly.
- Maternity allowance payments made under the SUB Plan will neither reduce nor
increase an employee's deferred remuneration or severance pay.
13.05 Special Maternity
Allowance for Totally Disabled Employees
- An employee who:
- fails to satisfy the eligibility requirement
specified in subparagraph 13.04(a)(ii) solely because a concurrent entitlement
to benefits under the Disability Insurance (DI) Plan, the Long-Term Disability
(LTD) Insurance portion of the Public Service Management Insurance Plan (PSMIP)
or the Government Employees Compensation
Act prevents her from receiving Employment Insurance or Québec Parental
Insurance Plan maternity benefits;
and
- has satisfied all of the other eligibility
criteria specified in paragraph 13.04(a), other than those specified in
sections (A) and (B) of subparagraph 13.04(a)(iii);
shall
be paid, for each week of maternity allowance not received for the reason
described in subparagraph 13.05(a)(i), the difference between ninety-three per
cent (93%) of her weekly pay rate, and the gross amount of her weekly
disability benefit under the DI Plan, the LTD Plan or via the Government Employees Compensation Act.
- An employee shall be paid an allowance under this clause and under clause 13.04
for a combined period of no more than the number of weeks during which she
would have been eligible for maternity benefits under the Employment Insurance
or the Québec Parental Insurance Plan had she not been disqualified from
Employment Insurance or Québec Parental Insurance Plan maternity benefits for
the reasons described in subparagraph 13.05(a)(i).
13.06
Parental Leave Without Pay
- Where an employee has or will have the
actual care and custody of a new-born child (including the new-born child of a
common-law partner), the employee shall, upon request, be granted parental
leave without pay for a single period of up to thirty-seven (37) consecutive
weeks in the fifty-two (52) week period beginning on the day on which the child
is born or the day on which the child comes into the employee's care.
- Where an employee starts legal proceedings under the laws of a province to
adopt a child or obtains an order under the laws of a province for the adoption
of a child, the employee shall, upon request, be granted parental leave without
pay for a single period of up to thirty-seven (37) consecutive weeks in the
fifty-two week (52) period beginning on the day on which the child comes into
the employee's care.
- Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, at the request of an employee and
at the discretion of the Employer, the leave referred to in the paragraphs (a)
and (b) above may be taken in two periods.
- Notwithstanding
paragraphs (a) and (b):
- where the employee's child is hospitalized
within the period defined in the above paragraphs, and the employee has not yet
proceeded on parental leave without pay;
or
- where the employee has proceeded on
parental leave without pay and then returns to work for all or part of the
period his or her child is hospitalized;
the
period of parental leave without pay specified in the original leave request
may be extended by a period equal to that portion of the period of the child's
hospitalization during which the employee was not on parental leave. However,
the extension shall end not later than one hundred and four (104) weeks after
the day on which the child comes into the employee's care.
- An employee who intends to request parental leave without pay shall notify the
Employer at least four (4) weeks in advance of the start date of such leave.
- The Employer may:
- defer the start of parental leave without
pay at the request of the employee;
- grant the employee parental leave without
pay with less than four (4) weeks' notice;
or
- require an employee to submit a birth
certificate or proof of adoption of the child.
- Leave granted under this clause shall count for the calculation of "continuous
employment" for calculating severance pay and "service" for calculating
vacation leave. Time spent on such leave shall count for pay increment purposes.
13.07
Parental Allowance
- An employee who has been granted parental leave without pay, shall be paid a
parental allowance in accordance with the terms of the Supplemental
Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan described in paragraphs (c) to (i), providing
he or she:
- has completed six (6) months of continuous
employment before the start of parental leave without pay,
- provides the Employer with proof that he
or she has applied for and is in receipt of parental, paternity or adoption
benefits under the Employment Insurance or the Québec Parental Insurance Plan
for insurable employment with the Employer,
and
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- has signed an agreement with the Employer
stating that:
- the employee will return to work on the expiry date of his or her parental leave
without pay, unless the return to work date is modified by the approval of
another form of leave;
- following his or her return to work, as described in section (A), the employee
will work for a period equal to the period the employee was in receipt of the
parental allowance, in addition to the period of time referred to in section 13.04(a)(iii)(B),
if applicable;
or
- should he or she fail to return to work for the Employer, Parks Canada, the
Canada Revenue Agency or the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in accordance with
section (A) or should he or she return to work but fail to work the total
period specified in section (B), for reasons other than death, lay-off, early
termination due to lack of work or discontinuance of a function of a specified
period of employment that would have been sufficient to meet the obligations
specified in section (B), or having become disabled as defined in the Public Service Superannuation Act, he
or she will be indebted to the Employer for an amount determined as follows:
however, an employee whose specified period of
employment expired and who is rehired in any portion of the core public
administration as specified in the Public Service Labour Relations Act
or Parks Canada, the Canada Revenue Agency or the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency within a period of ninety (90) days or less is not indebted for the
amount if his or her new period of employment is sufficient to meet the
obligations specified in section (B).
- For sections (a)(iii)(B), and (C), periods of leave with pay shall count as
time worked. Periods of leave without pay during the employee's return to work
will not be counted as time worked but shall interrupt the period referred to
in section (a)(iii)(B), without activating the recovery provisions described in
section (a)(iii)(C).
- Parental allowance payments made according to the SUB Plan will consist of the
following:
- where an employee is subject to a waiting
period of two (2) weeks before receiving Employment Insurance parental
benefits, ninety-three per cent (93%) of his or her weekly pay rate, for each
week of the waiting period, less any other monies earned during this period;
- for each week the employee receives
parental, adoption or paternity benefits under the Employment Insurance or the
Québec Parental Insurance Plan, he or she is eligible to receive the difference
between ninety-three per cent (93%) of his or her weekly pay rate and the
parental, adoption or paternity benefit, less any other monies earned during
this period which may result in a decrease in his/her parental, adoption or
paternity benefit to which he or she would have been eligible if no extra
monies had been earned during this period;
or
- where an employee has received the full
eighteen (18) weeks of maternity benefit and the full thirty-two (32) weeks of
parental benefit under the Québec Parental Insurance Plan and thereafter
remains on parental leave without pay, she is eligible to receive a further
parental allowance for a period of two (2) weeks, ninety-three per cent (93%)
of her weekly pay rate for each week, less any other monies earned during this
period.
- At the employee's request, the payment referred to in subparagraph 13.07(c)(i)
will be estimated and advanced to the employee. Adjustments will be made once
the employee provides proof of receipt of Employment Insurance or Québec
Parental Insurance Plan parental benefits.
- The parental allowance to which an employee is entitled is limited to that
provided in paragraph (c) and an employee will not be reimbursed for any amount
that he or she is required to repay pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act
or the Parental Insurance Act in Quebec.
- The weekly pay rate referred to in paragraph (c) shall be:
- for a full-time employee, the employee's
weekly pay rate on the day immediately preceding the start of maternity or
parental leave without pay;
or
- for an employee who has been employed on a
part-time or on a combined full-time and part-time basis during the six (6) month
period preceding the start of maternity or parental leave without pay, the rate
obtained by multiplying the weekly pay rate in subparagraph (i) by the fraction
obtained by dividing the employee's straight time earnings by the straight time
earnings the employee would have earned working full-time during such period.
- The weekly pay rate referred to in paragraph (f) shall be the rate to which the
employee is entitled for the substantive level to which she or he is appointed.
- Notwithstanding paragraph (g), and subject to subparagraph (f)(ii), if on the
day immediately preceding the start of parental leave without pay an employee
is performing an acting assignment for at least four (4) months, the weekly
rate shall be the rate the employee was being paid on that day.
- Where an employee becomes eligible for a pay increment or pay revision while in
receipt of parental allowance, the allowance shall be adjusted accordingly.
- Parental allowance payments made under the SUB Plan will neither reduce nor
increase an employee's deferred remuneration or severance pay.
- The maximum combined maternity and parental allowances payable under this collective
agreement shall not exceed fifty-two (52) weeks for each combined maternity and
parental leave without pay.
13.08
Special Parental Allowance for Totally Disabled Employees
- An employee who:
- fails to satisfy the eligibility
requirement specified in subparagraph 13.07(a)(ii) solely because a concurrent
entitlement to benefits under the Disability Insurance (DI) Plan, the Long-Term
Disability (LTD) Insurance portion of the Public Service Management Insurance
Plan (PSMIP) or the Government Employees
Compensation Act prevents the employee from receiving Employment Insurance
or Québec Parental Insurance Plan benefits;
and
- has satisfied all of the other eligibility
criteria specified in paragraph 13.07(a), other than those specified in sections
(A) and (B) of subparagraph 13.07(a)(iii);
shall
be paid, for each week of benefits under the parental allowance not received
for the reason described in subparagraph 13.08(a)(i), the difference between
ninety-three per cent (93%) of the employee's pay rate, and the gross amount of
his or her weekly disability benefit under the DI Plan, the LTD Plan or via the
Government Employees Compensation Act.
- An employee shall be paid an allowance under this clause and
under clause 13.07 for a combined period of no more than the number of weeks
during which the employee would have been eligible for parental, paternity or
adoption benefits under the Employment Insurance or the Québec Parental
Insurance Plan, had the employee not been disqualified from Employment Insurance
or Québec Parental Insurance Plan benefits for reasons described in
subparagraph 13.08(a)(i).
13.09 Injury-on-Duty Leave With Pay
An employee shall be granted injury-on-duty leave with pay
for such reasonable period as may be determined by the Employer when a claim
has been made pursuant to the Government
Employees Compensation Act, and a Workmen's Compensation authority has
notified the Employer that it has certified that the employee is unable to
perform his or her duties because of:
- personal
injury received in the performance of his or her duties and not caused by the
employee's willful misconduct;
or
- an
industrial illness or a disease arising out of and in the course of his or her
employment;
if the employee agrees to remit to the Receiver General of
Canada any amount received by him in compensation for loss of pay due to
injury, illness, or disease providing, however, that such amount does not stem
from a personal disability policy for which the employee or the employee's
agent has paid the premium.
13.10 Leave with Pay for Family-Related Responsibilities
- For
the purpose of this clause, family is defined as spouse (or common-law partner
resident with the employee), dependent children (including foster children or
children of legal or common-law partner), parents (including step or foster-parents),
or any relative residing in the employee's household or with whom the employee
permanently resides.
- Subject to such verification as may be requested by the
Employer, leave with pay shall be granted under the following circumstances:
- while an employee is expected to make every
reasonable effort to schedule medical or dental appointments for dependent
family members to minimize or preclude his or her absence from work, however,
when alternate arrangements are not possible an employee shall be granted up to
one-half (1/2) day for a medical or dental appointment when the dependent
family member is incapable of attending the appointment alone, or for
appointments with appropriate authorities in schools or adoption agencies. An
employee seeking leave under this provision must notify his or her supervisor
of the appointment as far in advance as possible;
- up to two (2) consecutive days of leave
with pay to provide for the immediate and temporary care of a sick member of
the employee's family and to provide an employee with time to make alternate
care arrangements where the illness is of a longer duration;
- one (1) day's leave with pay for needs
directly related to the birth or adoption of the employee's child. This leave
may be divided into two (2) periods and granted on separate days.
- The
total leave with pay that may be granted under sub-clause (b)(i), (ii) and
(iii) shall not exceed five (5) days in a fiscal year.
13.11 Leave Without Pay
For The Relocation of a Spouse
- At the request of an employee, leave
without pay for a period of up to one (1) year shall be granted to an employee
whose spouse is permanently relocated and up to five (5) years to an employee
whose spouse is temporarily relocated.
- Leave without pay granted under this clause
shall be deducted from the calculation of "continuous employment" for
calculating severance pay and "service" for calculating vacation leave for the
employee involved except where the period of such leave is less than three (3) months.
Time spent on such leave that is for a period of more than three (3) months
shall not be counted for pay increment purposes.
13.12 Court Leave
Leave of absence with pay shall be given to every employee,
other than an employee on leave of absence without pay, or under suspension,
who is required:
- to
serve on a jury;
or
- by subpoena or summons to attend as a witness in any
proceedings, except for a proceeding in which the employee is a party, held:
- in or under the authority of a court of
justice or before a grand jury;
- before a court, judge, justice, magistrate
or coroner;
- before the Senate or House of Commons of
Canada, or a committee of the Senate or House of Commons, otherwise than in the
performance of the duties of his or her position;
- before a legislative council, legislative
assembly or house of assembly, or any committee thereof that is authorized by
law to compel the attendance of witnesses before it;
or
- before an arbitrator or umpire or a person
or body of persons authorized by law to make an inquiry and to compel the
attendance of witnesses before it;
or
- to
appear on his or her own behalf before an Adjudicator appointed by the Public
Service Labour Relations Board and the employee's grievance is upheld.
13.13 Employees shall be also eligible for
additional leave, as follows, in accordance with the policy of the Employer in
effect on the date of signing:
- Personnel Selection
Leave
- The
Employer shall compensate an employee at the applicable pay rate for any lost
regularly scheduled work time that results from the employee's participation in
a personnel selection process for a position in the Public Service as defined
in the Public Service Labour Relations
Act, and for lost regularly scheduled work time the Employer considers
reasonable for the employee to travel to and from the place his or her presence
is required.
- Other Leave With Pay
- At its
discretion, the Employer may grant leave with pay for purposes other than those
specified in this Agreement, including military or civil defence training and
emergencies affecting the community or place of work.
- Educational and Other
Leave Without Pay
- At its
discretion, the Employer may grant leave without pay for any purpose, including
upgrading of formal educational qualifications, enrolment in the Canadian Armed
Forces and election to a full-time municipal office.
- Personal Leave
- Subject
to operational requirements as determined by the Employer and with an advance
notice of at least five (5) working days, the employee shall be granted, in
each fiscal year, a single period of up to seven decimal five (7.5) hours of
leave with pay for reasons of a personal nature.
- The
leave will be scheduled at a time convenient to the employee and the Employer.
Nevertheless, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort to grant the
leave at such times as the employee may request.
13.14 Volunteer Leave
Subject to operational requirements as determined by the
Employer and with an advance notice of at least five (5) working days, the
employee shall be granted, in each fiscal year, a single period of up to seven
decimal five (7.5) hours of leave with pay to work as a volunteer for a
charitable or community organization or activity, other than for activities
related to the Government of Canada Workplace
Charitable Campaign;
The leave will be scheduled at a time convenient both to the
employee and the Employer. Nevertheless, the Employer shall make every
reasonable effort to grant the leave at such times as the employee may request.
13.15 Medical Appointment for Pregnant Employees
Up to three
decimal seven five (3.75) hours of reasonable time off with pay will be granted
to pregnant employees for attending routine medical appointments.
Where a series of
continuing appointments are necessary for the treatment of a particular
condition relating to the pregnancy, absences shall be charged to sick leave.
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Leave without pay for the Care of Family
13.16 Subject to clause 2.01(h), an employee
shall be granted leave without pay for the care of family in
accordance with the following conditions.
- an
employee shall notify the Employer in writing as far in advance as possible but
not less than four (4) weeks in advance of the commencement date of such leave,
unless, because of urgent or unforeseeable circumstances, such notice cannot be
given;
- leave
granted under this article shall be for a minimum period of three (3) weeks;
- the
total leave granted under this article shall not exceed five (5) years during
an employee's total period of employment in the public service;
- leave
granted for a period of one (1) year or less shall be scheduled in a manner
which ensures continued service delivery.
- Compassionate Care Leave
- Notwithstanding paragraphs 2.01(h) and
13.16(b) and (d), an employee who provides the Employer with proof that he or
she is in receipt of or awaiting Employment Insurance (EI) Compassionate Care
Benefits may be granted leave for periods of less than three (3) weeks while in
receipt of or awaiting these benefits;
- Leave granted under this clause may exceed
the five (5) year maximum provided in paragraph (c) above only for the periods
where the employee provides the Employer with proof that he or she is in receipt
of or awaiting Employment Insurance (EI) Compassionate Care Benefits;
- When notified, an employee who was
awaiting benefits must provide the Employer with proof that the request for
Employment Insurance (EI) Compassionate Care Benefits has been accepted;
- When an employee is notified that their
request for Employment Insurance (EI) Compassionate Care Benefits has been
denied, paragraphs (i) and (ii) above cease to apply.