FMLA Leave The Board agrees to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act and agrees that any policy adopted to implement the FMLA shall in no way reduce or adversely impact any other provision of this Agreement.
Parenting Leave Parenting Leave consists of Maternity Leave and Parental Leave. Parental Leave includes Paternity and Adoption Leave.
Health Leave Any regular employee of the District may, at the discretion of the Board, be granted a leave of absence without pay for reasons of health, such leave to be specified for a period of not more than one year. Such leave may be extended in case of serious health conditions.
Maternity Leave A pregnant employee who requests Maternity Leave shall provide the General Manager with a medical certificate from a qualified medical practitioner stating the estimated date of birth. Such certificate shall be provided not later than three months prior to the estimated date of birth. An employee will eligible for Maternity Leave after the completion of the first three months of regular employment. This employee will also be required to complete a Request for Special Leave form, and submit it to the Human Resources Department. A pregnant employee shall be entitled to Maternity Leave, without pay from the date of of leave, for a period of eighteen consecutive weeks or a shorter period if the employee requests. The employee may request that her leave commence eleven weeks before the estimated date of birth or any time thereafter. The City may require the employee to commence a leave of absence where the duties of the employee cannot reasonably be performed because of the pregnancy and to continue the leave of absence until the employee provides a certificate from a medical practitioner stating that she is able to perform her duties. Regardless of the date of commencement of the leave of absence, the leave shall not end before the expiration of six weeks following the actual date of birth of the child unless the employee requests a shorter period. If the employee requests a shorter period, a written notice must be submitted to the City two weeks prior to returning to work. Where an employee who has been granted of absence under this clause is, for reasons related to the birth as certified by a medical practitioner, unable to work or return to work after the expiration of the leave, the City shall grant to the employee further leaves of absence from work, without pay, for a period specified in one or more medical certificates, but not exceeding a total of six consecutive weeks. Where Maternity Leave is taken, the employee must prepay her share of premiums to the employer for benefits to which she is entitled for the period of leave. An employee who is absent for a period longer than eighteen weeks and who wishes to continue benefit coverage shall prepay to the City the total cost of premiums for benefits to which she is entitled for the additional period of leave. January December Collective Agreement between the of Surrey and Local On resuming employment, an employee shall be reinstated in her previous or a comparable position and for the purpose of pay increments, benefits, and vacation entitlement (but not for statutory holidays or sick leave) maternity leave will be counted as service. Vacation pay will be prorated by the period of the leave and an employee may elect not to take that portion of her vacation which is unpaid. The City shall not terminate an employee or change a condition of employment of an employee without the employee’s written consent, except for general reduction in the workforce. An employee who is a birth father, the adoptive father or adoptive mother, shall be entitled to twelve weeks of parental leave without pay. The employee shall take the leave within fifty-two weeks of the child’s birth or the date the child comes within care of or custody of the employee.