Seniority Accumulation. (i) Part-time employees shall have their seniority expressed on the basis of number of hours worked in the bargaining unit. (The foregoing is for clarity only and therefore does not modify an employee=s level of seniority under this collective agreement or previous collective agreements.) (ii) Notwithstanding Article 10.03 (a) (i) seniority shall accrue during a pregnancy leave or parental leave. For the purposes of pregnancy leave and parental leave, seniority accrual shall be determined by multiplying the normal weekly hours times the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a pregnancy leave up to a maximum of 17 weeks and/or the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a parental leave up to a maximum of 18 weeks, whichever is applicable. (Article 10.03 (b) is applicable to full-time employees only) (b) Full-time employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of their continuous service in the bargaining unit from the last date of hire, except as otherwise provided in the collective agreement or previous collective agreements. (The foregoing is for clarity only and therefore does not modify an employee=s level of seniority under this collective agreement or previous collective agreements.) (c) In the application of seniority, no employee's seniority date may pre-date their start date. (The following clause will appear in collective agreements when both full-time and part-time employees are represented by O.P.S.E.U. replacing any provision related to Transfer of Seniority that existed in the Hospital's expiring collective agreement:)
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