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(i) Sub-clause (b) above applies with respect to Printing Operations Supervisory employees except that May 31, 1990 shall be replaced by the first (1st) day of the month following the date of signing. 35.04 An employee is entitled to vacation leave with pay to the extent of the employee's earned credits but an employee who has completed six (6) months of continuous employment is entitled to receive an advance of credits equivalent to the anticipated credits for the current vacation year. Scheduling and Granting of Vacation Leave With Pay** 35.05(a) Employees are expected to take all their vacation leave during the vacation year in which it is earned. (b) The Employer reserves the right to schedule an employee's vacation leave. In granting vacation leave with pay to an employee, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort to: (i) grant an employee's vacation leave in an amount and at such time as the employee may request; (ii) not recall an employee to duty after the employee has proceeded on vacation leave; (iii) not cancel nor alter a period of vacation leave which has been previously approved in writing; (iv) ensure that, at the request of employee, vacation leave in periods of two (2) weeks or more are started following a scheduled period of rest days. (c) Representative of the Alliance shall be given the opportunity to consult with representatives of the Employer on vacation schedules. 35.06 The Employer shall give an employee as much notice as is practicable and reasonable of approval, denial, alteration or cancellation of a request for vacation or furlough leave. In the case of denial, alteration or cancellation of such leave, the Employer shall give the written reason therefore, upon written request from the employee. 35.07 Where, in respect of any period of vacation leave, an employee: (a) is granted bereavement leave, or (b) is granted leave with pay because of illness in the immediate family, or (c) is granted sick leave on production of a medical certificate, the period of vacation leave so displaced shall either be added to the vacation period, if requested by the employee and approved by the Employer, or reinstated for use at a later date. 35.08 Advance Payments(a) The Employer agrees to issue advance payments of estimated net salary for vacation periods of two (2) or more complete weeks, provided a written request for such advance payment is received from the employee at least six (6) weeks prior to the last pay day before the employee's vacation period commences. (b) Providing the employee has been authorized to proceed on vacation leave for the period concerned, pay in advance of going on vacation shall be made prior to the commencement of leave. Any overpayment in respect of such pay advances shall be an immediate first charge against any subsequent pay entitlements and shall be recovered in full prior to any further payment of salary. 35.09 Recall from Vacation Leave(a) Where an employee is recalled to duty during any period of vacation or furlough leave, the employee shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses that the employee incurs: (i) in proceeding to the employee's place of duty, and (ii) in returning to the place from which the employee was recalled if the employee immediately resumes vacation upon completing the assignment for which the employee was recalled, after submitting such accounts as are normally required by the Employer. (b) The employee shall not be considered as being on vacation leave or furlough leave during any period in respect of which the employee is entitled under paragraph (a) to be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred by the employee. 35.10 Cancellation or Alteration of Vacation LeaveWhen the Employer cancels or alters a period of vacation or furlough leave which it has previously approved in writing, the Employer shall reimburse the employee for the non-returnable portion of vacation contracts and reservations made by the employee in respect of that period, subject to the presentation of such documentation as the Employer may require. The employee must make every reasonable attempt to mitigate such losses. ** 35.11 Carry-Over and/or Liquidation of Vacation LeaveClause 35.11 Carry-Over and Liquidation of Vacation Leave will take effect on April 1, 2005. (a) Where in any vacation year, an employee has not been granted all of the vacation leave credited to him or her, the unused portion of his or her vacation leave up to a maximum of two hundred and eighty (280) hours credits shall be carried over into the following vacation year. All vacation leave credits in excess of two hundred and eighty (280) hours shall be automatically paid in cash at his or her daily rate of pay as calculated from the classification prescribed in his or her certificate of appointment of his or her substantive position on the last day of the vacation year. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if on March 31, 2005 or on the date an employee becomes subject to this Agreement subsequent to March 31, 2005, an employee has more than two hundred and eighty (280) hours of unused vacation leave credits, a minimum of eighty (80) hours per year shall be granted or paid in cash by March 31st of each year, commencing on March 31, 2006 until all vacation leave credits in excess of two hundred and eighty (280) hours have been liquidated. Payment shall be in one instalment per year and shall be at the employee's daily rate of pay as calculated from the classification prescribed in his or her certificate of appointment of his or her substantive position on March 31st of the applicable previous vacation year. ** 35.12 During any vacation year, upon application by the employee and at the discretion of the Employer, earned but unused vacation leave credits in excess of one hundred and twenty (120) hour, or one hundred and twelve point five (112.5) hours, where the standard work week is thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours per week, may be paid in cash at the employees' daily rate of pay as calculated from the classification prescribed in the certificate of appointment of the employee's substantive position on March 31st of the previous vacation year. Leave When Employment Terminates35.13 When an employee dies or otherwise ceases to be employed, the employee's estate or the employee shall be paid an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the number of hours of earned but unused vacation and furlough leave to the employee's credit by the rate of pay as calculated from the classification prescribed in the certificate of appointment on the date of the termination of employment. 35.14 Notwithstanding clause 35.13, an employee whose employment is terminated for cause pursuant to Section 11(2)(g) of the Financial Administration Act by reason of abandonment of his or her position is entitled to receive the payment referred to in clause 35.13, if he or she requests it within six (6) months following the date upon which his or her employment is terminated. 35.15 Where the employee requests, the Employer shall grant the employee his or her unused vacation leave credits prior to termination of employment if this will enable the employee, for purposes of severance pay, to complete the first (1st) year of continuous employment in the case of lay-off, and the tenth (10th) year of continuous employment in the case of resignation. 35.16 Appointment to a Separate EmployerNotwithstanding clause 35.13, an employee who resigns to accept an appointment with an organization listed in Part II of Schedule I of the Public Service Staff Relations Act may choose not to be paid for unused vacation and furlough leave credits, provided that the appointing organization will accept such credits. ** 35.17 Appointment from a Separate EmployerAn employee who has resigned from an organization listed in Part II of Schedule I of the Public Service Staff Relations Act may, with concurrence of Employer, transfer up to two hundred and eighty (280) hours of earned vacation leave credits earned previously with that organization. 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(allowance received) | X | (remaining period to be worked following her return to work) |
[total period to be worked as specified in (B)] |
however, an employee whose specified period of employment expired and who is rehired in any portion of the Public Service of Canada as specified in Part I of Schedule I of Public Service Staff Relations Act within a period of 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).
(b) For the purpose of 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).
(c) Maternity allowance payments made in accordance with the SUB Plan will consist of the following:
(i) where an employee is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving Employment Insurance pregnancy benefits, ninety-three per cent (93%) of her weekly rate of pay for each week of the waiting period, less any other monies earned during this period,
and
(ii) for each week that the employee receives a pregnancy benefit pursuant to Section 22 of the Employment Insurance Act, the difference between the gross weekly amount of the Employment Insurance pregnancy benefit she is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of her weekly rate of pay less any other monies earned during this period which may result in a decrease in Employment Insurance benefits to which she would have been eligible if no extra monies had been earned during this period.
(d) At the employee's request, the payment referred to in subparagraph 38.02(c)(i) will be estimated and advanced to the employee. Adjustments will be made once the employee provides proof of receipt of Employment Insurance pregnancy benefits.
(e) 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.
(f) The weekly rate of pay referred to in paragraph (c) shall be:
(i) for a full-time employee, the employee's weekly rate of pay on the day immediately preceding the commencement of maternity leave without pay,
(ii) 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 commencement of maternity leave, the rate obtained by multiplying the weekly rate of pay 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.
(g) The weekly rate of pay referred to in paragraph (f) shall be the rate to which the employee is entitled for her substantive level to which she is appointed.
(h) Notwithstanding paragraph (g), and subject to subparagraph (f)(ii), if on the day immediately preceding the commencement 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.
(i) 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.
(j) Maternity allowance payments made under the SUB Plan will neither reduce nor increase an employee's deferred remuneration or severance pay.
(a) An employee who:
(i) fails to satisfy the eligibility requirement specified in subparagraph 38.02(a)(ii) solely because a concurrent entitlement to benefits under the Disability Insurance (DI) Plan, the Longterm Disability (LTD) Insurance portion of the Public Service Management Insurance Plan (PSMIP) or the Government Employees Compensation Act prevents her from receiving Employment Insurance pregnancy benefits,
and
(ii) has satisfied all of the other eligibility criteria specified in paragraph 38.02(a), other than those specified in sections (A) and (B) of subparagraph 38.02(a)(iii),
shall be paid, in respect of each week of maternity allowance not received for the reason described in subparagraph (i), the difference between ninety-three per cent (93%) of her weekly rate of pay and the gross amount of her weekly disability benefit under the DI Plan, the LTD Plan or via the Government Employees Compensation Act.
(b) An employee shall be paid an allowance under this clause and under clause 38.02 for a combined period of no more than the number of weeks during which she would have been eligible for pregnancy benefits pursuant to Section 22 of the Employment Insurance Act had she not been disqualified from Employment Insurance pregnancy benefits for the reasons described in subparagraph (a)(i).
If, on the date of signature of the Memorandum of Agreement modifying the provisions of this Article, an employee is currently on maternity leave without pay or has requested a period of maternity leave but has not commenced the leave, she shall upon request be entitled to the provisions of this Article. Any application must be received before the termination date of the leave period originally requested.
(a) 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.
(b) Where an employee commences 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.
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(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, at the request of an employee and at the discretion of the employer, the leave referred to with the paragraphs (a) and (b) above may be taken in two periods.
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(d) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b):
(i) 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
(ii) where the employee has proceeded on parental leave without pay and then returns to work for all or part of the period during which 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.
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(e) An employee who intends to request parental leave without pay shall notify the Employer at least four (4) weeks in advance of the commencement date of such leave.
(f) The Employer may:
(i) defer the commencement of parental leave without pay at the request of the employee;
(ii) grant the employee parental leave without pay with less than four (4) weeks' notice;
(iii) require an employee to submit a birth certificate or proof of adoption of the child.
(g) Parental leave without pay taken by a couple employed in the Public Service shall not exceed a total of thirty-seven (37) weeks for both individuals combined. For the purpose of this paragraph, Public Service means any portion of the Public Service of Canada specified in Part I of Schedule I of the Public Service Staff Relations Act.
(h) Leave granted under this clause shall count for the calculation of "continuous employment" for the purpose of calculating severance pay and "service" for the purpose of calculating vacation leave. Time spent on such leave shall count for pay increment purposes.
(a) 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:
(i) has completed six (6) months of continuous employment before the commencement of parental leave without pay,
(ii) provides the Employer with proof that he or she has applied for and is in receipt of parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act in respect of insurable employment with the Employer,
and
(iii) has signed an agreement with the Employer stating that:
(A) the employee will return to work on the expiry date of his/her parental leave without pay, unless the return to work date is modified by the approval of another form of leave;
(B) 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 38.02(a)(iii)(B), if applicable;
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(C) should he or she fail to return to work 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:
(allowance received) | X | (remaining period to be worked following his or her return to work) |
[total period to be worked as specified in (B)] |
however, an employee whose specified period of employment expired and who is rehired in any portion of the Public Service of Canada as specified in Part I of Schedule I of the Public Service Staff Relations Act 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).
(b) For the purpose of 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).
(c) Parental Allowance payments made in accordance with the SUB Plan will consist of the following:
(i) 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/her weekly rate of pay for each week of the waiting period, less any other monies earned during this period;
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(ii) for each week in respect of which the employee receives parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, the difference between the gross weekly amount of the Employment Insurance parental benefits he or she is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of his or her weekly rate of pay less any other monies earned during this period which may result in a decrease in Employment Insurance benefits to which he or she would have been eligible if no extra monies had been earned during this period;
(d) At the employee's request, the payment referred to in subparagraph 39.02(c)(i) will be estimated and advanced to the employee. Adjustments will be made once the employee provides proof of receipt of EI parental benefits.
(e) 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.
(f) The weekly rate of pay referred to in paragraph (c) shall be:
(i) for a full-time employee, the employee's weekly rate of pay on the day immediately preceding the commencement of maternity or parental leave without pay;
(ii) 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 commencement of maternity or parental leave without pay, the rate obtained by multiplying the weekly rate of pay 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.
(g) The weekly rate of pay 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.
(h) Notwithstanding paragraph (g), and subject to subparagraph (f)(ii), if on the day immediately preceding the commencement 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.
(i) Where an employee becomes eligible for a pay increment or pay revision while in receipt of parental allowance, the allowance shall be adjusted accordingly.
(j) Parental allowance payments made under the SUB Plan will neither reduce nor increase an employee's deferred remuneration or severance pay.
(a) An employee who:
(i) fails to satisfy the eligibility requirement specified in subparagraph 39.02(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 via the Government Employees Compensation Act prevents the employee from receiving Employment Insurance parental benefits,
and
(ii) has satisfied all of the other eligibility criteria specified in paragraph 39.02(a), other than those specified in sections (A) and (B) of subparagraph 39.02(a)(iii),
shall be paid, in respect of each week of benefits under the parental allowance not received for the reason described in subparagraph (i), the difference between ninety-three per cent (93%) of the employee's rate of pay 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.
(b) An employee shall be paid an allowance under this clause and under clause 39.02 for a combined period of no more than the number of weeks during which the employee would have been eligible for parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act, had the employee not been disqualified from Employment Insurance parental benefits for the reasons described in subparagraph (a)(i).
If, on the date of signature of the Memorandum of Agreement modifying the provisions of this Article, an employee is currently on parental leave without pay or has requested a period of such leave without pay but has not commenced the leave, he or she shall upon request be entitled to the provisions of this Article. Any application must be received before the termination date of the leave period originally requested.
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