Under the previous Collective Agreement, lawyers are entitled to a single period of parental leave of up to 37 consecutive weeks during the 52-week period beginning on the date of birth or the date on which a child comes into a lawyer's care. There is no automatic right to extended parental ...
Several changes have been made to the parental allowance provisions in the new Collective Agreement following amendments to the Employment Insurance Act which allow for extended EI parental benefits. These changes were intended to provide greater flexibility and certainty to lawyers without significantly increasing the overall ...
Québec residents will be eligible for the non-discretionary extended parental leave. Under the Québec Parental Insurance Program (QPIP) and the new Collective Agreement however, parental allowance would only be payable under the standard parental benefits option. The reason for this is that to be eligible for a parental allowance, lawyers must provide proof that they have applied for and are in receipt of QPIP parental, paternity or adoption benefits. Parental benefits are only available for 32 weeks with ...
Changes to parental leave will come into effect on the date the Collective Agreement is signed (September 5th, 2019). Changes to existing and new compensation elements, including allowances, will come into effect within 180 days following the signature of the new Collective Agreement. This date has been set as ...
No. Currently, a lawyer who is on leave without pay for any of the following reasons, is required to contribute to the public service pension plan at a single rate for the first 52 weeks of their absence ...