For more information, contact Alberta Human Rights Commission. Birth mothers can take up to 16 consecutive weeks of unpaid maternity leave. The number of weeks of leave exceeds the Employment Insurance benefit length by one week in recognition of the waiting period.
Employees should be aware of this before taking their leave. Leave can start any time within the 13 weeks leading up to the estimated due date and no later than the date of birth. If a pregnancy ends in a miscarriage or stillbirth within 16 weeks of the estimated due date, the employee is still entitled to maternity leave but is not entitled to parental leave.
The leave will end 16 weeks after it begins. Birth and adoptive parents can take up to 62 weeks of unpaid parental leave. Leave can start any time after the birth or adoption of a child, but must be completed within 78 weeks of the date the baby is born or placed with the parents.
Employers can require employees to submit a medical certificate, confirming pregnancy and estimated delivery date.
A medical certificate may be issued by a nurse practitioner or physician. Employees must give employers written notice at least 6 weeks before starting maternity or parental leave.
If they fail to give notice for medical reasons or a situation related to the birth or adoption, parents are still eligible for leave:. Parents who intend to share parental leave must advise their respective employers of their intention to do so.
Two employees working for the same employer may combine parental leave for a maximum of 62 weeks. This may be increased in the future to align with Employment Insurance benefits. Annual vacation earned prior to leave must be taken within 12 months after it was earned. If this time falls while the employee is on leave, the employee must:. Home Life as a parent Work and childcare Working.
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Join BabyCenter. Sign up to receive free emails and track your baby's development. In other words, you can be fired for something you would have been fired for had you not been on leave, like if you committed a fireable offense, there were mass layoffs, or your department or job were being eliminated. But Park notes that even if an employer comes up with a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for letting someone go while they're on leave, that action may still be illegal if the employer's stated reason seems pretextual.
Young could not during her pregnancy," he explains. Young may have been illegal. Proving pretext is almost always the most important issue in an employment discrimination case. Beyond this, he says you should also immediately contact and file a federal charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency charged with enforcing federal antidiscrimination law, as well as any similar state or local agencies.
Contacting the EEOC is not optional, he says, as you may lose your right to sue your employer for discrimination after a certain time. Lastly, Park suggests meticulously documenting the circumstances surrounding the adverse employment action, prior work performance, and anything else that indicates the employer's stated reasons for its actions may be suspect.
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