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Know your contract: How maternity and parental leave works

AUFA’s bargaining team received a request for changes to the collective agreement around maternity and parental leave benefits (Article 16). Assessing this request required the bargaining team to sort through how these benefits work.

The bargaining team thought it might be useful to share with the membership how maternity and parental leave benefits work. The illustrative diagrams at the bottom of this blog may be easier to understand than the text.

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Bargaining Consultation: Essential Services Agreement

The Labour Relations Code requires AUFA and AU to assess whether any of the work performed by AUFA members constitutes an essential service. If so, AUFA and AU must conclude an essential services agreement (ESA).

In December, AUFA’s executive appointed an ESA Negotiating Committee comprising Bob Barnetson, Susan Cake, Jason Foster, and Richard Roach. This blog post is the first step in consulting AUFA members about an ESA.

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