8.05. An employee may be absent from work for 5 days at the birth of the employee’s child, the adoption of a child or where there is a termination of pregnancy in or after the twentieth week of pregnancy. The first 2 days of absence must be remunerated if the employee is credited with 60 days of uninterrupted service.
The leave may be divided into days at the request of the employee. It may not be taken more than 15 days after the child arrives at the residence of its father or mother or after the termination of pregnancy.
The employee must advise the employer of his or her absence as soon as possible.
O.C. 88-82, s. 8; O.C. 1309-89, s. 2; O.C. 1387-99, ss. 5 and 8; O.C. 756-2011, s. 14.