{"id":1238,"date":"2025-06-10T10:33:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T16:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/?page_id=1238"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:25:50","slug":"maternity-parental-leave","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/maternity-parental-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Maternity &amp; Parental Leave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewWebsite_Page_MatPatLeave_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewWebsite_Page_MatPatLeave_2025.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewWebsite_Page_MatPatLeave_2025-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewWebsite_Page_MatPatLeave_2025-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NewWebsite_Page_MatPatLeave_2025-600x409.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Provisions for Maternity and Parental Leave<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you planning to take maternity and\/or parental leave? There are two sources that define a teacher\u2019s right to maternity and\/or parental leave \u2013 the Employment Standards Code and the collective agreement. The Code provides for minimum standards applicable to all employees, while the collective agreement may provide for enhanced rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions regarding any provisions of maternity and\/or parental leave, please contact your Local Association or the Teacher Welfare Department at 204-831-3055 or email <strong><em><a href=\"mailto:mat-leave-questions@mbteach.org\">mat-leave-questions@mbteach.org<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=euvEOX_jqPQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maternity &amp; Parental Leave Information Video<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Maternity-Leave-Handbook_ENG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maternity &amp; Parental Leave Handbook English<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Maternity-Leave-Handbook_FRE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cong\u00e9 de maternit\u00e9 et cong\u00e9 parental French<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provisions for Maternity and Parental Leave Are you planning to take maternity and\/or parental leave? There are two sources that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1238","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1238"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3824,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1238\/revisions\/3824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}