Extended Leaves
The Collective Agreement allows teachers to take leaves for extended periods in certain circumstances. The following table summarizes the available leaves; more details on each leave can be found in the Collective Agreement.
Faculty also have access to leaves related to parental rights (e.g. maternity, paternity, adoption, and parental leaves). Note that these leaves are available to Regular Day and Continuing Education faculty. Click here for more information.
Faculty access to sick days is different for Regular Day and Continuing Education faculty. For more information regarding sick days and extended leaves related to medical absences, click here.
Sporadic Leaves
Teachers do not have access to “personal days”. However, after notifying the College, teachers are entitled to paid leaves of absence in the following specific circumstances (5-9.01):
- for the death of spouse, child or spouse’s child: five (5) working days;
- for the death of father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, step-father, step-mother, brother or sister: three (3) working days;
- for the death of brother-in-law, sister-in-law, step-brother, step-sister, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandfather or grandmother; the day of the funeral; if the deceased resided with the teacher: three (3) working days;
In cases of medically assisted death, the above three leaves can start the day prior to the death.
- for the wedding of father, mother, child, sibling, half-sibling: the day of the wedding;
- for your own wedding: five (5) consecutive working days including the day of the wedding;
- for moving: the day of the move (once a year);
- for acts of God (disaster, fire, flood, etc.) which necessitate a leave from work: the number of days shall be set by the College after agreement with the teacher;
- for a quarantine ordered by competent medical authority: the number of days set by the competent medical authority.
For cases covered by B., C. and D. you are entitled to a leave of one additional working day if the event takes place more than two hundred forty kilometres away. (5-9.02)
If you are called upon to serve on a jury or to appear as a witness in a case for which you are not one of the parties involved, you shall not incur any loss of salary or benefits. (5-9.04)