Updated Policy and Procedure Handbook - GoodLife Fitness

Who can take a Pregnancy Leave?An associate who is expecting a child and has completed the required length ofemployment is entitled to a job protected Pregnancy Leave without pay up to a maximumperiod based on the province. The associate may apply for Maternity benefits fromEmployment Insurance._________________________________________________________________________When can Pregnancy Leave start?Pregnancy leave may commence no earlier than 17 weeks before the expected birth dateand no later than the due date or the day the associate gives birth. Such leave are for acontinuous period. Associates may also choose to take less time off if they sochoose._________________________________________________________________________Stopping work earlier than plannedIf an associate has to stop working earlier than planned because of complications causedby her pregnancy before the baby's due date, she needs to give GoodLife:1. Written notice no later than 2 weeks after she stops working stating the day thepregnancy leave began, or will begin, and2. If GoodLife requests it, a medical certificate supporting her inability to work andstating the baby's due date.An associate doesn't have to start her pregnancy leave when she stops working due toillness. She may go on sick leave or personal emergency leave (10 days) if she choosesupon presenting a doctors note. GoodLife cannot make an associate start pregnancyleave, even if she is sick or if her pregnancy limits the type of work she can do._________________________________________________________________________Benefits during LeavePlease contact policies@goodlifefitness.com for further information._________________________________________________________________________VacationAn associate is still an employee of GoodLife even while one a Pregnancy/Parental Leaveand continues to accrue vacation time. Full time hourly associates will not receivevacation pay while they are on leave because they are not earning wages from GoodLifeduring this time although they continue to accumulate their vacation time to take the nextyear. Salary associates will have some paid vacation days the year after they return andsome will be unpaid because vacation pay is not earned when wages are not receivedfrom GoodLife.For example: if a salaried associate with 3 weeks of vacation takes a Pregnancy/Parentalleave from April 30 th 2008 to April 30 th 2009 the following chart would apply:YearVacation TimeEarnedTime period you can take earnedvacation2007 15 days with pay January 2008-December 200820085 days with pay January 2009-December 2009Worked from Jan to April 30 th200810 days without pay January 2009-December 2009On leave from May 1 st to Dec 31 st20095 days without pay January 2010-December 2010On leave from Jan to April 30 th200910 days with pay January 2010-December 2010Worked from May 1 st to Dec 31 st________________________________________________________________________Bonus PayoutAssociates earning bonuses will receive the money when it’s scheduled to be paid outcompany wide even if they are off on Pregnancy Leave at that time. This payout will notaffect the associates maternity benefit amount from EI because the bonus was earnedprior to the Pregnancy Leave.Confidential and Proprietary Information of GoodLife Fitness Clubs | V16 October 2009 51