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Annual vacation (paid). Protection of employees for illness or injury (unpaid). Maternity leave (unpaid). Adoption leave (unpaid). Parental leave (unpaid). Compassionate care leave (unpaid). Critically ill child care leave (unpaid). Critically ill adult care leave (unpaid). Organ donation leave (unpaid).
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- Source: The Saskatchewan Employment Act, 2-24(1)
(a) subject to clause (b), to an annual vacation of three weeks after the completion of each year of employment with an employer; and (b) to an annual vacation of four weeks after the completion of 10 years of employment with an employer and after the completion of each subsequent year of employment with that employer. … An employee is to be paid vacation pay in the following amounts: … the employer shall permit the employee to take the entire vacation within 12 months after the date on which the employee becomes entitled to it … no employer shall take discriminatory action against an employee because of absence: (a) due to the illness or injury of the employee; or (b) due to the illness or injury of a member of the employee’s immediate family who is dependent on the employee. … (a) the employee has been in the employer’s service for more than 13 consecutive weeks before the absence; (b) the absence does not exceed: (i) a total of 12 days in a calendar year, in the case of illness or injury that is not serious; or (ii) 27 weeks in a period of 52 weeks, in the case of serious illness or injury or if the employee is receiving compensation pursuant to The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013; and … An employee who has been in an employer’s service for more than 13 consecutive weeks is entitled to an employment leave in accordance with this Subdivision and Subdivision 11. … employer shall reinstate an employee to the same job the employee held before going on employment leave, without any loss of accrued seniority or benefits or reduction in rate of pay. … an employee who is pregnant is entitled to a maternity leave of 19 weeks commencing at any time during the period of 13 weeks preceding the estimated date of birth … An employee may extend the leave for a further period of six weeks if the employee is unable for medical reasons to return to work after the expiration of the maternity leave. … An employee is entitled to an adoption leave of 19 weeks commencing on the date on which the child comes into the employee’s care or becomes available for adoption if the employee is to be the primary caregiver of the adopted child during the period of the leave. … is entitled to a parental leave of not more than: (a) 59 weeks, if the employee has taken a maternity leave or an adoption leave; or (b) 71 weeks, in other cases. … An employee is entitled to a compassionate care leave of up to 28 weeks to provide care or support to a member of the employee’s family who has a serious medical condition with a significant risk of death within 26 weeks from the date the leave commences. (3) In a period of 52 weeks, an employee is not entitled to take more than one compassionate care leave pursuant to subsection (2). … (a) critically ill child care leave of up to 37 weeks to provide care and support to the employee’s critically ill child family member; and (b) critically ill adult care leave of up to 17 weeks to provide care and support to the employee’s critically ill adult family member. … (b) 52 weeks from the date the medical certificate is issued; … an employee is entitled to a leave for organ donation for the period, as certified by a duly qualified medical practitioner, required for the organ donation and recovery from the procedure. (3) The maximum leave for an organ donation and recovery is 26 weeks.