PART VII .7 FAMILY VIOLENCE LEAVE — Entitlement to leave
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(1) An employee, having been employed with the same employer for a continuous period of 30 days, shall be granted by the employee’s employer a period of family violence leave of 3 days paid leave and 7 days unpaid leave in a year where the employee or a person to whom the employee is a parent or caregiver has been directly or indirectly subjected to, a victim of, impacted or seriously affected by family violence or has witnessed family violence by
43.34(a)
a person who is or has been a family member; to allow the employee or a person to whom the employee is a parent or caregiver to seek and receive medical attention, counselling or other services from a health professional for physical, psychological or emotional harm or an injury or disability that is a result of the family violence;
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a person who is or has been in an intimate relationship or who is living or has lived with the employee; to allow the employee or a person to whom the employee is a parent or caregiver to seek and receive services provided by a transition house, a policing agency, the government of Canada, the government of a province or municipality or any organization that provides services to persons who have been directly or indirectly subjected to, a victim of, impacted or seriously affected by family violence or have witnessed family violence;
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a person who is the parent of a child with the employee; to allow the employee to move the employee’s place of residence;
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a person who is or has been a caregiver to the employee; or to allow the employee or a person to whom the employee is a parent or caregiver to seek and receive legal services or assistance including services or assistance with respect to participation in or the enforcement of a legal proceeding relating to or as a result of the family violence; or
43.34(e)
any other person who is a member of a class of persons prescribed in the regulations. for a purpose prescribed in the regulations.
43.34(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), an employee shall not be granted a leave of absence under this Part unless it is
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An employee who wishes to take a leave of absence under this Part may be required to provide the employer with reasonable verification of the necessity of the leave in accordance with the regulations.
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The wages to which an employee is entitled under subsection (1) shall be calculated by multiplying the employee's hourly rate of pay by the average number of hours worked in a day in the 3 weeks immediately preceding the family violence leave.
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An unused portion of the period of leave provided for in this section expires at the end of the year in which it was granted.
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