Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 74.37
Liaison Manon Raby
Submission Date Dec. 24, 2024

STARS v3.0

Concordia University
PA-12: Employee Rights

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.25 / 3.00 George Balouzakis
Director, Strategic HR Initiatives, Services and Systems
HR Administration
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12.1 Number of weeks of paid maternity leave 

Number of weeks of paid maternity leave:
20

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the maternity leave options available to employees:

15-20 weeks-- Varies as per groups (It is in accordance with QPIP, but if employee have the EI plan then its 15 weeks). Collective agreement and HR Policies have them. Concordia gives an additional two weeks to some groups, on top of the 18, but doesn’t exceed 20 weeks. Part time faculty don’t get this leave. 

https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/common/docs/policies/official-policies/HR-23.pdf

 

 https://www.concordia.ca/hr/dept/employee-labour-relations/labour-agreements-collective-bargaining.html

 

 

 
 

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Points earned for indicator PA 12.1:
0.75

12.2 Percentage of employees eligible for paid all-gender family/medical leave 

Percentage of employees eligible for paid all-gender family/medical leave:
80

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s eligibility criteria for paid family/medical leave:
Every group has specific long term leaves as per their union's collective aggreement but in geenral everyone gets 2 days off as per the Quebec rules. 

Paid days of absence
If the employee has been with the employer for at least 3 months, the first 2 days of absence for any of the following reasons are paid:
- non-work-related illness or accident
- family obligations(https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/fr/conditions-de-travail/conges/lies-la-famille/obligations-parentales-ou-familiales) related to the care, health or education of the employee's child or spouse's child
- family obligations as a caregiver (https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/fr/conditions-travail/statuts-particuliers/proches-aidants) to a family member or another person whose state of health so requires
- organ or tissue donation (https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/fr/conge-pour-don-dorganes-tissus)
- non-work-related illness or accident
- domestic or sexual violence(https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/fr/victimes-violence-conjugale-caractere-sexuel) or a criminal act(https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/fr/victimes-dacte-criminel)
The employee is entitled to a total of 2 paid days of absence per calendar year (January 1 to December 31). These days cannot be carried over from one year to the next, nor replaced by an indemnity.

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Points earned for indicator PA 12.2:
0.50

12.3 Published measures to protect employee rights

Does the institution publish information on anti-harassment in a format that is accessible to all employees?:
Yes

Does the institution publish information on grievance resolution in a format that is accessible to all employees?:
Yes

Does the institution publish information on whistleblower protections in a format that is accessible to all employees?:
Yes

Does the institution publish information on freedom of association in a format that is accessible to all employees?:
Yes

Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the institution’s published measures to protect employee rights:
Various resources published on the concordia website state that Concordia takes measures to protect its employee rigjhts. To state the specifics there is Ombuds office (https://www.concordia.ca/offices/ombuds.html) who takes control for such matters. There are various centers throughout university that protect employees right for specific issues (for instance SARC - https://www.concordia.ca/conduct/sexual-assault.html)

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Points earned for indicator PA 12.3:
1

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