Leave of absence

Employees wishing to request unpaid leave (part-time) for the 2025-2026 school year, or a sabbatical leave with deferred compensation starting from the same school year, may submit their request during the open submission period indicated below, in the spring of 2025.

Please take note of the important dates for submitting your requests:

Administrators, teachers and professionals: February 15 to March 1st, 2025

Support staff: February 15 to May 1st, 2025

Please use the appropriate MS form based on your employment category to submit your request electronically to Human Resources (there is no form to physically send – you ONLY need to complete the MS form below):

For details on eligibility, please refer to our policy on leave of absences without salary and sabbatical leaves with deferred salary.

Leaves for 10 days or less for exceptional circumstances as outlined in our policy, the following form must be submitted through your school, center or department administration.

Parental Leave

In addition to the information below regarding your parental leave, please consult the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan for detailed information regarding maternity/paternity/parental leave benefits https://www.rqap.gouv.qc.ca/en/home.

Please send all requests and questions related to parental leaves to LOA_HR@rsb.qc.ca.

Workplace Accidents and Preventive Leave – CNESST

If you have had a work accident or require information related to CNESST, please contact CNESST_HR@rsb.qc.ca

Medical Leave and Salary Insurance

Should you be unable to work due to medical reasons, please communicate with the Human Resources department at medicalleave_HR@rsb.qc.ca. For further details regarding Salary Insurance, click here.

Retirement

  • For all information related to retirement please consult the Retraite Québec website.
  • To consult a guide prepared by Retraite Québec on buy back service information, please click here.
  • Click here to access a Retraite Québec Application for a buy-back of one or more periods of absence (Public-Sector Pension Plan).
  • Should you wish to apply for a progressive retirement, please fill in this request form and send to Human Resources.
  • Should you wish to modify your current progressive retirement plan, please fill in this request form and send it to Human Resources

Please send all requests and questions related to retirement to pension_retirement_resignation_HR@rsb.qc.ca.