Vacation Pay Entitlement For Employees On Extended Sick Leave. Employees who may be off work on one or more occasions on legitimate short term disability during the vacation qualifying year – January 1st to December 31st - shall be entitled to receive their full vacation pay as per Article 18. Employees whose disability may be severe enough to extend beyond the Short Term Disability fifteen (15) week period during the vacation qualifying year, but not severe enough to be classified as a permanent disability with an indefinite unknown return to work date, shall also be entitled to their full vacation pay as per this collective agreement. Employees who become disabled and who use up their Short-Term Disability entitlement and continue to be disabled will receive their appropriate vacation pay credits for the period commencing with the previous January 1st and up to the expiration date of the short term disability period for the permanent disability. Thereafter, vacation pay as such is discontinued.
