Common use of ARTICLE LEAVE Clause in Contracts

ARTICLE LEAVE. Each full-time employee shall be entitled for every month of regular attendance to a sick leave credit at the rate of and half days per month and the sick leave credit of an employee shall be cumulative provided that the employee shall not be entitled to a sick leave credit where: the employee has taken an unauthorizedleave of absence during the month; the employee has taken an authorized leave of absence without pay for a period in excess of two calendar weeks. Where such leave extends into more than one month the sick leave credit will not be granted for the month in which the greatest number of days of absence occurred. Where an employee is absent due to accident injury suffered during the course of duties while in the employ of the Health Unit, and is in receipt of Workplace Safety and Insurance Act benefits and requests the Employer to make up the difference between the amount of Workers’ Compensation being paid and salary, then and in every such case, for each day for which the employee shall be absent there shall be charged against sick leave credit the proportion paid by the Unit to the employee, converted to days or a portion of a day. No employee shall receive pay for sick leave absence in excess of the employee’s accumulated sick leave credit. An employee shall report the employee’s illness during the first hour of the first day on which such employee is absent from work to Immediate Supervisor. Upon return to work of an employee the sick leave certificate shall be filed with the Health Unit and a doctor’s certificate if required by the employee’s Immediate Supervisor shall be provided. Prior to the end of February of each year there shall be delivered to each employee a statement of the employee’s sick leave credits. Any employee has the right to appeal the statement of credits and deductions of the previous year prior to the of March of the year in which the statement was received. Where an employee having more than five years continuous service with the Health Unit ceases to be employed by the Health Unit there shall be paid to the employee or the employee’s personal representative an amount equal to the employee’s current daily salary for one half the number of days to the employee’s credit to an amount not in excess of one half year’s earnings. In the event that such an employee is legally liable to the Health Unit for any sum, this sum may be deducted from the amount paid. A part-time Nurse may be allowed to work to make up for lost time due to illness within the same pay period, provided prior approval with immediate supervisor has been obtained.

ARTICLE LEAVE. Each full-time An employee shall be entitled for every month of regular attendance to a earn sick leave credit credits at the rate of one and half one-quarter (1 days per for each calendar month and for which the employee earned pay for at least ten (1 0) days. A shift worker shall earn additional sick leave credit credits at the rate of an of a day for each calendar month during which he or she works shifts and he or she receives pay for at least ten (10) days. Such credits shall not be carried over in the next fiscal year and are available only if the employee has already used fifteen (15) sick leave credits during the current fiscal year. An employee shall be cumulative granted sick leave with pay when he or she is unable to perform his or her duties because of illness or injury provided that: he or she satisfies the Authority of this condition by provision of an acceptable doctor’s certificate and he or she has the necessary sick leave credits. Agreement Clean April Notwithstanding Article a statement signed by the employee stating that because of illness or injury he or she was unable to perform his or her duties, shall, when delivered to the Authority, be considered as meeting the requirementsof Article (a), if the period of leave with pay requested does not exceed three (3) days or two (2) shifts, as the casemay be, and the total number of days of sick leave with pay granted in a fiscal year does not exceed ten (10) days or seven (7) shifts, as the case may be. The Authority may extend the above time limits based on individual circumstances. When an employee has insufficient or no credits to cover the granting of sick leave with pay under the provisions of Article sick leave with pay may, at the discretion of the Authority, be granted to an employee for a period of up to twenty-five (25) days, subject to the deduction of such advanced leave from any sick leave credits subsequently earned. When an employee is granted sick leave with pay and injury-on-duty leave is subsequently approved for the same period, it shall be considered, for the purpose of the record of sick leave credits, that the employee was not granted sick leave with pay. Where, in respect of any period of compensatory leave, an employee is granted sick leave with pay on production of a medical certificate, the period of compensatory leave so displaced shall either be added to the compensatory leave period if requested by the employee and approved by the Authority or reinstated for use at a later date. The Authority agrees that an employee shall not be entitled to terminated for cause for reasons of incapacity at a date earlier than the date at which the employee will have utilized his or her accumulated sick leave credit where: credits. Up to half a day of reasonable time off with pay will be granted to pregnant employees for the purpose of attending routine medical appointments. Where a series of continuing appointments are necessary for the treatment of a particular condition relating to the pregnancy, absences shall be charged to sick leave. An employeeis not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which the employee has taken an unauthorizedleave of absence during the month; the employee has taken an authorized is on leave of absence without pay for a period in excess of two calendar weeksor under suspension. Where such Sick leave extends into more than one month the sick leave credit will not be granted for on an hourly basis, the month in which the greatest number of days of absence occurred. Where an employee is absent due to accident injury suffered during the course of duties while in the employ of the Health Unit, and is in receipt of Workplace Safety and Insurance Act benefits and requests the Employer to make up the difference between the amount of Workers’ Compensation being paid and salary, then and in every such case, hours debited for each day for which the employee shall be absent there shall be charged against sick leave credit the proportion paid by the Unit to the employee, converted to days or a portion of a day. No employee shall receive pay for sick leave absence in excess of the employee’s accumulated sick leave credit. An employee shall report the employee’s illness during the first hour of the first day on which such employee is absent from work to Immediate Supervisor. Upon return to work of an employee the sick leave certificate shall be filed with the Health Unit and a doctor’s certificate if required by the employee’s Immediate Supervisor shall be provided. Prior to the end of February of each year there shall be delivered to each employee a statement of the employee’s sick leave credits. Any employee has the right to appeal the statement of credits and deductions of the previous year prior to the of March of the year in which the statement was received. Where an employee having more than five years continuous service with the Health Unit ceases to be employed by the Health Unit there shall be paid to the employee or the employee’s personal representative an amount leavebeing equal to the employee’s current daily salary for one half the number of days to hours scheduled for the employee’s credit to an amount not employee for the day in excess of one half year’s earnings. In the event that such an employee is legally liable to the Health Unit for any sum, this sum may be deducted from the amount paid. A part-time Nurse may be allowed to work to make up for lost time due to illness within the same pay period, provided prior approval with immediate supervisor has been obtainedquestion.