Common use of Earned Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

Earned Sick Leave. (a) Commencing on the first of the month following completion of the probationary period, all employees will be credited sick days at the rate of one-half (½) day per month in which wages are earned, to a maximum of six (6) days per year. (b) On October 1st of each year, all employees will be credited with six (6) sick days to be available for use, prior to Sept. 30th of the following year, as sick days and/or top up to their Weekly Indemnity. An employee who leaves during a year and has used more sick days than one-half (½) day per month, a pro ration of sick days used, but not earned, will be recovered from their final pay. (c) On October 1st of each year, an active employee may elect to: 1. receive any unused days in cash at their current rate of pay (less statutory deductions), or 2. have the equivalent value contributed to an RRSP in the name of the employee. Employees must provide a copy of their previous years Income Tax notice of assessment proving they have sufficient room to contribute to their RRSP. (d) Where any absence, occasioned by sickness or accident, is not covered for payment by either the Sick Benefit (11.01(d)) or Compensation, employees shall draw on accumulated Sick Leave time so accumulated in the following manner: (i) First day of absence - One full days pay (ii) Second day of absence - One full days pay (iii) Third day of absence - One full days pay Thereafter, the balance of accumulated Sick Leave to be applied and paid at the full daily rate for each day the employee's absence exceeds fifty-two (52) weeks and is not covered by the Sick Benefit. Employees must use their “Earned Sick Leave” days before they can access their “Banked Sick Leave” account. (e) It is understood by the Parties that ▇▇▇▇ Leave is intended to be utilized by employees who experience a bona fide medical illness/disability and not for the booking of days off. (f) Commencing on the date of ratification, existing employees with unused balances in their Banked Sick Leave account will have those balances frozen (in dollars based on their December 31, 2004 rate) and will not accrue any additional sick leave beyond that outlined above. Employees with unused ‘frozen’ balances may, for the calendar year in which ratification is achieved and at October 1st of each subsequent year up to their year of retirement, elect to: 1. leave their Banked Sick Leave as is, 2. receive up to eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) in cash (less statutory deductions), or 3. have up to eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) contributed to an RRSP in the account of the employee. Employees must provide a copy of their previous years Income Tax notice of assessment proving they have sufficient room to contribute to their RRSP. This process will take place each year until the Banked Sick Leave accumulation is eliminated. (g) At the time of retirement, employees may elect to have any unused Sick Leave accumulations paid out, in the same manner as outlined in 11.03(c), or opt to use such accumulations for time-off towards an earlier departure date based on their current hourly rate.

Earned Sick Leave. (a) Commencing on the first of the month following completion of the probationary period, all employees will be credited sick days at the rate of one-half (½) day per month in which wages are earned, to a maximum of six (6) days per year. (b) On October 1st of each year, all employees will be credited with six (6) sick days to be available for use, prior to Sept. 30th of the following year, as sick days and/or top up to their Weekly Indemnity. An employee who leaves during a year and has used more sick days than one-half (½) day per month, a pro ration of sick days used, but not earned, will be recovered from their final pay. (c) On October 1st of each year, an active employee may elect to: 1. receive any unused days in cash at their current rate of pay (less statutory deductions), or 2. have the equivalent value contributed to an RRSP in the name of the employee. Employees must provide a copy of their previous years Income Tax notice of assessment proving they have sufficient room to contribute to their RRSP. (d) Where any absence, occasioned by sickness or accident, is not covered for payment by either the Sick Benefit (11.01(d)) or Compensation, employees shall draw on accumulated Sick Leave time so accumulated in the following manner: (i) First day of absence - One full days pay (ii) Second day of absence - One full days pay (iii) Third day of absence - One full days pay Thereafter, the balance of accumulated Sick Leave to be applied and paid at the full daily rate for each day the employee's absence exceeds fifty-two (52) weeks and is not covered by the Sick Benefit. Employees must use their “Earned Sick Leave” days before they can access their “Banked Sick Leave” account. (e) It is understood by the Parties that ▇▇▇▇ Sick Leave is intended to be utilized by employees who experience a bona fide medical illness/disability and not for the booking of days off. (f) Commencing on the date of ratification, existing employees with unused balances in their Banked Sick Leave account will have those balances frozen (in dollars based on their December 31, 2004 rate) and will not accrue any additional sick leave beyond that outlined above. Employees with unused ‘frozen’ balances may, for the calendar year in which ratification is achieved and at October 1st of each subsequent year up to their year of retirement, elect to: 1. leave their Banked Sick Leave as is, 2. receive up to eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) in cash (less statutory deductions), or 3. have up to eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) contributed to an RRSP in the account of the employee. Employees must provide a copy of their previous years Income Tax notice of assessment proving they have sufficient room to contribute to their RRSP. This process will take place each year until the Banked Sick Leave accumulation is eliminated. (g) At the time of retirement, employees may elect to have any unused Sick Leave accumulations paid out, in the same manner as outlined in 11.03(c), or opt to use such accumulations for time-off towards an earlier departure date based on their current hourly rate.