For Illness Sample Clauses

For Illness. An employee who becomes ill, injured or pregnant shall be granted a leave of absence for up to sixty (60) days and shall be granted additional extensions of up to sixty (60) days each where the need therefore is substantiated in writing by the employee's physician. In addition, the Company at its expense may require physical, mental, or other examinations in connection with an application for such a leave of absence, or at reasonable intervals during such a leave of absence, or at the end of such leave of absence, and such examination shall be promptly complied with by the employee.

For Illness. When an employee on the permanent staff is absent because of illness (including accident other than that covered by Workers' Compensation), no deduction from pay shall be made until the expiry of accumulated sick leave credit. Upon appointment to the permanent staff, an employee shall receive a credit of ten (10) days for twelve (12) month employees and five (5) days for ten (10) month employees. Thereafter, sick leave credits shall be earned while the employee is on duty at the rate of twenty (20) days per year, (then (10) days for a half year, and one and one-half (1 ½) days a month for less than a half year or for ten (10) month employees). When the employee is not on duty, the accumulation of sick leave credits will continue only if the absence is with pay. Sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum of two hundred and sixty-one (261) working days for twelve (12) month employees and two hundred and twenty (220) working days for ten (10) month employees. A deduction shall be made from accumulated sick leave credit of all working days absent with pay due to illness. Any employee absent because of illness may be required to produce a certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner licensed to practise in the Province of British Columbia, certifying that such employee is unable to carry out his/her duties due to illness. A probationary employee is entitled to an advance of up to ten (10) days sick leave, subject to repayment if the employee leaves or his/her employment is terminated. An employee who produces a medical certificate from a medical practitioner registered in Canada to the effect that such employee was confined to a hospital in Canada for a period of more than twenty-four (24) hours during that employee's vacation may have that period of confinement charged to the employee's sick leave bank and the equivalent number of days reinstated into the vacation allowance.