Full-Time Union Release. An employee elected/appointed to a full-time officer position with OPSEU/SEFPO shall be granted full-time release without pay for the duration of their term of office. The Union shall reimburse the Employer quarterly for the employee’s salary and contribute the Employer’s share of contributions to the Pension Plan and the Canada Pension Plan. The Union will make the Employer’s contribution to any prevailing health or other plans applicable to the elected employee and pay the costs of sick leave credits used during the leave of absence. The Union will make the Employer’s contribution for Employment Insurance. The employee shall accumulate full seniority during such leave(s) of absence. Except where the layoff and recall provisions apply during the leave, the employee shall return to the position held immediately prior to the leave and shall be paid at the step that the employee had attained when the leave commenced. If the position no longer exists, the employee shall, if possible, be assigned to a position at the same classification and level, in the same work location. If such a position cannot be found, the layoff provisions of the Agreement shall apply to the employee upon their return from leave. Where the layoff and recall provisions have application during the leave, they shall apply to the employee in the same manner as if the employee were not on leave.
