Common use of ILLNESS ALLOWANCE Clause in Contracts

ILLNESS ALLOWANCE. 9.1 Full-time nurses and part-time nurses (on a pro rata basis) will accumulate illness allowance on the basis of one and one-half (1 1/2) working days with salary for each month of service or its equivalent, to a maximum of one hundred and eighty (180) days for full-time nurses, pro-rated for part-time nurses. Those employees who have a current accumulated illness allowance greater than 180 days will retain their allowance for all purposes other than LTD. (a) When leaving employ for any reason after five (5) years’ service from January 1, 1971, the nurse will receive one-half (1/2) accumulated illness allowance, which payment shall not exceed the equivalent of ninety (90) days’ salary. (b) Employees hired after January 1, 1982 will not be eligible for benefits described in 9.2 (a). 9.3 When an employee is injured in the course of her employment and in receipt of Workplace Safety Insurance Board Benefits in lieu of her regular pay, the Employer will, upon the request of the employee, make up the difference between such compensation and the employee’s regular pay to the extent of the maximum of the employee’s accumulated sick leave with pay credits. The amount of such make up shall be deducted from such accumulated credits. 9.4 Employees will be allowed to use up to a maximum of ten (10) of their sick leave credits per calendar year for the purposes of personal or family preventative health care or for tending to family illness. 9.5 If the Employer requires the employee to obtain a medical certificate, the employer shall pay the cost of obtaining the certificate to a maximum of twenty five dollars ($25.00). (A Raeceipt is required and medical certificates will be routinely verified.) If the Employer requires the employee to complete any Functional Abilities Examination and / or Independent Medical Examination, the Employer shall pay the full cost.

ILLNESS ALLOWANCE. 9.1 Full-time nurses Registered Nurses and part-time nurses Registered Nurses (on a pro rata basis) will accumulate illness allowance on the basis of one and one-half (1 1/2) working days with salary for each month of service or its equivalent, to a maximum of one hundred and eighty (180) days for full-time nursesRegistered Nurses, pro-rated for part-time nursesRegistered Nurses. Those employees Registered Nurses who have a current accumulated illness allowance greater than 180 days will retain their allowance for all purposes other than LTD. When a Registered Nurse transfers from full-time to part-time they shall be allowed to keep the illness allowance in their bank at the time of the transfer. However, if the illness allowance is greater than the upper limit of a part-time maximum allowance of ninety (90) days they will not continue to accrue further allowance in their bank until they fall below the ninety (90) days. For greater clarity, a part-time Registered Nurse shall not be allowed to accrue illness allowance greater than ninety (90) days. (a) When leaving employ for any reason after five (5) years’ service from January 1, 1971, the nurse Registered Nurse will receive one-half (1/2) accumulated illness allowance, which payment shall not exceed the equivalent of ninety (90) days’ salary. (b) Employees Registered Nurses hired after January 1, 1982 will not be eligible for benefits described in 9.2 (a). 9.3 When an employee Registered Nurse is injured in the course of her their employment and in receipt of Workplace Safety Insurance Board Benefits in lieu of her their regular pay, the Employer will, upon the request of the employeeRegistered Nurse, make up the difference between such compensation and the employeeRegistered Nurse’s regular pay to the extent of the maximum of the employeeRegistered Nurse’s accumulated sick leave with pay credits. The amount of such make up shall be deducted from such accumulated credits. 9.4 Employees Registered Nurses will be allowed to use up to a maximum of ten (10) of their sick leave credits credits, pro-rated for part-time, per calendar year for the purposes of personal or family preventative health care or for tending to family illnessillness of applicable family members as listed in the Family Caregiver Leave defined in the Employment Standards Act, 2000. 9.5 If the Employer requires the employee Registered Nurse to obtain a medical certificate, the employer shall pay the cost of obtaining the certificate to a maximum of twenty five dollars ($25.00). (A Raeceipt Receipt is required and medical certificates will be routinely verified.) If the Employer requires the employee Registered Nurse to complete any Functional Abilities Examination and / or the Employer shall pay the cost of obtaining the Functional Abilities Form. If the Employer requires the Registered Nurse to complete an Independent Medical Examination, Examination (IME) the Employer may choose three (3) practitioners the Registered Nurse can select from and the Employer shall pay the full costcost of the IME.

ILLNESS ALLOWANCE. 9.1 Full-Section A. Illness allowance shall be allowed only in case of actual sickness or disability of an employee (including sickness or disability due to pregnancy) which prevents the employee from performing his or her regular job duties, and provided in Article XVI. Section B. Subject to Section M below, regular full time nurses and part-time nurses employees are allowed one (on a pro rata basis1) will accumulate day (eight [8] hours) illness allowance on the basis of one and one-half (1 1/2) working days with salary credit for each month in service, beginning with the first full complete calendar month of service or its equivalentservice. Regular part time employees are allowed one (1) day illness allowance credit based upon the regular number of weekly hours which the employee is regularly assigned to work during the month in which the illness allowance is earned for each month in service, beginning with the first full complete calendar month of service. i. No illness allowance will be granted before it has been earned. ii. Unused illness allowance credits may accumulate to a maximum the total of one hundred and eighty sixty (18060) days for full-time nurses, pro-rated for part-time nurses(four hundred eighty [480] hours). iii. Those employees Employees who have accumulated and hold a current accumulated illness allowance greater than 180 bank of sixty (60) days will retain their allowance for all purposes other than LTD. (afour hundred eighty [480] hours) When leaving employ for any reason after five shall, while such bank continues at sixty (560) years’ service from January 1days, 1971, accrue additional sick leave credits at the nurse will receive rate of one-half (1/2) accumulated day per month or six (6) days per year. There shall be no limit to the accumulation of days at such rate. iv. Regular full time employees who begin a calendar year with more than 480 hours of accrued sick leave, and maintain a balance above that level throughout the calendar year, may elect to be paid in cash for hours in excess of 480 - up to no more than 40 hours - at the end of the calendar year. Following the cash payment, the employee must have a minimum of 480 remaining hours in accrued sick leave. Effective beginning in December 2011, regular part-time employees who begin a calendar year with more than 360 hours of accrued sick leave, and maintain a balance above that level throughout the calendar year, may elect to be paid in cash for hours in excess of 360-up to no more than 30 hours- at the end of the calendar year. Following the cash payment, the employee must have a minimum of 360 remaining hours in accrued sick leave. Section C. An employee will be credited with illness allowance earned on the first of the month following the completion of 3 full months of service. Section D. In order to receive illness allowance, which payment shall the employee must notify his supervisor as soon as possible and not exceed later than one- half (1/2) hour after the equivalent employee is scheduled to report, unless physically impossible. Failure to do so may be cause for denial of ninety (90) days’ salarypaid illness allowance. Illness allowance may be used to supplement any insurance benefits received so that combined benefits are equal to, but do not exceed, approximate gross bi- weekly pay. (b) Employees hired Section E. The illness allowance earned to date shall be posted to the employee's record on approximately January 1 of each year. i. If any employee is absent from work due to illness prior to the start of his previously scheduled vacation period and continues ill during his vacation period, the time that he is ill during his vacation period will be charged to illness allowance. ii. Any sickness occurring after January 1, 1982 a vacation period has started will not be eligible for benefits described in 9.2 (a). 9.3 When an employee is injured in the course of her employment and in receipt of Workplace Safety Insurance Board Benefits in lieu of her regular pay, the Employer will, upon the request of the employee, make charged to illness allowance but will be charged to vacation up the difference between such compensation and the employee’s regular pay to the extent of the maximum previously arranged vacation period. Section F. An employee who terminates his employment with the City will forfeit any illness allowance that he may have accumulated. In the event that he is later re-hired, he shall be considered a new employee for all purposes. Section G. Illness allowance will be accrued and charged to the nearest half hour and is computed from the first half hour of the employee’s accumulated sick leave with pay credits. 's absence, when approved. Section H. The amount of such make up illness allowance used by an employee will be equal to the number of regularly scheduled hours he would otherwise have worked during his absence. During January of each year, a report will be made to each employee showing his accumulated illness allowance. Section I. A certification from a physician of the City's choosing may be required by the Department Head as evidence of illness or disability before compensation for the period of illness or disability is allowed. Any question as to eligibility, etc., shall be deducted from such accumulated creditsresolved through the grievance procedure. 9.4 Employees will Section J. A written authorization, from the employee's attending physician, may be allowed required before an employee may return to use up work following a prolonged illness or injury absence. Section K. Illness allowance shall cease to accrue in instances where an employee is absent one (1) month or more. Section L. Upon death, normal or disability retirement, or deferred retirement with twenty (20) or more years of service or fifteen (15) years of service and 55 years of age at the time of retirement under the City's retirement plan, an employee shall be entitled to receive a maximum sum equivalent to the following amounts of ten (10) unused hours accumulated in his illness allowance bank: 0 - 480 hours 0% 481 - 575 hours 50% for all hours over 480 hours 576 - 671 hours 60% for all hours over 480 hours 672 - 766 hours 70% for all hours over 480 hours 767 hours and over 80% for all hours over 480 hours Eligible members separating from City service on or after August 22, 2016, in accordance with provisions specifically stated in Section L above, shall be entitled to receive a sum equivalent to the following amounts of their unused hours accumulated in his illness allowance bank: 0 - 400 hours 0% 401 - 480 hours 50% for all hours over 480 hours 481 - 575 hours 60% for all hours over 480 hours 576 - 671 hours 70% for all hours over 480 hours 672 hours and over 80% for all hours over 480 hours All employees who as of January 2, 1985 had 672 hours of accrued sick leave credits per calendar year for or more and maintain at least that number of hours until death, retirement, or deferred retirement with twenty (20) or more years of service or fifteen (15) years of service and 55 years of age at the purposes time of personal retirement under the City's retirement system shall receive an amount equivalent to the accrued illness allowance in excess of 480 hours, provided that such employee continues to have a bank of accrued sick leave in excess of 672 hours until death, normal or family preventative health care disability retirement or for tending deferred retirement with twenty (20) years of service, or fifteen (15) years of service and 55 years of age at the time of retirement, if before such death or retirement, such an employee's accrued sick leave goes below 672 hours, he shall thereafter upon death or retirement be subject to family illnessthe schedule set forth above. Such payment shall be based on the employee's hourly rate of pay and paid as of the date of death or the date he actually leaves the City's employ to retire, irrespective of when such person is entitled to receive retirement benefits. 9.5 If the Employer requires the employee to obtain a medical certificate, the employer shall pay the cost of obtaining the certificate to a maximum of twenty five dollars ($25.00). (A Raeceipt is required and medical certificates will be routinely verified.) If the Employer requires the employee to complete any Functional Abilities Examination and / or Independent Medical Examination, the Employer shall pay the full cost.

ILLNESS ALLOWANCE. 9.1 Full-time nurses and part-time nurses (on a pro rata basis) will accumulate illness allowance on the basis of one and one-half (1 1/2) working days with salary for each month of service or its equivalent, to a maximum of one hundred and eighty (180) days for full-time nurses, pro-rated for part-time nurses. Those employees who have a current accumulated illness allowance greater than 180 days will retain their allowance for all purposes other than LTD. When a nurse transfers from full-time to part-time they shall be allowed to keep the illness allowance in their bank at the time of the transfer. However, if the illness allowance is greater than the upper limit of a part-time maximum allowance of ninety (90) days they will not continue to accrue further allowance in their bank until they fall below the ninety (90) days. For greater clarity, a part-time nurse shall not be allowed to accrue illness allowance greater than ninety (90) days. (a) When leaving employ for any reason after five (5) years’ service from January 1, 1971, the nurse will receive one-half (1/2) accumulated illness allowance, which payment shall not exceed the equivalent of ninety (90) days’ salary. (b) Employees hired after January 1, 1982 will not be eligible for benefits described in 9.2 (a). 9.3 When an employee is injured in the course of her their employment and in receipt of Workplace Safety Insurance Board Benefits in lieu of her their regular pay, the Employer will, upon the request of the employee, make up the difference between such compensation and the employee’s regular pay to the extent of the maximum of the employee’s accumulated sick leave with pay credits. The amount of such make up shall be deducted from such accumulated credits. 9.4 Employees will be allowed to use up to a maximum of ten (10) of their sick leave credits per calendar year for the purposes of personal or family preventative health care or for tending to family illness. 9.5 If the Employer requires the employee to obtain a medical certificate, the employer shall pay the cost of obtaining the certificate to a maximum of twenty five dollars ($25.00). (A Raeceipt Receipt is required and medical certificates will be routinely verified.) If the Employer requires the employee to complete any Functional Abilities Examination and / or Independent Medical Examination, the Employer shall pay the full cost.