Common use of LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY Clause in Contracts

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas provisions as set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated employee's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave The Home will assume total responsibility for providing and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital Home will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalent); employees shall an equivalent The nurse will pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. There shall be no pay deduction from a nurse's regular scheduled tour when a nurse has completed any portion of the tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. I The Hospital Home further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Workers' Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital Home for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee she would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's her claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee she would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital Home and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Home that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital Home following final determination of the claim by The the Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (1) year of service. Effectivethe first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existingsick leave credits for each employee shall be to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workplace and Safety Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long- term benefits under or an equivalent plan may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. The Union agrees that it will encourage a nurse to utilize the carrier's medical appeals process, if any, to resolve disputes. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or more years service his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short-term sick leave plan will be paid at provide payment for the benefit level for all incidences number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Workers' Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short short-term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short short-term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to both full-time and part-time nurses) Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October If the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical certificate, the award employer shall pay the full cost of obtaining the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together certificate. Note: This clause shall be interpretedin a manner consistent with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions AppendixOntario Human Rights Code.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibilityfor providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (I) year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of AGREEMENT MARCH the transfer to the Pian set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is preventedfrom working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of Workplace and Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. AGREEMENT MARCH Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this CollectiveAgreement, the Hospitalswill meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiationsto improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the Ifthe claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical certificate, the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital employer shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions the full cost of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in obtaining the Local Provisions Appendixcertificate.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three months or more of service shall be deemed to have three months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The leave shall be to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out' in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award: where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by The Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation. of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the 'amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as-provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October ARTICLE HOURS OF WORK The following provision designating regular hours on a daily tour and regular daily tours over the nursing schedule determined by the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning shall not be construed to be a guarantee of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, hours of to be performed on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages each tour or during each tour schedule. Subject to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)below:

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan (H DI brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. The Union agrees that it will encourage an employee to utilize the carrier's Medical Appeals process, if any, to resolve disputes. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated employee's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s 's illness or ability to return to work. (Note: Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring the expiring Collective Agreementwill Agreement will be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total responsibilityfor providing and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will Hospitalwill pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award: Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is preventedfrom working for the Hospital further on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as within the meaning of Workplace and Insurance the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provisionwill not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. AGREEMENT MARCH Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participatesas of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospitalfurther agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this CollectiveAgreement, the will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiationsto improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for Compensationfor a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October If the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical certificate, the award employer shall pay the full cost of obtaining the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together Note: This clause shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions AppendixHuman Rights Code.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3)months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (1) year of service. Effectivethe first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existingsick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of the and Safety Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. When a nurse has any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Any dispute which may anse concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long- term benefits under or an equivalent plan may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. The Union agrees that it will encourage a nurse to utilize the carrier's medical appeals process, if any, to resolve disputes. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with The Hospital will each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or more years service his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short-term sick leave plan will be paid at provide payment for the benefit level for all incidences number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the program, employees on the payroll deductionas of the effective date of the transfer with three (3)months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the program, employees on the active payroll as of the date of the transfer with one (1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to suck plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of AGREEMENT MARCH the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of Workplace and Insurance the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she he qualifies. AGREEMENT- MARCH Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospitalwill notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT MARCH determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital employer shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions the full cost of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in obtaining the Local Provisions Appendixcertificate.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction,. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement ’s to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized utilised to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out Payout of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's ’s estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's ’s then current salary rate for for, any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out payout on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas payout provisions as set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out far payout under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' ’ Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' ’ Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' ’ Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' ’ Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's ’s net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated employee’s accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' ’ Compensation. - - ART-ICLHE O U R S O F & - The normal or standard work week shall be an average of thirty-seven and one-half hours, with a normal or standard work day of seven and one-half hours except in those Hospitals where agreements already provide a standard or normal work week of less than thirty-seven and one-half hours per week and seven and co hours). half hours per day. (Note: The Hospital Those Hospitals with the lesser required hours shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued reflect in the Local Provisions Appendixsalary rates a pro-rata lesser amount compared with salaries for other Hospitals based on the ratio that the standard or normal hours of work at the one-half ncerned are to thirty-seven and The length of time over which the hours of work per week are to be averaged shall be determined locally and shall be set out in Article (a) (ii). Where the Hospital and the Union agree, subject to the approval of the Ministry of Labour, other arrangements regarding hours of work may be entered into between parties on a local level with respect to tours beyond the normal or standard work day in accordance with the provisions set out in Article of the collective agreement. Employees shall be entitled, subject to the exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the shift on the basis of fifteen (I minutes for each half shift. Overtime shall be defined as being all hours worked in excess of the normal or standard work day, or in excess of the normal or standard work week, The overtime rate shall be one and (I times the regular straight time hourly rate of pay. .)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the 'effective date of the transfer with three months or more of shall be deemed to have three months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service: Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The leave shall be to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on. account of an occupational illness or accident that is by The Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of-a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury ! compensable under Workers Compensation will be assigned I. light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of 'this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberapply to part time nurses Only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation Will be assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be during part-time or subsequent full-time as provided under the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval plan in which the nurse as of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions AppendixOctober .)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. NOTE: The provisions of Article Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability, apply to full-time employees ONLY. (Articles to are The following clauses related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan DIP) brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the :he fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term short- or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause clauses will only appear be incorporated in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out Payout of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out payout on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas payout provisions as set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out payout under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated employee's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to The Centre will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a Short-Term Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan Plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon requestBrochure. The Hospital Centre will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability portion of the plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. When a nurse has completed any portion of her regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Compensation benefits, she shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article she otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning from work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available, The Hospital Centre further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will Absence due to pregnancy related illness shall be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this AgreementSick Leave Plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital Centre for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee she would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's her claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee she would be entitled under the short short-term sick portion of the disability income plan Disability Income Plan or equivalent planPlan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital Centre and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Centre that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital Centre following final determination of the claim by The Workers' the Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short short-term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing long-term benefits under i may be subject to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles grievance and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided arbitration under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions AppendixAgreement.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the with one (Iy)ear or more of service shall be deemed to have one (I) of service. Effective the first of the following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave pian in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this where, as of the date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be convertedto a sick bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providingthe nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital further agrees to pay employees on of an amount equal to any occupational illness or accident that is recognized by Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensablewithin'the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on applicationfrom the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits under or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the first two days balance of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar yeartour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. Effective April employees with This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or more years service he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be paid at assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the benefit level for all incidences sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of absence covered by October Any dispute which may arise concerning an employeea nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospitalfurther agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days ofthe fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit coverage provided by The Hospital will each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for Hospitalfor payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the Ifthe claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October If the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical certificate, the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital employer shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions the full cost of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in obtaining the Local Provisions Appendixcertificate.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are The following clauses related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of 75%)of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's ’s entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause clauses will only appear be incorporated in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out Payout of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's ’s estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's ’s then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out payout on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas payout provisions as set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out payout under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' ’ Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation ’ Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' ’ Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, . will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's ’s net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated employee’s accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)’

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan potion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the program, employees on the payroll as of the date of the transfer with three months or more of service shall be deemed to have three months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The “sick leave bank” shall be to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse’s estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse’s then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital further agrees to pay employees on account of an amount equal to any occupational illness or accident that is by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workplace and Safety Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of benefits under wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse’s net earnings to the limit of the nurse’s accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker’s Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave or Workers’ Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the first two days balance of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar yeartour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. Effective April employees with This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or more years service he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers’ Compensation will be paid at assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the benefit level for all incidences sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of absence covered by October Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's a nurse’s entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day’ the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's ’s Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' ’ Compensation if the employee's nurse’s claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' ’ Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers’ Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October If the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical certificate, the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital employer shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions the full cost of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in obtaining the Local Provisions Appendixcertificate.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three months or more of service shall be deemed to have three months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The “sick leave bank” shall be to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse’s estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse’s then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award: where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers’ Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per of the nurse’s net earnings to the limit of the nurse’s accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker’s Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave or Workers’ Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers’ Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse’s entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's ’s Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' ’ Compensation if the employee's nurse’s claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' ’ Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers’ Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October If the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical certificate, the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital employer shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions the full cost of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in obtaining the Local Provisions Appendixcertificate.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. NOTE: The provision of Article Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability, apply to full-time employees ONLY. (Articles to are The following clauses related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan pian at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's ’s entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause clauses will only appear be incorporated in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out Payout of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's ’s estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's ’s then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out payout on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas payout provisions as set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out payout under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' ’ Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' ’ Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Worker‘s Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' ’ Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's ’s net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated employee’s accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' ’ Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will Hospitalwill pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the date of the transfer with three (3)months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the date of the transfer with one (1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (1) year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providingthe nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is preventedfrom working for the Hospital further on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of Workplace and Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he qualifies. AGREEMENT MARCH Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospitalfurther agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospitalwill notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October If the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical certificate, the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital employer shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions the full cost of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in obtaining the Local Provisions Appendixcertificate.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three months or more of service shall be deemed to have three months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The “sick leave bank” shall be to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse’s estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse’s then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award: where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers’ Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per of the nurse’s net earnings to the limit of the nurse’s accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers’ Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers’ Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse’s entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's ’s Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' ’ Compensation if the employee's nurse’s claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' ’ Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers’ Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October If the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical certificate, the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital employer shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions the full cost of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in obtaining the Local Provisions Appendixcertificate.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide assume total responsibility for and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least east equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage cover? of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalent); employees shall an equivalent The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums transfer to the sR portion the disability through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay For the purpose of I ( program, employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for on the first two days payroll as of the fourth and subsequent period effective date of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees the transfer with three months or more years of service will shall be paid at deemed to have three months of service. For the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement transfer to term or the long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income planprogram, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum Effective the first of fifteen (15) weeks. (The the month following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where the transfer,+ all existing sick leave banks were established on plans in the transfer be terminated and any provisions to or equivalent:) Sick such plans shall be void under. the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to of unused sick benefits which are specifica dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave banks standing credits for each employee be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of an employee the The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit the nurse on the effective d ate of the transfer Plan set out in . Article The "sick leave bank" be utilized to supplement to: payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear plan in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberthe Collective Agreement, Pay out of sick leave credits shall payout be made on the termination of employment oremployment, or in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment payout shall be a cash settlement at the employeenurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick -sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employeeplan in she participated as of the date of this where, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalenttransfer, did an employee does not have the required service to to... qualify for pay out payout on termination, he her sick leave -credits as of that date nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and she shall be entitled to the same pay cash out provisionsas provisions as set out in Article above, h her subsequently R above providing he subsequently achieves she the necessary service to qualify for pay out payout under those provisions. Where an employeethe conditions of the in-which as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, with a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits remaining, and is prevented from working for the occupationa Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the The Workers' *Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the The Workers' Compensation Act Act, the Hospital, on application from the employeenurse, will supplement the award made by the The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee nurse by such amount that the award of the he to Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together ether with the supplementation of the Hospital, will 1 equal one hundred percent (100%) cent of the employeenurse's net earnings to t Re limit oI the limit of the employee'saccumulated nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees Nurses may utilizesuch such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay i ts or R When a nurse has completed any portion of her scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave Workers' Corn benefits, she be paid for such medical the balance of t e tour at her regular straight time hourly rate. This provision not the nurse to a day under Article if she otherwise qualifies. R Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury corn under Workers' Compensation be assigned Jig t work as it may require necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from time-tofull-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability part-time may elect to return retain her accumulated leave credits to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)be

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to short- term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is Is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (155) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas provisions as set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, . is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, . on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of Of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated employee’s accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch utilize such sick leave credits while while-awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' ’ Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave The Hospitalwill assumetotal responsibilityfor providing and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide funding a short-term sick termsick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) ay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible e employees under the long -term disabili- ty portion of the Plan or an plan). The will pay the balanceof the billed premium through deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short- term portionof the disability program, employeeson the pa roll as of the effectivedate of the transfer with three (3) or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer long-term por- tion of the disability program, employees on the active pay- roll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (1) year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all exist- ing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be ter- minatedand any provisions relating to such Plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions to pa out of unused sick leave benefits which are with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each em shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The “sick leave bank” shall be utilized supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of em or equivalent)in the case of death, to the nurse’s estate. amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse‘s then current xxx- ary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which she partici- pated as of the date of this award; employees where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her existing sick leave credits as of that date shall pay neverthelessbe converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and be enti- tled to the same cash out provisions as set out in para- or a graph above she subsequently achievesthe necessary service to her f out under the con- ditions of the sick leave plan in she participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workers’ Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers’ Com- pensationAct, the Hospital, on applicationfrom the nurse, will supplementthe award made by The Workers’ Com- pensation Board for loss of es to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the of the Hospital, will equal one hundred 100%)per cent of the nurse’s net earnings to the limit o the nurse’s accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers’ Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her regularly scheduledtour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Work- ers' Compensation benefits, she shall be paid for the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deductiontour at her regular straight time rate. This will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu under if she otherwise qualifies. Nurses returningto work illness or injury compensa- ble under Workers' will be assigned light work as necessary, if A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or full-timeemployment as provided un- der the sick leave in which she participates as of the date of this award. Any dispute which may arise concernin a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability pian in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to Hospitalfurther agreesto pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first +hefirst two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this CollectiveAgreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level for all incidences coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work the short-term sick leave plan will vide pa fort e number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the tour to a total of hours. All other pro- visions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee ! A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for Compensationfor a period longer on er than one complete pay completepay period may apply a ply to the Hospital for payment pay- equivalent to the lesser of the oft e benefit the employee she would receive from Workers' Compensation ’ ensation if the employee's her claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short beentitled short-term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will equiva- lent Po be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written writ- ten undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' ’ Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation ’ ensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short short-term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles Pay for sick leave is for the sole and only purpose of protecting the employee against loss of regular income when she is legitimately ill and unable to are related work. In order to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will receive sick leave pay, an employee shall notify her immediate supervisor as soon as possible before the start of her shift, so that a replacement can be incorporated in all collective agreements:) obtained or rearrangement of the employee’s work schedule can be made. Employees shall not be entitled to sick leave for sickness or accident compensable by the Workers’ Compensation Board. The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted as of the date of transfer to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee at the then current rate per diem of pay based on her regular straight hourly rate. The “sick leave bank” shall be to supplement payment for sick leave days under the new program which would otherwise be at less than full wages. This will be equal to one hundred percent of the employee’s gross earnings to the limit of the employee’s accumulated sick leave bank. There shall be no pay reduction from an employee’s regular scheduled shift when an employee has completed any portion of the shift prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers’ Compensation benefits. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees The short-term sick leave plan shall be registered with or more years service the Unemployment Insurance Commission The employees’ share of the employer’s unemployment insurance premium reduction will be paid at retained by the Hospital towards offsetting the cost of the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of improvements contained in this Agreement. An If an employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work work, and who has been awaiting waiting approval of a claim for Worker's Workers’ Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period period, she may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee she would receive from Workers' ’ Compensation if the employee's her claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee she would be entitled under the short short-term sick portion of plan. The employee must provide the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides Hospital with evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The the Workers' ’ Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' ’ Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short short-term portion of the disability income sick plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible e employees under the long term disability plan Ion portion of the Plan or equivalentan -term plan); employees shall . The I will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the portion of the employees on the pa roll as of the effective date of the transfer with three or more of service shall be deemed to have three months of service. For the purpose of transfer long-term por- tion of the disability program, employees on the active pay- roll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all exist- ing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be ter- minated and any provisions relating to such Plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions to pa out of unused sick leave benefits which are specifical y t with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each em to a sick leave to the credit o shall be converted the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The “sick leave bank” shall be to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new which would otherwise be at less than full wages, where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of em or in the case of death, to the nurse’s estate. T e amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse’s then current sal- ary rxxx for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which she partici- pated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and be enti- tled to the same cash out provisions as set out in para- graph above she subsequently achieves the a o necessary service to & her for ut under the con- of the sick leave plan in w she participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness accident that is The Workers’ Board as the meaning Workers’ Com- e pensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workers’ Com- pensation Board for loss of s to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse’s net earnings to the limit o the nurse’s accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers’ Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Work- ers’ Compensation benefits, she shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her regular straight time rate. This will not the nurse to a lieu if she otherwise qualifies. under Nurses returning to work illness or injury compensa- ble under Workers’ Corn will be assigned light work as necessary, if A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or full-time employment as provided the sick leave an in which she participates as of the date of this award. Any dispute which may arise concernin a nurse’s entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees p an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for H or the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level for all incidences coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work da , the short-term sick leave plan will pro- hours. apply e number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may a total of visions of the existing plan shall All other Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation ’ Corn if the employee's her claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee e would be entitled under the short short-term sick portion ARTICLE HOURS OF WORK The following designating regular hours on a daily tour and daily tours over the schedule mined by the shall not be construe to be a tee of the disability income plan hours o work to be performed on each tour or equivalent plan)dur- ing each tour schedule. Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory Subject to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)below:

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under under' the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three months or more of service shall be deemed to have three months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The leave shall be to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under-the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by The Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the by such amount that the award of The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term. of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' , Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' , Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' , Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers, Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remainingto be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October ARTICLE HOURS OF WORK The following provision designating regular hours on a daily tour and regular daily tours over the nursing schedule determined by the Hospital shall not be construed to be a guarantee of the hours of work to be performed on each tour or during each tour schedule. Subject to Article below: The normal daily tour shall be seven and one-half consecutive hours in any twenty-four hour period exclusive of an unpaid one-half hour meal period, is prevented from working it being understood that at the change of tour there will normally be additional time required for reporting which shall be considered to be part of the normal daily tour, for a period of up to fifteen minutes duration. Should the reporting time extend beyond fifteen minutes, however, the entire period shall be considered overtime for the Hospital because purposes of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized payment under Article . Nurses shall be entitled, subject to the exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the tour on the basis of fifteen minutes for each half tour. The scheduling of meal periods and relief periods shall be determined by local negotiations. The regular daily tours of duty of a full-time nurse shall average five days per week over the nursing schedule determined by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within Hospital. Full-time nursing schedules shall be determined by local negotiation. Full-time nurses in the meaning of bargaining unit engaged in teaching in Schools for shall work a flexible schedule, Monday to Friday, averaging hours per week over the Workers' Compensation Act schedule to be determined by local negotiations. Where a nurse notifies her or his supervisor that she or he has been or will be unable to take the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages normal lunch break due to the employee by requirement of providing patient care, such amount that nurse shall be paid time and one half her or his regular straight time hourly rate for all time worked in excess of her or his normal daily hours. Where nurses are now working a longer daily tour, the award provisions set out in this Article governing the regular hours of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss work on a daily tour shall be adjusted accordingly. The normal daily extended tour shall be consecutive hours in any period, exclusive of wagesa total of forty-five minutes of unpaid meal time. Nurses shall be entitled, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings subject to the limit exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval tour of a claim for Workers' Compensationtotal of forty-five minutes. (Note: The Hospital scheduling of meal and relief periods shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness be determined by local negotiations. The introduction or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill discontinuance of longer daily tours shall be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendixdetermined by local negotiations.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Hospitalsof Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. I The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible e employees under the long term disability plan Ion -term portion of the Plan or equivalentan plan); employees shall . The will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss For the purpose of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply transfer to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income planprogram, employees on the pa roll as of the effective date of the transfer with three or more of service shall be deemed to have three months of service. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum For the purpose of fifteen (15) weekstransfer long-term por- tion of the disability program, employees on the active pay- roll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. (The Effective the first of the month following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where the transfer, all exist- ing sick leave banks were established on plans in the transfer Participating Hospitals shall be ter- minated and any provisions relating to or equivalent:) Sick such Plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions to pa out of unused sick leave banks standing benefits which are specifical y t with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each em to a sick leave bank to the credit o shall be converted the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of an employee the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The “sick leave bank” shall be utilized to to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear plan in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberthe Collective Agreement, Pay out of sick leave credits payout shall be made on the termination of employment or, em or in the case of death, to the employee's nurse’s estate. The T e amount of the payment payout shall be a cash settlement at the employee's nurse’s then current salary xxx- ary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employeeplan in which she partici- pated as of the date of this award; a where, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalenttransfer, did an employee does not have the required service to qualify for pay out payout on termination, he her existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and she shall be entitled enti- tled to the same pay cash out provisionsas provisions as set out in Article above, providing he para- b graph a P necessary service to she subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify her for pay out under those provisions. Where an employeethe con- ditions of the sick leave plan in w as of the date of this award; she participated es where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, with a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits remaining, and is prevented from working for the Hospital because on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the The Workers' ’ Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the The Workers' Compensation Act ’ Com- pensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the employeenurse, will supplement the award made by the The Workers' Compensation ’ Com- pensation Board for loss of wages to the employee nurse by such amount that the award of the Workers' The Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) per cent of the employee's nurse’s net earnings to the limit of o the employee'saccumulated nurse’s accumulated sick leave credits. Employees Nurses may utilizesuch such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' ’ Compensation. (Note: The Hospital When a nurse has completed any portion of her regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Work- ers’ Compensation benefits, she shall pay be paid for such medical as it may require from time-to-the balance of the tour at her regular straight time will not the nurse to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendixa lieu if she otherwise qualifies.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three months or more of service shall be deemed to have three months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The leave bank" shall be to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award: where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by The Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remainingto be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October ARTICLE HOURS OF WORK The following provision designating regular hours on a daily tour and regular daily tours over the nursing schedule determined by the Hospital shall not be construed to be a guarantee of the hours of to be performed on each tour or during each tour schedule. Subject to Article below: The normal daily tour shall be seven and one-half consecutive hours in any twenty-four hour period exclusive of an unpaid one-half hour meal period, is prevented from working it being understood that at the change of tour there will normally be additional time required for reporting which shall be considered to be part of the normal daily tour, for a period of up to fifteen minutes duration. Should the reporting time extend beyond fifteen minutes, however, the entire period shall be considered overtime for the Hospital because purposes of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized payment under Article Nurses shall be entitled, subject to the exigencies of patientcare, to relief periods during the tour on the basis of fifteen minutes for each half tour. The scheduling of meal periods and relief periods shall be determined by local negotiations. The regular daily tours of duty of a full-time nurse shall average five days per week over the nursing schedule determined by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within Hospital. Full-time nursing schedules shall be determined by local negotiation. Full-time nurses in the meaning of bargaining unit engaged in teaching in Schools for shall work a flexible schedule, Monday to Friday, averaging hours per week over the Workers' Compensation Act schedule to be determined by local negotiations. Where a nurse notifies her or his supervisor that she or he has been or will be unable to take the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages normal lunch due to the employee by requirement of providing patient care, such amount that nurse shall be paid time and one half her or his regular straight time hourly rate for all time worked in excess of her or his normal daily hours. Where nurses are now working a longer daily tour, the award provisions set out in this Article governing the regular hours of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss work on a daily tour shall be adjusted accordingly. The normal daily extended tour shall be consecutive hours in any period, exclusive of wagesa total of forty-five minutes of unpaid meal time. Nurses shall be entitled, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings subject to the limit exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval tour of a claim for Workers' Compensationtotal of forty-five minutes. (NoteThe scheduling of meal and relief periods shall be determined by local negotiations. The introduction or discontinuance of longer daily tours shall be determined by local negotiations. NOTE: The Hospital Hospitals that have extended tours that are presently different than the above, shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to workmaintain those conditions. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)ARTICLE PREMIUM PAYMENT

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will Hospitalwill pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3)months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3)months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (I) year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providingthe nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital further agrees to pay employees on account of an amount equal to any occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workplace and Safety Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour to going on sick leave benefits under or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the first two days balance of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar yeartour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. Effective April employees with This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or more years service he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be paid at assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the benefit level for all incidences sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of absence covered by October Any dispute which may arise concerning an employeea nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospitalfurther agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the patties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit coverage provided by I The Hospitalwill each of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for Compensationfor a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory Satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income planpian. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October If the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical certificate, the award employer shall pay the full cost of obtaining the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together Note: This clause shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions AppendixHuman Rights Code.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibilityfor providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss , For the purpose of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply transfer to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short short-term portion of the disability income planprogram, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum For the purpose of fifteen transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (15I) weeksyear or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. (The Effective the first of the month following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where the transfer, all existing sick leave banks were established on plans in the transfer Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to or equivalent:) Sick such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave banks standing benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of an employee the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to supplement to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for and; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear plan in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberthe Collective Agreement, Pay out of sick leave credits payout shall be made on the termination of employment oremployment, or in the case of death, to the employeenurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payment payout shall be a cash settlement at the employeenurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employeeplan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalenttransfer, did an employee does not have the required service to qualify for pay out payout on termination, he her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same pay cash out provisionsas provisions as set out in Article above, paragraph above providing he the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out payout under those provisions. the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where an employeea payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, with a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits remaining, and is prevented from working for the Hospital because on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act Workplace and Act, the Hospital, on application from the employeenurse, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the employee nurse by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100per cent 00%) of the employeenurse's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees Nurses may utilizesuch utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)Worker's

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles Pay for sick leave is for the sole and only purpose of employee against loss of regular income when she is ill and unable lo work. In order to are related receive sick leave pay, an employee shall notify her supervisor as soon as possible before the start of her shift, so that a replacement can be or rearrangement of the employee’s work schedule can be made employee may be required to produce proof of sickness in the form of a for any absence. Sick Leave leave shall be allowed for illness for employees after the of probationary period on the basis of one and Longone-term Disability half days per month of active employment to a of eighteen days’ sick leave for each year of continuous For an employee not sick leave during of layoff, off work due to or illness compensable by Workers’ leaves of absence in excess of thirty continuous calendar days, and off work due to illness in of thirty continuous calendar days. Employees who work less than thirty-seven and one-half hours per week shall be to accumulate sick leave on of one and half days per one hundred and and hours Hours paid shall exclude premium payments. All unused leave any year may be accumulated to a of one hundred and twenty-six days. Employees shall not be to sick leave for or accident compensable by the Workers’ Compensation Board. The following provisions inclusive) shall be Implemented days following of the Collective Agreement: The will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide assume for and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deductionFor the purpose of transfer to the portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer months or more of Shall be deemed lo have three months of For the purpose of transfer to the portion of disability program, employees on the active payroll of date of the transfer one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of Effective the first of the following transfer, the sick leave plan the Hospital shall be and any such plan shall be null and under the Collective Agreement. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted as of the date of transfer to a sick leave bank lo credit of the employee at the current per diem of pay based on her regular straight hourly rate. The leave shall be to supplement payment for sick leave days under the new program which would otherwise be at less than full wages. This will be equal to one hundred percent of the employee’s gross earnings to the limit of the employee’s leave bank. There shall be no pay reduction from an employee’s regular scheduled shift when en employee has any of prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers’ Compensation benefits. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees The short-tern? sick leave plan shall be with or more years service Unemployment Insurance The employees’ share of the employer’s unemployment premium reduction will be paid at retained by the benefit level for all incidences Hospital towards offsetting the cost of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Improvements contained in Agreement. An an employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work work, and who has been awaiting waiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation Workers’ claim will the for a period longer than one complete pay period period, she may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee she would receive from Workers' Compensation ’ if the employee's her claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee she would be entitled under the short short-term sick portion of plan. The employee must provide the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides Hospital with evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat that any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation ’ Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation ’ is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income sick plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide Hospitalwill assume total responsibilityfor providingand funding a short-term sick leave plan termsick leaveplan at least equivalent to equivalentto that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. toward The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) ay of the billed premium towards s coverage of eligible the of the Plan or an plan). The pay the a premium through deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short- term portion of the pro employees on the payroll as of the effective transfer with three months or more of service shall be deemed to have three months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long-term portion of the disability programme, employees on the active payroll as of the effectivedate of the transfer with one (1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (1) year of service. Effectivethe first of the monthfollowing the transfer, all exist- ing sick leave plans in the participating Hospitals shall be ter- minatedand any relatingto such plans shall be null and void under respective collective agreements except as to those provisions to pa out of unusedsick leave benefits which are with hereinafter. for shall be converted bank to it o the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective of the transfer to the plan set out in Article ”kick leave bank” shall be utilized supplement payment for sick leave days under the long term disability new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the or equivalent); employees shall pay in the balance case of death, to the nurse’s estate. amount of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse’s then current xxx- ary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which she partici- pated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her existing sick leave credits as of that date shall neverthelessbe convertedto a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and she shall be enti- tled to the same cash out provisions as set out in para- graph above she subsequently achieves the necessary serviceto her for a out under the of the sick leave plan in w she participated as of the date of this award; on a where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital further agrees to pay employees on account of an amount equal to any occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' sation Board as compensable within the meaning Workers' Com- pensation Act, the Hospital, plicationfrom the nurse, will supplement the award by the Workers' Com- pensation Board for loss of benefits under es to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the first two days supplementa- tion of the fourth and subsequent period Hospital, will equal one hundred (1 00) per cent of absence the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. There shall be no pay deduction from a nurse's regular sched- uled tour when a nurse has completed any portion of the tour prior to going on sick leave benefitsor Workers' Compensa- tion benefits. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury under Workers' Pensationwill be assigned light work as necessary, if e. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or full-time employment as provided un- der the sick leave in any calendar yearwhich she of the date of this award. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employeeconcernin a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee Nurses presently employed who is absent from work are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospitalfurther agrees to pay an amount equal to any loss of benefits under the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if first two days of the employee's claim was approvedfourth and subsequentperiod of absencein any calendar year. During the term of operation of this CollectiveAgreement, or the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiationsto improve the benefit to which coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the employee would be entitled under amount of unused sick leave in her bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work the short term sick portion leave plan will pro- vide pa for number of hours of absence according to the tour to a total of hours. All other pro- visions of the disability income existing plan or equivalent plan)shall apply mutatis mutandis. Payment will Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid considered as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled sick leave under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (1) year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out Article The leave shall be utilized supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required to qualify for payout on her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award: where a payout provision existed under the sick leave plan the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workers Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of The Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently are covered by a disability plan effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered coverage provided by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the The Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser will notify each nurse of the benefit amount of unused sick leave her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approvedstandard work day, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion leave plan will provide payment for the number of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence hours of disability satisfactory absence according to the Hospital and scheduled tour to a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)total of

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) for The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the -disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three months or more of service shall be deemed to have three months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one year or more of service shall be deemed to have one year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The leave shall be to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the . sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, nurse who, as of the date of this award, accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account Of an occupational illness or accident that by The Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work compensable under Workers from an illness or injury Compensation will light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award may elect to be covered by or to continue present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October ARTICLE HOURS OF WORK The following provision designating regular hours on a daily tour and regular daily tours over the nursing schedule determined by the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning shall not be construed to be a guarantee of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, hours of work to be performed on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages each tour or during each tour schedule. Subject to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)below:

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave and Longfull-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) time nurses only) The Hospital shall provide will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3)months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3)months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (I) year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave shall be utilized to: supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; where a payout provision existed under the sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providingthe nurse subsequently achieves the necessary to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital further on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on applicationfrom the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to shod-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospitalfurther agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October If the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical certificate, the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital employer shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions the full cost of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in obtaining the Local Provisions Appendixcertificate.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April For employees with or whose regular hours of work are more years service than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will be paid provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. This Plan is governed by the Plan Text. This Plan Text is available for viewing at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Human Resources Office. A copy shall further be made available to the Union President. Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or longshort-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, ; will equal one hundred percent (100%) percent of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated employee's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay provide the employee with a copy of the completed Form When an employee has completed half of her regular shift prior to going on sick leave benefits, the nurse shall be paid for such medical as it the balance of the shift at the nurse's regular straight time hourly rate. Where an employee is required to attend a meeting to discuss utilisation of sick leave, may require from time-tobe accompanied by xxxxxxx. The Hospital endeavours to investigate the possibility of allowing part-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Longretired employees who have not yet reached age sixty-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Articlefive, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued voluntary participation in the Local Provisions Appendixhealth and welfare as long as the employee pays the cost of the monthly premiums in advance.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage coverage-of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for fur the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to short- term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (155) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas provisions as set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Cornpensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated employee's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: I The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s 's illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendix.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related apply to Sick Leave full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total for providing and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will Hospitalwill pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long long-term disability plan portion of the Plan or equivalentan equivalent plan); employees shall . The employee will pay the balance of the billed premiums premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3)months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (Iy)ear or more of service shall be deemed to have one (1) year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT MARCH the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank'' shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providingthe nurse subsequently achieves the necessary to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is preventedfrom working for the Hospital further on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of Workplace and Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospitalfurther agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with or more years service will be paid at the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit level coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave pian will provide payment for all incidences the number of hours of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement according to term or long-term benefits under may the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be subject to grievance and arbitration considered as sick leave under the provisions of this Agreementsick leave plan. An employee A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employeenurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat Hospital that any paymentswill payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring Decemberbe assigned light work as necessary, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, if available A nurse who transfers from full-time to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits part-time may elect to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to retain her or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with his accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from working for to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the Hospital because sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by October If the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to Employer requires the employee by such amount that to obtain a medical the award employer shall pay the full cost of obtaining the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together Note: This clause shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. (Note: The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions AppendixOntario Human Rights Code.)

LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to are related to Sick Leave and Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long term disability plan or equivalent); employees shall pay the balance of the billed premiums through payroll deduction. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospitalthat any paymentswill be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provisionwill continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out Payout of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's ’s estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's employee‘s then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer to or equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out payout on termination, he shall be entitled to the same pay out provisionsas payout provisions as set out in Article above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out payout under those provisions. taking ill s notify their immediate sup subject the Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave credits remaining, is prevented from ‘working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' ‘ Compensation Board as compensable within compensablewithin the meaning of meaningof the Workers' ‘ Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' ’ Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' ‘ Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (( 100%) of the employee's ’s net earnings to the limit of the employee'saccumulated employee’s accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilizesuch utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' ’ Compensation. ARTICLE HOURS OF WORK OVERTIME The normal or standard work week shall be an average of seven and one-half (Note: 37 hours, with a normal or standard work day of seven and one-half (7 hours except in those Hospitals where agreements already provide a standard or normal work week of less than thirty-seven and one-half (37 hours per week and seven and one-half (7 hours per day. (Those Hospitals with the lesser required hours shall reflect in the salary rates a pro-rata lesser amount compared with salaries for other Hospitals based on the ratio that the standard or normal hours of work at the Hospital concerned are to and one-half (37 1/21 hours). The length of time over which the hours of work per week are to be averaged shall be determined locally and shall be set out in Article (a) Where the Hospital and the Union agree, subject to the approval of the Ministry of Labour, other arrangements regarding hours of work may be entered into between parties on a local level with respect to tours beyond the normal or standard work day in accordance with the provisions set out in Article of the collective agreement. Employees shall pay be entitled, subject to the exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the shift on the basis of fifteen (15) minutes for each half shift. Overtime shall be defined as being all hours worked in excess of the normal or standard work day, or in excess of the normal or standard work week. The overtime rate shall be one and one-half (1 1/21 times the regular straight time hourly rate of pay. Overtime Accumulation Where an employee has worked and accumulated approved overtime hours (other than overtime hours related to paid holidays) up to a maximum of day’s accumulation, then such medical employee shall have the option of payment at the applicable overtime rate or time off equivalent to the applicable overtime rate (i.e. where applicable rate is one and one-half times, then time off shall be at one and one-half times). W the latter option, such time off must be taken within of the occurrence of the overtime at a time mutually agreeable to the Hospital and the employee, or payment in accordance with the former option shall be made. The maximum for purposes of overtime accumulation and the scheduling of time off shall be If an employee is authorized to work, during the lunch break, due to the requirements of patient care, he will be paid time and one-half (1 his regular straight time hourly rate for all time worked in excess of his normal hours. An employee who continues to work more. than two (2) hours of overtime immediately following his scheduled hours of work, shall be provided with a meal voucher valued at a maximum of four dollars ($4.00)or four dollars ($4.00)if the Hospital is unable to provide a meal voucher. Failure to provide hours between the commencement of led shift and the commencement of such employee‘s next scheduled shift shall result in payment of one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate for only those hours which reduce the Where the hour period is reduced as it may require from time-to-time to certify a result of an approved change of requested by the such premium payment shall not apply. Where an employee’s illness or ability to return to work. Any other related to Sick Leave 's schedule is changed by the Hospital with less than twenty-four (24)hours notice, she shall receive time and Longone-Term Disability that existed in theexpiring Collective Agreementwill be continued and numbered in sequence as provisions half of this Article, except such of an administrative nature related to this Article which will be continued in the Local Provisions Appendixher regular straight time hourly rate for all hours worked on her next shift.)