LEAVE OF ABSENCE Sample Clauses

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 12.01 Employees requesting leave of absence shall make written application to their Location Manager giving at least seven (7) working days· notice. The Company may, at its discretion, grant such leave of absence for a period of up to three (3) months provided the services of the employees are not immediately required and there is an employee available who has the qualifications to perform the work. Such leave of absence shall be granted in writing, with a copy to the Local Chairperson. Leaves of absence will not be granted during the month of September. The Company's response to the request shall be given in writing within seven (7) days of the· Company receiving the employee's written request. 12.02 Leave of absence may be extended in writing by the Company upon application in writing from the employee, provided such application is received at least seven (7) calendar days prior to the expiration of the leave of absence. 12.03 An employee who fails to report for duty on or before the expiration of a leave of absence shall forfeit his seniority and his name will be removed from the seniority list. In the case of an employee being granted an extended approved unpaid leave 6f absence, the employee may not be permitted to sign for a regular school run and/or the run vacated by the employee may be posted. 12.04 Absolute proof of illness preventing return upon expiration of leave of absence shall excuse an employee's failure to return at that time. 12.05 Leave of absence shall not be granted to enable an employee to work outside the Company's service. Leave of absences or illness longer than five (5) working days will be posted as a temporary position. 12.06 An employee elected as a full-time representative of the Union shall be granted leave of absence without pay while so engaged. 12.07 Upon written request of the National Representative, Local President and/or Local Chairperson, employees delegated and attending general business of the Union shall be granted leave of absence without pay for that purpose. As much advance notice as possible will be given by the National Representative and/or Local Chairperson prior to the effective date of the requested leave of absence. The Company will pay lost time for regular scheduled work for all union leaves under this article to employees at their regular rate of pay and such rate of pay will be reimbursed by Unifor Local 195. 12.08 The name of an employee who is on authorized leave of absence shall be retained on the...

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 21.01 Where operational requirements permit, leave of absence with pay by means of salary continuation, and without loss of seniority may be granted to any employee elected or appointed to represent the Union at Union conventions and the Union shall reimburse the Employer for receipt of such pay. The Union shall give the Employer at least 14 days notice of such leave. Such leave will not be unreasonably denied. 21.02 Where operational requirements permit, Union members selected to represent the Union during negotiations up to and including conciliation shall be paid for the time in attendance of the sessions by the Employer, for any lost time, up to three (3) members. With reasonable notice to the Employer, Union members selected to represent the Union in arbitration cases while processing grievances or other Union business shall be granted a leave of absence with pay, by means of salary continuation, and the Union shall reimburse the Employer for receipt of such pay. 21.03 If an employee is summoned for jury duty, he/she shall be paid by the Employer the difference between the regular hourly salary rate for the number of hours he/she otherwise would have been scheduled to work and the daily jury duty or witness fee paid. 21.04 On the occasion of the birth of his child, a male employee shall be allowed one day special leave with pay. 21.05 Employees shall be entitled to maternity and/or child care leave in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. 21.06 Employees shall be entitled to family responsibility leave in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. 21.07 “Voluntary Leave of Absence not to exceed one year” An employee desiring a leave of absence without pay may be granted leave in so far as regular operations of the Company will permit, providing reasonable written notice is given to the Company. Such leave of absence shall not exceed what, in the opinion of the Company, is a reasonable period of time to a maximum of twelve (12) months. Leaves shall be subject to approval by the Company. An employee will be informed of any conditions applicable to such leave. In addition, an employee may not seek or obtain alternate employment with a competitor while on Leave of Absence.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Section 29.1 Upon written request by an employee, the Employer may, at its sole discretion, grant an unpaid leave of absence to any bargaining unit employee for a duration of six (6) months for any personal reasons of the employee. Such leave may be extended upon the request to, and with the approval of, the Employer. The authorization of a leave of absence without pay is a matter of administrative discretion. The Employer will decide if a leave of absence is to be granted in each individual case. Section 29.2 Except for emergencies, illnesses, disabilities or as otherwise specified in this Article, employees will request leave of absence no less than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the proposed commencement of the desired leave so that the various departmental functions may proceed properly. Section 29.3 Upon completion of a leave of absence, the employee will be returned to the position formerly occupied or the next available similar position if the employee's former position no longer exists. Employees on an unpaid leave of absence are subject to all layoff and recall provisions as set forth in this Agreement. Section 29.4 An employee may return to work before the scheduled expiration of leave as requested by the employee and agreed to by the Employer. In the event of an operational crisis or emergency, the Employer may cancel a previously authorized leave of absence by providing the employee with one week's notice that he must return to work. An employee on leave due to his own medical condition will not be required to return to work prior to the end of his authorized leave. Section 29.5 If it is determined that an employee is abusing the leave of absence and not actually using the leave for the purposes specified, the Superintendent may cancel the leave and provide the employee with a written notice directing the employee to report for work. Abuse of leave shall be sufficient cause for discipline. Section 29.6 If an employee fails to return to work at the expiration of his requested unpaid leave of absence, such employee, absent extenuating circumstances, shall be removed from his position. Section 29.7 An employee who has been granted an unpaid leave of absence for personal reasons shall not receive holiday pay and shall not accrue paid leave during such unpaid leave of absence. The employee will retain unused leave credit while on unpaid leave. Section 29.8 Employees on unpaid leave pursuant to this Article will not be eligible for health insuranc...

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. With respect to the Award, the Company may, in its sole discretion, determine that if you are on leave of absence for any reason you will be considered to still be in the employ of, or providing services for, the Company, provided that rights to the Restricted Shares during a leave of absence will be limited to the extent to which those rights were earned or vested when the leave of absence began.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 13.1 Leave of absence may be granted to Regular employees by the City Manager for urgent and substantial reasons, up to a maximum of one year (except when the employee is receiving long term disability benefits in which case a time limit of five (5) continuous years shall apply), providing satisfactory arrangements can be made to perform the employee’s duties without undue interference with the normal routine of work. Inability to return to work after an employee’s sick leave has been exhausted will be considered as an urgent and substantial reason and in such cases a leave will be granted. 13.2 A leave of absence will commence on and include the first workday on which the employee is absent and terminates with and includes the workday preceding the day the employee returns to work. 13.3 All applications for leave of absence shall be made in writing except when the employee is unable to do so. The conditions under which an employee will be restored to employment on the termination of leave of absence shall be clearly stated by the City in conjunction with the granting of a leave of absence. Upon an employee’s return to work after a leave of absence, the employee will be reinstated to the employee’s former position and working conditions, providing that the employee is capable of performing the duties of the employee’s former position, except that if there has been a reduction of forces or the employee’s position has been eliminated during said leave, the employee will be returned to the position the employee would be in, had the employee not been on a leave of absence. 13.4 An employee’s status as a Regular employee will not be impaired by such leave of absence and the employee’s seniority will accrue. 13.5 If an employee fails to return immediately on the expiration of the employee’s leave of absence or if the employee accepts other full-time employment while on leave, the employee will thereby forfeit the leave of absence and terminate the employee’s employment with the City. 13.6 An employee on a leave of absence as provided herein shall not accrue vacation or sick leave benefits nor maintain group insurance coverage. An employee may, however, at the employee’s option and expense, maintain the employee’s group insurance coverage providing the full monthly premium is received in the Finance Department of the City on or before the first day of the month for which the premium is intended. Notwithstanding the above, however, if the leave of absence is as a ...

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 14.01 The Company may grant leave of absence without pay and without loss of seniority to an employee for personal reasons. All requests for such leaves of absence shall be in writing and addressed to the General Manager as far in advance as practicable. The General Manager shall reply to such request within seven (7) working days. Approval for such requests shall be subject to operational requirements. If an employee fails to return to work upon termination of an authorized leave of absence unless prior arrangements acceptable to the employee, the Union and the Company have been made for an extension of such leave, it shall leave the employee subject to disciplinary action. If an employee utilizes a leave of absence for purposes other than those for which the leave of absence was granted, the employee shall lose all seniority and his employment shall be deemed to have terminated. 14.02 Leave of absence will be granted to not more than one (1) employee who has been selected by the Union membership as a delegate to attend a Union convention or seminar and to not more than five (5) employees who have attained seniority and who have been selected by the Union to attend meetings on negotiations for a Collective Agreement or renewal thereof. (a) In the event of a death in the employee’s immediate family, that is husband, wife, son, daughter, father or mother, brother, sister, mother-in-law or father- in-law, grandchild, grandfather, and grandmother, employees who have completed their probationary period shall be entitled to receive four (4) days leave of absence and will be paid their regular rate for each scheduled work day that occurs within such seven (7) day period. The request for such leave must be made at the time of death or as soon as possible thereafter. In addition to the aforementioned leave, where the burial/interment of the deceased is not possible at the time of the death, one (1) additional day’s leave with pay shall be granted to employees to attend the burial/interment so long as the employee is scheduled to work that day. (b) In order to qualify for the foregoing leave of absence, upon request an employee must supply satisfactory proof of death by way of a doctor’s certificate or newspaper clipping and must promptly notify his or her Department Head. (c) In the application of this Article, the Company agrees to recognize “common law” relations, as defined by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, in the same fashion as relations by way of “ma...

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 13.01 The Company may grant leave of absence without pay at its discretion. Such leaves shall be for stated periods and shall not exceed three (3) months, unless both the Union and the Company mutually agree otherwise. A request for leave of absence without pay will be answered in five (5) working days. 13.02 The Company's payment towards all group insurance benefits shall be suspended after the first month of any leave of absence granted under Article 13.01, for employees with less than three (3) years of service, for employees with three (3) to five (5) years of service, payment will be suspended after two (2) months, and for employees with five (5) years' service or over, after three (3) months. They will be reinstated upon the return of the employee to full-time duty. If the employee wishes continuation of these benefits during such a leave, it will be his/her responsibility to pay the total cost of these group insurance benefits prior to starting the leave of absence. 13.03 Pregnancy leave shall be granted in accordance with the Employment Standards Act, Part XI and Article 13.02 shall apply. Entitlement to benefits under the collective agreement will be in accordance with the Employment Standards Act of Ontario, as may be amended from time to time. 13.04 Notwithstanding Article 13.03 above, if an employee is entitled to pregnancy leave under Section 35(1) of the Employment Standards Act, as may be amended from time to time, she will be treated for the purpose of calculating vacation pay credits only as if she worked her normal regular weekly hours for a period of seventeen (17) weeks or for the actual duration of her pregnancy leave, whichever is the shorter period of time. The employee's vacation pay credits for the above time period will be based on the percentage rate she is entitled to under Article 15. The parties further agree that under no circumstances is it to be construed that an employee is to be entitled to any pay, other than vacation pay credits as is provided under this Article, while off on pregnancy leave. Finally, the parties agree that this Article is not applicable to an employee on Parental Leave under Section 38(1) of the Employment Standards Act, as may be amended from time to time.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. An approved absence from work duty during a scheduled work period with or without compensation.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE. 14.01 Leave of absence granted to an employee shall be in writing setting out the commencement and termination dates of such leave. A copy shall be forwarded to the Union. 14.02 An employee may, at the discretion of the Employer, be granted leave of absence without pay for legitimate personal reasons. If such leave is used for the purpose of taking up work elsewhere and the employee does in fact take up work elsewhere and he returns to the Employer before the termination date set out in such leave of absence he shall work in the junior position on the seniority list until termination date of the leave of absence granted, at which time he shall be reinstated to his rightful place on the seniority list. 14.03 Any employee whose normal duties include driving an Employer vehicle and whose driving license is suspended by government action for up to twelve (12) months shall be given a leave of absence without loss of seniority and without pay until his driving privileges have been restored. It is understood that should an employee’s license not be reissued due to government administrative delays, the leave of absence may be extended for a reasonable period of time. Suspension of a driving license for a period in excess of twelve (12) months may, at the discretion of the Employer, result in the discharge of the employee concerned. This provision does not apply in circumstances where the suspension results from an incident of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol while driving a Company vehicle. Any employee whose normal duties include driving an Employer vehicle, whose license is suspended by government action, must so notify the Employer in writing immediately. An employee who fails to do so shall be subject to disciplinary action up to and including immediate discharge. 14.04 Employees shall be granted leave of absence without pay, upon written request by the Union to attend Union functions such as conventions or to work in the capacity of a Business Representative of the Union.