Long Term Leave For Serious Injury Or Illness. Employees who have been employed for at least ninety (90) days’ and are suffering from a serious injury or illness which will prevent them from being at work for at least two (2) weeks shall be entitled to this leave, without pay. Employees are entitled to take Long-Term Leave for serious injury or illness for up to seventeen (17) weeks in a fifty-two (52) week period. The leave must be taken in one (1) continuous period unless mutually agreed between the Employer and employee. For an employee to be eligible for the leave, a Medical Professional must issue a certificate to verify that the employee is expected to be incapable of being at work for at least two (2) weeks due to a serious illness or injury. The medical certificate shall be provided to the Employer as soon as possible. Employees may end their leave earlier than seventeen (17) weeks if they give the Employer at least two (2) weeks’ notice in writing before the day they intend to return to work. The Employer and employee may agree to a different schedule for returning to work. The Employer may require a medical certificate to confirm that the employee is fit to return to work. At the end of an employee’s leave under this Article, the Employer shall reinstate the employee to the position the employee occupied when the leave began or to a comparable position, with not less than the wages and any other benefits earned by the employee immediately before the leave began.
Long Term Leave For Serious Injury Or Illness. Employees who are suffering from a serious injury or illness which will prevent them from being at work for at least two (2) weeks shall be entitled to this leave. Employees are entitled to take Long-Term Leave for serious injury or illness for up to seventeen (17) weeks in a fifty-two (52) week period. The leave must be taken in one (1) continuous period unless mutually agreed between the Employer and employee. For an employee to be eligible for the leave, a Medical Professional must issue a certificate to verify that the employee is expected to be incapable of being at work for at least two (2) weeks due to a serious illness or injury. The medical certificate shall be provided to the Employer as soon as possible Employees may end their leave earlier than seventeen (17) weeks if they give the Employer at least two (2) weeks’ notice in writing before the day they intend to return to work. The Employer and employee may agree to a different schedule for returning to work. The Employer may require a medical certificate to confirm that the employee is fit to return to work At the end of an employee’s leave under this Article, the Employer shall reinstate the employee to the position the employee occupied when the leave began or to a comparable position, with not less than the wages and any other benefits earned by the employee immediately before the leave began.
Long Term Leave For Serious Injury Or Illness. Employees who have been employed for at least ninety (90) days’ and are suffering from a serious injury or illness which will prevent them from being at work for at least two (2) weeks shall be entitled to this leave.
