– MODIFIED/RETURN TO WORK PROGRAM. Q-1 (a) Prior to any employee returning to work on a modified/light/alternate work programme, the Hospital will notify and meet with the Bargaining Unit President or designate, manager, member and Occupational Health Nurse to discuss a back to work programme for the employee.
– MODIFIED/RETURN TO WORK PROGRAM. Modified return to work schedules are generally assigned to day shifts and seven (7) calendar days of notice is not required when an employee is unable to perform their normal duties because of non- occupational illness or injury or WCB. Employees on modified duties will receive their regular rate of pay as per the Collective Agreement and will not receive any WCB wage supplementation. All modified return to work duties and hours will be supported by medical documentation. The Union and the Employer recognize that each case must be assessed on the needs of the Employer and the Employee and will be “without prejudice”.
– MODIFIED/RETURN TO WORK PROGRAM. Section 1. This article applies to Full-time or Part-time Faculty Members who, having suffered from an illness or injury, are released to return to work but with restrictions imposed by their medical doctor or licensed practitioner.
– MODIFIED/RETURN TO WORK PROGRAM. The Society and the Union are jointly committed to re-integrating employees who have suffered a temporary/permanent full or partial injury or illness, back into the workplace. The Society and the Union will work together to identify work suitable for employees returning to work and requiring accommodation. The Society and the Union agree that employees who have been off work due to injury, accident or illness, resulting in temporary/permanent impairment or handicap, should be returned to active employment as quickly as possible. The Society shall notify the Union of the names of all Bargaining Unit employees off work due to a work related injury (whether or not the employee is in receipt of Workers’ Compensation (W.S.I.B.) benefits) and those on LTD. The Society agrees to supply the Union with a copy of the Workers’ Compensation Board (W.S.I.B.) Form 7 (“Society’s Report & Accidental Injury or Industrial Disease”) at the same time as the form is sent to the Board. Prior to any bargaining unit employee returning on a modified work program, the Society will notify the Union and the matter will be reviewed at the return to work meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to review the employment possibilities of these employees and to identify positions to which these employees could return, with or without modification(s). During this meeting the Society and Union will consider the employee’s ability to return to work, their work limitations as determined by medical information and other expert opinions and will identify work areas that could accommodate the employee’s capabilities. Employees shall be accommodated in the following manner and sequence:
