Personal Injury or Illness Leaves of Absence. An employee who has completed his/her probationary period will be granted an interim leave of absence without pay necessitated by his/her personal injury or illness (other than Worker's Compensation), provided: - such employee requests a leave of absence from the Company within a reasonable length of time, but not exceeding five (5) work days, from his/her first date of absence; and - that he/she submits a doctor’s certificate certifying as to the reason and probable duration of the requested leave within 20 days from his/her first day of absence; and - the requested leave is approved by the Company’s Leaves Administrator In the event an employee fails to observe the above conditions, he/she shall be considered as quit and terminated. All leaves, when granted, shall normally not be in excess of 30 days and shall be effective as of the first day of absence. Leave of absence requests for a longer period than 30 days will be reviewed by the Company’s Leaves Administrator and will be approved or denied based on the merit of the request. In addition to the above, the Company may extend such leave of absence for personal injury or illness for periods not exceeding two and one half (2 ½) years from first day of absence for employees employed on or before April 27, 2019; employees hired after this date may be extended for 24 months, unless extended by mutual agreement of the Company and Union. If the employees recovers from total disability and returns to work with the Company, and after less than three (3) consecutive months of continuous, active, full-time employment the employee becomes totally disabled again due to the same or a related cause, the subsequent disability will be considered a continuation of the original disability.
Personal Injury or Illness Leaves of Absence. An employee who has completed his/her probationary period will be granted an inter- im leave of absence without pay necessitated by his/her personal injury or illness (other than Worker’s Compensation), provided such employee requests a leave of absence from the Company within a reasonable length of time, but not exceeding 5 work days, from his/her first date of absence; and further provided that he/she submits a doctor’s certificate certifying as to the reason and probable duration of the requested leave within 20 days from his/her first day of absence. In the event an employee fails to observe the above conditions, he/she shall be considered as quit and terminated. All leaves, when granted, shall normally not be in excess of 30 days and shall be effective as of the first day of absence. Leave of absence requests for a longer period than 30 days will be reviewed by the Human Resourc- es Department and will be approved or denied based on the merit of the request. In addition to the above, the Company may extend such leave of absence for personal injury or illness for periods not exceeding 2.5 years from 1st day of absence, unless extended by mutual agreement of the Com- pany and Union. If the employees recovers from total disability and re- turns to work with the Company, and after less than 3 consecutive months of continuous, active, full-time employment the employee becomes totally disabled again due to the same or a related cause, the subsequent disability will be considered a continuation of the original disability.
