Common use of Reporting Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

Reporting Sick Leave. (a) The employee shall notify the BCGEU as soon as possible of their inability to report to work because of illness or injury and shall make every reasonable effort to advise the BCGEU of the date of return to duty. (b) An employee absent from work through illness or injury shall, within seven days from the initial day of absence, submit a fully completed sick leave application form. The BCGEU may request that a report from a qualified medical practitioner accompany the application for sick leave if the absence is over three working days. The BCGEU may also request a report from a qualified medical practitioner if it appears that a pattern of absence is developing. Any doctor's report or certificates requested by the BCGEU shall be paid by the BCGEU, upon the production of a receipt. (c) An employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay for any period during which they are on leave of absence without pay, under suspension, on strike, on layoff or locked out.