SALARY INSURANCE PLAN. 5-5.17 Subject to the provisions of this collective agreement a professor shall be entitled, for a period of disability during which he/she is absent from work, to:
SALARY INSURANCE PLAN. 5-5.22 A professor shall be entitled, for a period of disability during which he/she is absent from work, to:
SALARY INSURANCE PLAN. In order to be entitled to benefits during a disability, regardless of duration, the employee must satisfy the following requirements of the definition of disability. In the case of an absence of five working days or less: the absence is paid out of the employee’s bank of sick-leave days (5– 3.32 A) 1)); if there are not enough days in the bank of sick-leave days, any remaining sick-leave days are used and any subsequent days will be without salary. In the case of an absence of five working days or more: the first five days are paid out of the employee’s bank of sick-leave days (see the paragraph above); from the sixth day to the 52nd week the benefit paid will be equal to 85 percent of the employee’s salary; from the 53rd to the 104th week the benefit paid will be equal to 66 2/3 percent of the employee’s salary. Return to work on a gradual basis (5–3.32 B)) with the written recommendation of the treating physician; after an absence of at least twelve weeks; the period of disability already begun continues during the return to work on a gradual basis, but does not have the effect of extending the maximum period of 104 weeks; the period of the return to work on a gradual basis cannot exceed twelve weeks; during the period of return to work on a gradual basis, the employee receives the salary that he or she would normally receive for the proportion of time worked and the applicable benefit for the proportion of time not worked; another period of return to work on a gradual basis can be agreed to if the employee is unable to return to work on a full-time basis once the first period of return to work on a gradual basis has expired. Medical certificate At any time, the authority designated by the school board may require a medical certificate attesting to the nature and duration of the disability (5–3.38); Upon the employee’s return to work, the authority designated by the school board may require the employee to submit to a medical examination in order to establish whether or not he or she is sufficiently recovered to resume his or her work (5–3.38). If the opinion of the physician selected by the board is contrary to that of the physician consulted by the employee, the board and the union must agree, within 30 days of the knowledge of the disagreement, on the choice of a third physician. The decision of the third physician cannot be appealed (5–3.38).
