Common use of Sick Pay Clause in Contracts

Sick Pay. 1. Effective January 1, 2001, all negotiations unit members shall receive one sick day per month. 2. Beginning January 1, 1997, staff with five (5) or more years of service will be eligible for an emergency advance of up to one (1) year's equivalent of sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been or will have been continuously used for the same emergency immediately before any of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last two (2) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application for the advance must be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Pay. 1. Effective January 1Pay for sick leave is granted at the discretion of the Battalion Chief or his designee and may only be used when an illness, 2001injury, all negotiations unit members shall receive one sick day per month. 2. Beginning January 1maternity, 1997surgery, staff with five disability (5other than on-the-job disability) or more years serious health condition of service will the Employee prevents the Employee from performing the essential functions of his job or such other duties as ordered by the Fire Chief or his designee. Sick leave may also be eligible used for an emergency advance illness, injury, surgery, maternity, disability or serious health condition of up the Employee’s child, parent or spouse. The definitions of “serious health condition,” “child,” “parent,” and “spouse” as used in this Agreement are the definitions listed for those terms in the Village’s Family and Medical Leave Act Policy (hereinafter referred to one as “FMLA Policy”). In the event that an Employee is unable to work, the Employee must inform the on-duty Battalion Chief or his designee prior to the start of the scheduled shift unless impracticable. Failure to so inform the Battalion Chief or his designee of the absence will result in loss of that day's pay and may result in other discipline or discharge. All Employees shall earn twelve (112) year's equivalent hours of sick leave under for each complete calendar month of Village employment completed. However, no sick leave shall accrue for any month in which an Employee uses sick leave on a holiday, except in the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been case of absence taken in compliance with the Village’s FMLA Policy, or will have been continuously used for in the same emergency immediately before any of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has not been the subject case of a written warningworkers’ compensation injury, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within when an Employee donates sick leave in accordance with the previous Village of Carpentersville’s Personnel Manual Chapter 8.C. Unused sick leave days will be carried over to the next year. All evaluations over Unused sick time above the last two maximum of twelve hundred (21,200) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application for the advance must hours will be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up contributed to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed Post-Retirement Medical Savings Plan at the rate of one-half fifty percent (1/250%) of the eligible staff member's daily unused time above twelve hundred (1,200) hours. This is a mandatory non-elective contribution. The amount paid will be based upon the rate of pay at the time that the sick day was earned. Use of sick time for each day other than the approved instances listed above may subject the Employee to discipline or discharge. Sick pay shall not count as hours of unused accumulated work for FLSA overtime purposes. Donations of sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior time to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall other employees may be paid made in accordance with the State rules then applyingVillage’s sick leave donation policy set forth in the Village of Carpentersville’s Personnel Manual Chapter 8.C, except that Fire Department Employees may donate amounts up to forty-eight (48) hours and must do so in a manner so as to not discriminate as required by law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Memorandum of Agreement, Memorandum of Agreement

Sick Pay. 1. Effective January 110.1 In case of sickness or other incapacity for work, 2001, all negotiations unit members shall receive one sick day per month. 2. Beginning January 1, 1997, staff with five (5) or more years of service will be eligible for an emergency advance of up to one (1) year's equivalent of sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been or will have been continuously used for the same emergency immediately before any of the advanced days. These days Executive must have been used to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last two (2) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application for the advance must be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call Company's rules, from time to time in procedure. If force, regarding sickness notification and doctor's certificates, details of which can be obtained from the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return dateHuman Resources department. 510.2 The Company reserves the right to require the Executive to undergo a medical examination not more than once in each calendar year unless specifically required by a independent doctor. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisorSuch medical examination to be undertaken by a doctor or a consultant nominated by it, in which event the Company will bear the cost thereof. 10.3 In respect of any absence due to sickness or injury during the period of the Executive's permission employment hereunder the Executive shall be paid entitled to receive his full salary during the first 4 weeks (in total) of such absence in any calendar year and one half of his full salary for the time spent on next 4 weeks in total of such absence and any payment of salary during any further period of absence in that calendar year shall be at the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance absolute discretion of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisorCompany. 610.4 The Executive will be entitled to take part in any health cover provided by the company for its management employees. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to ("the provisions Scheme"). The Executive's spouse or children under th▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇ars of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at age may also benefit from the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid Scheme in accordance with the State rules terms and conditions outlined in the Scheme. The Company reserves the right to change the Scheme to a different Scheme or to vary or terminate the Scheme or any replacement Scheme without compensation if the Company decides to do so. In the event of the Executive taking part in the Scheme and any change being made, he will be informed in sufficient time prior to the renewal or termination of the Scheme so that he may review the situation and make his own alternative arrangements. 10.5 If the Executive does not wish to make use of this facility, there is no entitlement to payment in lieu of participation in the Scheme. 10.6 If due to sickness or injury the Executive shall be absent from work for a longer period than six consecutive months or if he shall be so absent at different times for more than 180 days (whether working days or not) in any one period of fifty two (52) consecutive weeks then applyingand in either of such cases the Company shall be entitled but only within two months of the right of termination arising forthwith to terminate the engagement of the Executive by notice in writing and thereupon the Executive shall have no claim against the Company in respect of such termination The length of the said notice to be given to the Executive hereunder shall be the minimum period permitted by statute and dependent on his length of service. 10.7 Any outstanding or prospective entitlement to private medical insurance cover shall not prevent the Company from exercising its right to terminate the Employment in accordance with Clause 11 below.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Employment Agreement (World Gaming PLC)

Sick Pay. 116.01 Each full-time employee shall be entitled, for each eighty (80) hours of regular time service per pay period, to sick leave credit of 4.6 hours with pay. Effective January 1, 2001, all negotiations unit members Said unused sick leave shall receive one sick day per monthaccrue and be cumulative without limit. 216.02 An employee on an assigned shift, reporting off work due to illness, must notify the shift supervisor at least thirty (30) minutes prior to his starting time on each day he is absent. Beginning January 1When the employee has been absent for all or part of his shift, 1997he shall be considered on sick leave until he notifies the shift supervisor that he will report on his next regularly scheduled shift, staff and such notification shall be at least four (4) hours prior to the starting time of that shift. If circumstances are such that the employee has been unable to make this notification before the four (4) hour time limit, and at the time that he does contact his supervisor arrangements for filling his job have not been completed, the employee shall be allowed to report to work, provided, he states that he will come in on time, and any other conditional releases have been met. 16.03 An employee eligible for sick leave with pay may use such sick leave upon the approval of the City Manager, only for absence due to illness, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to other employees upon the discretion of the Department Head, authorized maternity leave/adoption leave, and illness of an immediate family member. 16.04 In the event of illness in the employee’s immediate family, such use of sick leave will be restricted and governed by the following: a) The employee’s immediate family shall mean: spouse, child, step-child, parent. Such leave shall be limited to twenty-five (525) or more years days annually. It is understood that sick leave utilized where the family member was hospitalized, the care before and after hospitalization, as well as any documented medical care, inclusive of service will medical appointments shall not count towards the twenty-five day limit. b) In the event of a death in the employee’s immediate family and upon extenuating circumstances, sick leave may be eligible used to extend the authorized bereavement leave, as per Article XIX, however, such extension may not exceed two (2) days. Immediate family for an emergency advance this provision only (death in immediate family) shall be defined the same as Section 19.02. 16.05 When sick leave is used, it shall be deducted from the employee’s accrual on the basis of up to one (1) year's equivalent hour for every one (1) hour or fraction thereof. There will be no fractional crediting of hours. 16.06 An employee on sick leave shall furnish a written signed statement to his supervisor to justify the usage of sick leave. If the Employee fails to submit a sick leave request form within thirty (30) calendar days of returning to work, the Employee shall forfeit any paid time and shall be unpaid (unless the failure to do so was not in the Employee’s control). If medical attention is required, a certificate stating the nature of the illness from a licensed physician shall be required to justify the sick leave usage. If absence due to illness or injury exceeds three (3) working days, a certificate from a licensed physician stating the nature of the illness or injury shall be required to justify the sick leave usage. If the illness or injury continues to seven (7) or more calendar days, weekly written statements from a licensed physician stating the nature of the illness or injury, and a prognosis for recovery will be required to justify the use of sick leave. If the City Manager believes there is reason to doubt the employee’s actual sickness, he may require evidence thereof and if such evidence would not convince a reasonable man of the fact of the illness, sick leave will not be granted. 16.07 Any employee fraudulently claiming sick leave allowance from work for other reasons shall be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. Any abuse, excessive or patterned use of sick leave under shall be just and sufficient cause for disciplinary action. 16.08 Each full-time City employee (in good standing from active service) upon resignation shall be paid for the value of earned and accrued, but unused sick leave earned while in the employ of the City in accordance with the following circumstances: A. At least schedule: − After ten (10) years of service, 25% or a maximum of ten (10) days will be paid; − After fifteen (15) years of service, 50% or a maximum of twenty (20) days will be paid; − After twenty (20) years of service, 75% or a maximum of thirty (30) days will be paid, and − After twenty-five (25) years of service, the full allowable forty (40) days. 16.09 Upon the retirement of the employee or disability retirement of the employee, and the employee has completed ten (10) years of service, such employee shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to his basic rate of pay at the time of the above listed condition multiplied by thirty-three and one third (33%) percent of the total number of accumulated unused sick hours earned by the employee up to fifteen hundred (1500) and thirty-three and one third (33 1/3%) percent for all accumulated and unused sick hours earned by the employee in excess of fifteen hundred (1500) hours. Such payment shall be based upon the employee’s rate of pay at the time of retirement. Payment for sick leave credit on this basis shall be considered to eliminate all sick leave credit accrued by the employee at that time. Such payment shall be made only once to any employee. 16.10 For the purpose of this section, "retirement" shall mean termination of full-time employment, active service with the City to immediately accept pension benefits from a State retirement plan for which the employee is qualified at the retirement date, from either the PERS or the Police and Firemen’s Pension and Disability Fund. 16.11 In the event of the death of an employee still in the employ who has met the time requirements as set forth and specified in section 9 hereof, the payment as described shall be made to the employee’s estate. 16.12 An employee who is laid-off from employment with the City may, if reappointed, have been available for his use any unused sick leave existing at the time of his lay-off. An employee who transfers from one position to another, or from one public agency to another in the State of Ohio, shall be credited with the unused balance of his sick leave accrual, but not to be in an amount in the excess of the accrual limit set forth and effective for the employees of the City. 16.13 Employees with a sick leave balance in excess of three hundred (300) hours during a twelve (12) month rolling calendar will be paid at one hundred percent (100%) of their rate. Employees whose balance is below three hundred (300) hours, and has exceeded eighty (80) hours of sick leave in a rolling calendar year, will be paid at eighty percent (80%) of their regular rate unless an effected employee provides a doctor’s excuse for such time and as a result will be paid at one-hundred percent (100%) of their regular rate. Sick leave balances will not automatically renew at the beginning of the regular calendar year. Employees’ sick leave will be determined on a rolling calendar basis and sick leave accrues at the rate of 4.6 hours per 80 hours of work with the thirteenth month’s use of sick leave dropping off and the new month added in. Sick leave prior to and subsequent to a hospitalization will be paid at one hundred percent (100%) the employee’s regular rate. Any sick leave utilized in excess of eighty (80) hours in any one usage period shall be paid at one hundred percent (100%). An employee’s inability to work may be verified by the employee’s physician. New employees, years one through four, will have been continuously used for the same emergency immediately before any of the advanced dayssick leave paid at one hundred percent (100%). These days must have been used to cover absences for illnessThe rolling calendar will begin on May 1, 2008. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last 16.14 An employee will be entitled to use up to two (2) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application hours of accrued sick leave credit per doctor visit for doctors appointments if it is necessary to schedule such appointments during the advance must employee’s scheduled work day. Use of more than two (2) hours of accrued sick leave credit for such an appointment will only be allowed upon employee’s submission of verification from the doctor’s office of the initial appointment time and the employee’s departure from such office. Employees are expected to return to work promptly after such appointments. Additional sick leave hours for multiple office visits and/or extenuating circumstances may be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illnessmanagement as appropriate. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Pay. 1. Effective January 1, 2001, all negotiations bargaining unit members shall receive one sick day per month. 2. Beginning January 1, 1997, staff with five (5) or more years of service will be eligible for an emergency advance of up to one (1) year's equivalent of sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been or will have been continuously used for the same emergency immediately before any of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last two (2) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application for the advance must be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. : The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Pay. 116.01 Each full-time employee shall be entitled, for each eighty (80) hours of regular time service per pay period, to sick leave credit of 4.6 hours with pay. Effective January 1, 2001, all negotiations unit members Said unused sick leave shall receive one sick day per monthaccrue and be cumulative without limit. 216.02 An employee on an assigned shift, reporting off work due to illness, must notify the shift supervisor at least thirty (30) minutes prior to his starting time on each day he is absent. Beginning January 1When the employee has been absent for all or part of his shift, 1997he shall be considered on sick leave until he notifies the shift supervisor that he will report on his next regularly scheduled shift, staff and such notification shall be at least four (4) hours prior to the starting time of that shift. If circumstances are such that the employee has been unable to make this notification before the four (4) hour time limit, and at the time that he does contact his supervisor arrangements for filling his job have not been completed, the employee shall be allowed to report to work, provided, he states that he will come in on time, and any other conditional releases have been met. 16.03 An employee eligible for sick leave with five (5) or more years pay may use such sick leave upon the approval of service the City Manager, only for absence due to illness, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to other employees upon the discretion of the Department Head, authorized maternity leave/adoption leave, and illness of an immediate family member. 16.04 In the event of illness in the employee’s immediate family, such use of sick leave will be eligible restricted and governed by the following: a) The employee’s immediate family shall mean: spouse, child, step- child, parent. b) In the event of a death in the employee’s immediate family and upon extenuating circumstances, sick leave may be used to extend the authorized bereavement leave, as per Article XIX, however, such extension may not exceed two (2) days. Immediate family for an emergency advance this provision only (death in immediate family) shall be defined the same as Section 19.02. 16.05 When sick leave is used, it shall be deducted from the employee’s accrual on the basis of up to one (1) year's equivalent hour for every one (1) hour or fraction thereof. There will be no fractional crediting of sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been or will have been continuously used for the same emergency immediately before any of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illnesshours. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last two (2) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application for the advance must be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Pay. 110.01 The Corporation’s sick leave plan for Regular, Probationary and Regular Part-time employees was created by the Corporation to reduce the financial hardship that an illness and or injury can create so far as inability to work and the consequent loss of normal wages are concerned. 10.02 To be eligible for a claim against sick leave an employee must: (a) Have an established credit for sick pay. (b) Ensure that his immediate supervisor has been notified of the reason for absence not later than fifteen (15) minutes after their scheduled starting time each day he is off work. Effective January Once the absence exceeds four (4) consecutive working days, the employee shall not be required to call in daily. However, he shall be required to advise the employer of his expected date of return and any changes to this date. Operations Department Employees are to call in at least ten (10) minutes prior to starting time. (c) An employee must be suffering from an illness and or injury, which prevents his useful employment and is not compensable under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Legislation. (d) Be prepared to provide medical evidence of the absence and the prognosis if requested by the employee’s supervisor. The cost of such medical evidence shall be paid for by the Corporation. 10.03 Sick leave credits will accrue to Probationary and Regular employees at the rate of one and one half (1 ½) days per month of accredited Corporation service. Eighteen (18) days of sick leave may be accumulated per calendar year but the accumulation will be reduced by the number of days of sick leave credits used during the calendar year. Regular Part-time employees’ sick leave credits will be prorated. Sick Leave for Schedule “C” employees will be recorded as twelve and one quarter (12.25) hours (1 1/2days) when on shift. Employees assigned outside their regular hours during the first three (3) days to cover a shift or portion of a shift missed due to illness, will be paid at double the straight time pay for those additional hours scheduled to work. Spares will be rescheduled at straight time to cover any shifts missed due to illness that are three days after the illness is first reported. 10.04 Employees hired prior to July 1, 20011987 will be paid fifty percent (50%) of the accumulation to a maximum of one hundred and thirty (130) days upon separation after ten (10) years continuous service with the Corporation. Upon the death of an employee hired prior to July 1, all negotiations unit members 1987, who has ten (10) years continuous service with the Corporation, his estate shall receive one be paid fifty percent (50%) of the accumulation. There is no vesting of sick day per monthleave for employees hired after July 1, 1987. Vested sick leave may be paid out to employees at their request subject to the terms and conditions included in the “Application for Payout of Vested Sick Leave Benefit” form. 2. Beginning January 110.05 Where a regular or regular part-time employee’s unused sick leave accumulation is reduced to zero, 1997, staff with the employee may draw against future accumulation of sick leave credits to a maximum of five (5) days, provided satisfactory arrangements are made for repayment. 10.06 Sick leave may be substituted for vacation, where the employee has established, to the satisfaction of the employer, that a serious illness or more years injury due to an accident requiring hospitalization occurred while on vacation. 10.07 Employees may donate any available vacation and/or banked time hours to another employee who, as a result of service a long term or unforeseen illness or injury, has exhausted their sick leave credits. Donated/received hours will be eligible for on an emergency advance of up to one (1) year's equivalent of sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been or will have been continuously used for the same emergency immediately before any of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illnesshour-for-hour basis. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last two (2) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application for the advance must be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Agreement

Sick Pay. 1. Effective January 1, 2001, all negotiations unit members shall receive one sick day per month. 2. Beginning January 1, 1997, staff with five (5) or more years of service will be eligible SECTION A. All employees covered by this Agreement and who have worked for an emergency advance of up to the company one (1) year's equivalent of sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty year shall commence to accumulate up to three (203) days sick pay at a rate of ..0129 per straight time hour worked to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours. All employees covered by this Agreement and who have been or will have been continuously used worked for the same emergency immediately before any of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last Company two (2) years must shall commence to accumulate up to four (4) days sick pay at a rate of .0173 per straight time hour worked to a maximum of thirty-two (32) hours. All employees covered by this Agreement and who have been satisfactoryworked for the Company three (3) years shall commence to accumulate up to five (5) days sick pay at a rate of .0216 per straight time hour worked to a maximum of forty (40) hours. SECTION B. Sick leave pay will be accrued in equal weekly increments throughout the year for any week the employee had worked a major portion thereof, and may not be taken faster than accumulated. SECTION C. The application A day of sick leave pay shall be a full days pay at the employee’s regular straight time hourly rate of pay. In the event of illness or injury which causes an employee to be absent for less than a full day, such employee shall receive sick pay for those hours that he is absent for less than a full day, such employee shall receive sick pay for those hours that he is absent and his account will be debited only in the amount paid. SECTION D. An employee injured in the performance of his work who is sent to a doctor during this regular shift shall suffer no loss in his regular straight time pay and his sick pay account will not be debited for the advance must be approved by day. The employee may however use any accrued sick pay during the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illnessstatutory waiting period. D. The application must also be approved by 1. Each employee shall have the Director option of Human Resources Services or receiving, on the pay day following the employee’s anniversary of each year, one (1) hour of regular straight time pay for each hour of unused sick pay that has accumulated in his/her designeeaccount during the previous twelve (12) calendar months to a maximum of that which is accrued. E. The approval/disapproval 2. If the employee does not elect to receive payment of the application for the emergency advance of accumulated and unused accrued sick leave is grievable up to Step II of eligibility then the Grievance Procedurehours shall be carried forward into the next anniversary year. Such hours shall only be carried forward from the anniversary year ending into the next anniversary year. The decision of employee shall request roll-over at least two weeks before the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefitsemployee’s anniversary date. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to The total accrued unused sick leave hours must be paid out or rolled over into the nextnext anniversary year; there shall be no apportionment of hours between the two options. 4. Staff are required to comply SECTION F. Any employee who has completed at least one (1) year of service with the departmental call Company and voluntarily terminates SECTION G. Employees will be counseled, warned, disciplined or discharged for absences from work as described in procedurethe General Absentee Policy which appears in Appendix C of this Agreement. If Such warnings, discipline and/or discharge will occur only when the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return dateemployee’s absenteeism or tardiness is excessive as defined therein. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement (International Aluminum Corp)

Sick Pay. 1A. Full-time employees are protected by a sick pay plan provided by the Company. Effective January 1Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Agreement or required by law, 2001sick pay is used only in instances of actual illness or nonoccupational injury which prevent the employee from performing his assigned duty. Sick pay is accrued at the rate of eight (8) hours sick pay for each calendar month worked or majority fraction thereof. Sick pay begins accumulating on the date of employment but cannot be used until the employee has completed thirty (30) days of his probationary period. The employee will accrue sick pay to a maximum of twenty-four hundred (2400) hours. Part-time employees should refer to Article 10, all negotiations unit members paragraph K. B. Employees will be paid accrued sick pay during approved medical leaves and for time missed due to reported illness on days on which scheduled to work, including days scheduled as a result of shift trades, pickups and overtime assignments. Sick pay shall receive be paid at straight time, and the maximum for which an employee will be paid is one sick day per monthshift on any day. Normal attendance rules will apply. 2. Beginning January 1C. Sick pay compensation shall be paid by the Company in an amount equal to the employee's base rate which would normally have been earned during the period for which sick pay allowance is approved, 1997, staff with five except that sick pay compensation shall not be paid during the employee's first regularly scheduled work day of such absence unless the employee has seventy-two (572) hours or more of accumulated sick pay to his credit. D. Routine appointment for dental care, eye examination, periodic physical examination, etc., are expressly excluded from sick pay coverage and will be treated as an unpaid absence, when authorized. E. The Company shall not be obligated to grant sick leave or sick pay for any incapacity which has been due to work by the employee for a firm or person other than the Company. F. All unused credit and accumulated sick pay is automatically canceled when an employee's service with the Company is terminated. However, upon retirement at age sixty-one and one-half (61 ½) and after a minimum of ten (10) years of service will with the Company, sick leave may be eligible traded for an emergency advance continued medical coverage as provided in this Agreement, at the rate of up to one (1) yearmonth's equivalent coverage for each twelve (12) hours of sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty accrued or until age sixty-five (2065), whichever occurs first. An employee who retires at age sixty (60) days have been or will have been continuously used for the same emergency immediately before any with a minimum of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last two twelve (212) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application for the advance must be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply service with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and Company may use trade accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant continued medical coverage to the provisions age of a state administered retirement system sixty-one and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed one-half (61 ½) at the rate of one-half one (1/21) of the eligible staff membermonth's daily rate of pay coverage for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.sixteen

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Pay. 1Sick pay is reserved for absence due to incapacitating illness or injury. Effective January 1Sick Pay may also be used for scheduled medical and dental appointments for the employees; however they must attempt to schedule their appointments so as not to unduly disrupt the Employer’s operations. The County shall, 2001except as provided below, all negotiations unit members allow sick leave to employees only when they are sick or disabled. However, employees may utilize the equivalent of three sick days during any calendar year in the event of an illness to the employee’s children, spouse or parents. Employees in the Highway Department shall receive one sick day per month. 2. Beginning January 1, 1997, staff with five (5) or more years of service will be eligible for an emergency advance of up report illness to their supervisor not later than one (1) year's equivalent hour prior to the employee’s scheduled starting time on the day they are ill. Employees in continuous coverage departments shall report illness to their supervisor not later than 1.5 hours prior to the employee’s scheduled starting time on the day they are ill. Employees in all other departments shall notify their supervisor of illness within at least fifteen (15) minutes of their scheduled starting time on the day they are ill. If an employee fails to give timely notice of illness under this Section, then the employee shall not be eligible to receive sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been or will have been continuously used pay for the same emergency immediately before any of absence, unless otherwise agreed upon in a particular instance by the advanced daysEmployer(s). These days must have been used to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warningProvided, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last however, that an employee shall be allowed two (2) years must have been satisfactory. C. instances of untimely notification per calendar year without loss of sick pay for those instances. All employees shall call their supervisor and report on their condition every working day they are absent, unless, in a particular instance, a supervisor excuses an employee from this requirement. The application Employer(s) may request, prior to granting sick pay for an absence, evidence which may be in the form of written medical certification for the advance must be approved by absence if reasonable grounds exist to suspect abuse or if the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance absence has exceeded three (3) consecutive work days. Abuse of sick leave time is grievable up to Step II the utilization of the Grievance Proceduresick pay for reasons other than those stated above. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick Employees shall accrue sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of specified in the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay chart below for each day completed month of unused accumulated service, up to the maximum number of hours specified below. Applicable part-time employees at Animal Services shall accrue sick pay accruals prorated based upon the average annual base rate number of compensation received hours they are regularly scheduled to work. Part-time employees at River Bluff Nursing Home, who worked at least 975 hours during the last year previous twelve (12) month period as of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment their anniversary date, shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid earn sick leave hours in accordance with the State rules then applyingfollowing schedule, pro- rated in proportion to full-time hours.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Pay. 1. Effective January 118:01 An employee shall be entitled to payment of his regular salary during absence from work due to illness or injury sustained by him, 2001to the extent that they have accumulated sick leave credits, all negotiations unit members shall receive one sick day per monthas specified in Articles 18:02 to 18:07 inclusive. 218:02 All employees shall accumulate sick leave credits at the rate of one and one- quarter (1¼) days for each month of service. Beginning January 1(A full month of service shall mean one hundred seventy-three point three [173.3] hours. 18:03 No employee shall be permitted to utilize sick leave credits during their probationary period. 18:04 An employee who will be absent for any reason shall notify the Employer at the earliest possible time, 1997but no later than the following: 18:05 The Employer reserves the right to require a medical examination by a qualified medical practitioner or a medical certificate as proof of the validity of any claim for sick leave and may result in a refusal of permission for the employee to resume their duties. Employees are responsible for all costs associated in getting required medical certificates. An application for sick pay must be completed and submitted for approval no later than the pay period immediately following the day(s) the employee is claiming. All paid sick time will be deducted from accumulated credits to the nearest quarter hour. 18:06 A committee comprised of Union and Management personnel will review payments of sick leave to employees in order to ensure the appropriateness of benefits paid. Disciplinary action arising from the abuse of sick leave benefits will be at the discretion of the Employer. 18:07 An employee who is absent from scheduled work due to illness, staff disability, quarantine or because of an accident for which compensation is not payable under the Worker’s Compensation Act, shall be entitled to their regular basic pay to the extent that they have accumulated income protection credits. Time off for medical/dental specialist examinations, treatments or tests, including reasonable travel time within the City of Winnipeg may be granted at the discretion of the Employer. Such time off may be chargeable against the employee’s accumulated income protection credits, provided the following conditions are met: (a) Whenever possible, appointments are to be made on the employee’s day off or at a time when they are not on duty. (b) If (a) above is not possible or practical due to the urgency of the illness or the inability of obtaining an appointment at that time, the employee is to discuss their situation with their Supervisor and attempt to arrange to be absent at a time which is least disruptive to the department. In determining an acceptable time for the employee to be absent, the urgency of the illness will be a major consideration. Such requests shall not be unreasonably denied. 18:08 Income protection credits will accumulate on the same basis as institutional seniority is accrued under Article 9, with the exception of Article 9:02 and 9:03. 18:09 An employee may use up to five (5) days of their accumulated sick time per year (June 1 to May 31 of any given year) for illness of the following immediate family members: Child, spouse or more years of service parent. Sick time use for any other family member(s) will be eligible for an emergency advance of up to one (1) year's equivalent of sick leave under at the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been or will have been continuously used for the same emergency immediately before any discretion of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illnessEmployer. B. The staff member has not been 18:10 An employee who becomes injured or ill in the subject course of a written warning, suspension performing their duties must report such injury or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last two (2) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application for the advance must be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their immediate supervisor an expected return date. If within twenty-four (24) hours or if not possible within twenty-four (24) hours, as soon as possible thereafter.. An employee unable to work because of work related injury or illness will inform the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid Employer immediately in accordance with established procedures, so that a claim for compensation benefits can be forwarded to the State rules then applyingWorker’s Compensation Board (WCB). Worker’s Compensation payment will be paid directly to the employee by WCB. 18:11 Where a part-time employee has requested additional hours of work as per Article 14:11, and the employee concerned calls in sick for that shift(s), they shall not be eligible to claim sick pay. 18:12 An employee who is absent for illness, must provide an estimated date of return to work. If an employee is to be absent for illness for a period exceeding their income protection, they shall complete a request for a leave of absence. In accordance with Article 13, an employee may be granted an unpaid leave of absence.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Agreement

Sick Pay. 116.01 Each full-time employee shall be entitled, for each eighty (80) hours of regular time service per pay period, to sick leave credit of 4.6 hours with pay. Effective January 1, 2001, all negotiations unit members Said unused sick leave shall receive one sick day per monthaccrue and be cumulative without limit. 2. Beginning January 116.02 An employee on an assigned shift, 1997reporting off work due to illness, staff with five (5) or more years of service will be eligible for an emergency advance of up to must notify the shift supervisor at least one (1) yearhour prior to his starting time on each day he is absent. When the employee has been absent for all or part of his shift, he shall be considered on sick leave until he notifies the shift supervisor that he will report on his next regularly scheduled shift, and such notification shall be at least four (4) hours prior to the starting time of that shift. If circumstances are such that the employee has been unable to make this notification before the four (4) hour time limit, and at the time that he does contact his supervisor arrangements for filling his job have not been completed, the employee shall be allowed to report to work, provided, he states that he will come in on time, and any other conditional releases have been met. 16.03 An employee eligible for sick leave with pay may use such sick leave upon the approval of the City Manager, only for absence due to illness, injury, exposure to contagious disease which could be communicated to other employees upon the discretion of the Department Head, authorized maternity leave/adoption leave, and illness of an immediate family member. 16.04 In the event of illness in the employee's equivalent immediate family, such use of sick leave under will be restricted and governed by the following circumstancesfollowing: A. At least twenty a) The employee's immediate family shall mean only the employee, spouse, parent, child or step-child. Such leave shall be limited to ten (2010) days have been annually. However, leave will not be exhausted if an immediate family member requires medical treatment or will have been continuously used for is hospitalized. b) In the same emergency immediately before any event of a death in the advanced days. These days must have been employee's "extended" family and upon extenuating circumstances, sick leave may be used to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has extend the authorized bereavement leave, however such extension may not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last exceed two (2) years must have been satisfactorydays. Extended family for purposes of this provision shall mean only parents or parents-in-law, spouse, child or step-child, brother, sister, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, grandparents, grandparents-in-law, and legal guardian or other person who stands in place of a parent (loco parentis). C. The application 16.05 When sick leave is used, it shall be deducted from the employee's accrual on the basis of one (1) hour for the advance must every one (1) hour or fraction thereof. There will be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation no fractional crediting of the illnesshours. D. The application must also 16.06 Employees with a sick leave balance in excess of three hundred (300) hours during a twelve (12) month rolling calendar will be approved by the Director paid at one hundred percent (100%) of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance their rate. Employees whose balance is below three hundred (300) hours, and have exceeded eighty (80) hours of sick leave is grievable up to Step II in a rolling calendar year, will be paid at eighty percent (80%) of their regular rate. Sick leave balances will not automatically renew at the beginning of the Grievance Procedureregular calendar year. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued Employees’ sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may will be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever determined on a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system rolling calendar basis and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed accrues at the rate of one-half 4.6 hours per eighty (1/280) hours of work with the thirteenth month’s use of sick leave dropping off and the new month added in. Sick leave prior to and subsequent to a hospitalization or sick leave receiving documented medical care, will be paid at one hundred percent (100%) the employee’s regular rate. An employee’s inability to work may be verified by the employee’s physician. New employees, years one through four, will have the sick leave paid at one hundred percent (100%). The rolling calendar will begin on May 1, 2009. A rolling calendar year is calculated by looking back at the previous twelve (12) months. At the end of every month, the previous twelve (12) months are considered to be a new “year,” and the total usage for the “year” is recalculated. For example, starting with the end of a calendar year, data from January through December are added to give a twelve (12) month (annual) total. However, at the end of the eligible staff member's daily rate next month (January), there will be thirteen (13) months of pay for each day data. You do not want to start a new year over from zero, and you do not want a thirteen (13) month total. You do want a twelve (12) month total at the end of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.this month and every future month. To keep a twelve

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Pay. 1. Effective January 1, 2001, all negotiations unit members shall receive one sick day per month. 2. Beginning January 1, 1997, staff with five (5) or more years of service Subject to paragraph 10 below you will be eligible entitled to be paid during any period of absence due to sickness or injury for an emergency advance a period of up to one (1) year's equivalent six months at full salary and a further six months at half salary, subject also to the undernoted conditions. • Sickness allowance will be calculated on the first day of sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been or will have been continuously used for the same emergency immediately before each period of sickness and by deducting any of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance allowance utilised within the previous year12 months. All evaluations over In the last two (2) years event of you exhausting your Sickness Allowance, an uninterrupted period of six months at work must have been satisfactory. C. The application elapse before there is any renewed entitlement to full salary. • Should you be unable to report for duty as a result of illness you must provide notification at the advance must be approved by earliest opportunity and in accordance with any local administrative arrangements indicating, where possible, the Department Head and accompanied by documentation expected duration of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable . For illnesses lasting up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject 7 calendar days, a sickness absence certificate should be completed upon return to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedurework and submitted. If the illness extends continues beyond one day7 calendar days then a medical certificate must be submitted as soon as possible. Medical certificates must then continue to be submitted at 7 day intervals, unless directed otherwise, whilst the absence continues. • Any allowance paid by the Company will be subject to the proviso that the combined total of such an allowance and any statutory sick pay shall not exceed the equivalent of your full salary. (A married woman who has chosen not to pay full National Insurance contributions will be regarded as a full contributor when calculating the amount of any such deductions). • The Company may, at its discretion and taking account of individual circumstances, extend payment of either full or half salary where the allowance set out above has been exhausted. • Should you be absent as the result of an accident you will not be eligible to receive a sickness allowance if, in the opinion of the Company, an action for damages would lie against a third party. In such an event, the staff member must continue Company may, taking account of individual circumstances, decide to call advance to you an amount not exceeding the allowance you would be eligible to receive under the sick pay scheme. This will be subject to you agreeing to refund this amount to the Company in ill each day unless they have already indicated full or in part in line with the proportion represented by any damages received. Where a full or partial refund is made, the corresponding period of absence shall not be recorded for the purposes of the sick pay scheme. • The Company may require you to their supervisor attend an expected return dateexamination by a medical practitioner nominated and paid for by the Company. Refusal to attend a medical examination could lead to the suspension of sick pay. • The Company, based on advice from the Chief Medical Officer following consultation with your medical practitioner, retains the right to require you to undertake suitable alternative duties as an alternative to payment of sick allowance. • If the illness extends beyond Company has reason to believe that you have acted in a manner prejudicial to your recovery or have failed to observe the expected return date he/she must call in conditions relating to payment of a sickness allowance or where you have contributed to the absence or where there is negligence on your part or where you have refused alternative duties, then your sickness allowance may be withheld until investigations into the matter are completed. You will be told that investigations are being made and will have a right to make representations to the Company before any decision to suspend the sickness allowance is made. • Where you have received medical advice or are required by the Company to remain absent from work due to contact with a new expected return date. 5notifiable diseases, then that period of absence will not be taken into account when calculating your sickness allowance. Staff taken ill while on duty Subject to the Company being notified and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission agreeing in advance, any such absence shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff with full salary less any State benefits which may be excused by their supervisor. 6payable during such absence. Whenever • If you are sick whilst on Annual Leave and submit a regular staff member retiresmedical certificate (not a self certificate) covering the relevant period, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued period will be reckoned as sick leave. • If you are sick on a Public Holiday and submit a medical certificate (not a self certificate) covering the period, he/she shall you will be compensated for such accrued sick entitled to equivalent time off within the current leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed year at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000a mutually convenient time. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Contract of Employment (British Energy Group PLC)

Sick Pay. 1All members on account of sickness shall be entitled to one and one-half (1 days leave of absence with full pay, on account of sickness, for each completed month of service from the time of appointment, which leave shall be known as "sick leave", and shall be cumulative. In January of each year, all members shall be notified of the number of days sick leave standing to their credit If it should appear to the head of the division or section that members are making too frequent applications for sick leave, the matter shall be referred to the Chief of Police or the designee for investigation and report. The present members of the Transport Section who were-given an advance credit of (60) days leave of absence on account of sickness will retain this credit until they have earned same as set out in paragraph above. Effective for employees hired after January every member upon completion of one (1, 2001, all negotiations unit ) year of continuous service shall have added to their sick leave bank thirty-six (36) days for the purposes of sick leave. The member shall not accumulate any further sick leave for a twenty-four (24) month period after which shall continue to accumulate credits as per Article Court Security Officers hired prior to January will be governed by Article of the court security officer contract (as amalgamated). All members shall be covered by the Workers' Compensation Act Where members are absent from duty as a result of personal illness or injury arising out of and in the course of duties within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act, the members shall be provided with free hospitalization and medical care. The Board agrees that the member will continue to receive one sick day per month. 2full salary for the period of temporary disablement as determined by the Workers' Compensation Board. Beginning January 1Members absent as a result of a personal injury or accident, 1997as defined in shall be required to produce a properly completed medical certificate within the first ten (10) days of absence. The member shall be required to renew such at the request of the Workers' Compensation Board at their discretion, staff and a copy of that certificate shall be by the member to the Chief of Police or his designate. That a terminal allowance be provided as follows: On separation other than death or retirement:- Every member shall be entitled to a terminal allowance except members with less than five (5) or more years of service will service. The terminal allowance shall be eligible for an emergency advance of up to one (1) year's equivalent of the unused sick leave under standing to the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been or will have been continuously used for member's credit at the same emergency immediately before any time of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last two (2) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application for the advance must be approved separation multiplied by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon at the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that the separation. That in no lump sum supplemental compensation payment case shall the terminal allowance exceed $15,000the equivalent of days' pay. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Pay. A. All bargaining unit employees, other than seasonal employees, shall be granted sick leave with pay at the rate of one (1) working day for every other month of service, but at no time to exceed one hundred seventy-five (175) working days. Effective January 1, 2001, all negotiations unit members shall receive one sick day per month. 2Accruals will be carried out in accordance with the bi-weekly payroll system. Beginning January 1, 1997, staff with Employees must be in a pay status for a minimum of five (5) days in a pay period to accrue time in that period. Accrued sick leave will carry over if employees change offices or more years of departments within the County as long as there is no break in service will be eligible for an emergency advance of up to one longer than thirty (130) year's equivalent days. B. Records of sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been credit and use shall be maintained by each office, department, or will have been continuously used institution. Severance of employment terminates all rights for the same emergency immediately before compensation hereunder. Amount of leave accumulated at the time when any of the advanced days. These days must have been used sick leave begins shall be available in full and additional leave shall continue to cover absences for illness. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last two (2) years must have been satisfactoryaccrue while an employee is using that already accumulated. C. The application Sick leave may be used for illness, disability incidental to pregnancy, or non-job-related injury to the employee; appointments with physicians, dentists, or other recognized practitioners; or for serious illness, disability, or injury, in the immediate family of the employee. After five (5) consecutive workdays of absence due to illness, employees shall submit to their Department Head a doctor's certificate as proof of illness. Accordingly, sick leave shall not be used as additional vacation leave. Sick leave may be used as maternity or paternity leave by employees. Employees shall not be disciplined for the advance must be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation bona fide use of the illnesssick leave. D. The application must also An employee who has been off duty for five (5) consecutive days or more for any health reason may be approved required to undergo examination by the Director County's appointed physician beforereturning to work. For health-related absences of Human Resources Services less than five (5) consecutive days, a doctor's statement or proof of illness will not be required except in individual instances where the facility has sufficient reason to suspect that the individual did not have a valid health reason for the absence. If indicated by the nature of a health-related absence, examination by a facility physician may be required to make sure that the employee is physically fit for return to work. E. If, in the opinion of the head of the office, department or institution, the health of an employee warrants prolonged absence from duty, the employee will be permitted to combine his/her designeevacation, and sick leave. E. F. The approval/disapproval of employee may apply for disability under the application for rules and regulations established by the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefitsRetirement Board. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Sick Pay. 110.01 The Corporation’s sick leave plan for Regular, Probationary and Regular Part-time employees was created by the Corporation to reduce the financial hardship that an illness can create so far as inability to work and the consequent loss of normal wages are concerned. 10.02 To be eligible for a claim against sick leave an employee must: (a) Have an established credit for sick pay. (b) Ensure that his immediate supervisor has been notified of the reason for absence not later than fifteen (15) minutes after their scheduled starting time each day he is off work. Effective January Once the absence exceeds four (4) consecutive working days, the employee shall not be required to call in daily. However, he shall be required to advise the employer of his expected date of return and any changes to this date. Operations Department Employees are to call in at least ten (10) minutes prior to starting time. (c) An employee must be suffering from an illness, which prevents his useful employment and is not compensable under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Legislation. (d) Be prepared to provide medical evidence of the absence and the prognosis if requested by the employee’s supervisor. The cost of such medical evidence shall be paid for by the Corporation. 10.03 Sick leave credits will accrue to Probationary and Regular employees at the rate of one and one half (1 ½) days per month of accredited Corporation service. Eighteen (18) days of sick leave may be accumulated per calendar year but the accumulation will be reduced by the number of days of sick leave credits used during the calendar year. Regular Part-time employees’ sick leave credits will be prorated. Sick Leave for Schedule “C” employees will be recorded as twelve (12) hours (1 1/2days) when on shift. Employees assigned outside their regular hours during the first three (3) days to cover a shift or portion of a shift missed due to illness, will be paid at double the straight time pay for those additional hours scheduled to work. Spares will be rescheduled at straight time to cover any shifts missed due to illness that are three days after the illness is first reported. 10.04 Employees hired prior to July 1, 20011987 will be paid fifty percent (50%) of the accumulation to a maximum of one hundred and thirty (130) days upon separation after ten (10) years continuous service with the Corporation. Upon the death of an employee hired prior to July 1, all negotiations unit members 1987, who has ten (10) years continuous service with the Corporation, his estate shall receive one be paid fifty percent (50%) of the accumulation. There is no vesting of sick day per monthleave for employees hired after July 1, 1987. Vested sick leave may be paid out to employees at their request subject to the terms and conditions included in the “Application for Payout of Vested Sick Leave Benefit” form. 2. Beginning January 110.05 Where a regular or regular part-time employee’s unused sick leave accumulation is reduced to zero, 1997, staff with the employee may draw against future accumulation of sick leave credits to a maximum of five (5) days, provided satisfactory arrangements are made for repayment. 10.06 Sick leave may be substituted for vacation, where the employee has established, to the satisfaction of the employer, that a serious illness or more years injury due to an accident requiring hospitalization occurred while on vacation. 10.07 Employees may donate any available vacation and/or banked time hours to another employee who, as a result of service a long term or unforeseen illness or injury, has exhausted their sick leave credits. Donated/received hours will be eligible for on an emergency advance of up to one (1) year's equivalent of sick leave under the following circumstances: A. At least twenty (20) days have been or will have been continuously used for the same emergency immediately before any of the advanced days. These days must have been used to cover absences for illnesshour-for-hour basis. B. The staff member has not been the subject of a written warning, suspension or any other discipline for attendance within the previous year. All evaluations over the last two (2) years must have been satisfactory. C. The application for the advance must be approved by the Department Head and accompanied by documentation of the illness. D. The application must also be approved by the Director of Human Resources Services or his/her designee. E. The approval/disapproval of the application for the emergency advance of sick leave is grievable up to Step II of the Grievance Procedure. The decision of the Step II Hearing Officer is subject to arbitration limited to the issue of whether procedural requirements have been met for denial of the benefits. 3. Sick pay accruals are cumulative from one year to the next. 4. Staff are required to comply with the departmental call in procedure. If the illness extends beyond one day, the staff member must continue to call in ill each day unless they have already indicated to their supervisor an expected return date. If the illness extends beyond the expected return date he/she must call in with a new expected return date. 5. Staff taken ill while on duty and who leave their work station with their supervisor's permission shall be paid for the time spent on the employer's premises and may use accrued sick leave if they desire payment for the balance of the work shift. Staff may be excused by their supervisor. 6. Whenever a regular staff member retires, except a staff member who elects deferred retirement, pursuant to the provisions of a state administered retirement system and has to his/her credit any accrued sick leave, he/she shall be compensated for such accrued sick leave as follows: a. The supplemental compensation amount payment shall be computed at the rate of one-half (1/2) of the eligible staff member's daily rate of pay for each day of unused accumulated sick pay accruals based upon the average annual base rate of compensation received during the last year of his/her employment prior to the effective date of his/her retirement provided however that no lump sum supplemental compensation payment shall exceed $15,000. b. The compensation shall be paid in accordance with the State rules then applying.

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Sources: Collective Agreement