Common use of SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY Clause in Contracts

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total for providing and funding a term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would be at less than full wages, and;

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The ‘2.01 Hospitalwill assume total responsibility for providing and funding a term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year Iy)ear or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all ail existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT MARCH the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would be at less than full wages, and;

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to fullThe Hospital shall provide a short-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total for providing and funding a term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay percent of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-long term disability portion of the Plan plan or an equivalent planequivalent). The employee will ; employees shall pay the balance of the billed premium premiums through payroll deduction. For The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the purpose first two days of transfer the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years service will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the short-Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the programdisability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, employees or for sick leave days at no wages. Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the payroll case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months to or more of equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer entitled to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll same pay out provisions as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee's accumulated sick leave days under the new plan which would be at less than full wages, and;credits. Employees may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. I The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employee's illness or ability to return to work.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total for responsibility providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the longLong-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months three. or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans Plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits credits' for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and she shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing she subsequently achieves' the necessary service to qualify her for payout under the conditions of leave plan in which she participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness. or accident that is by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, application from the nurse, will supplement award made Workers' Compensation Board loss of wages, to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, she shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which she participates as of the date of this award. Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered disability plan in effect as of the date may elect to be covered by or to present coverage. by a long-term of this award, continue their The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations improve the benefit coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the. benefits she would receive from Workers' Compensation if her claim was approved, or the benefit to which she would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen weeks. ARTICLE HOURS OF The following provision designating regular hours on a daily tour and regular daily tours over the nursing schedule determined by the Hospital shall not be construed to be a guarantee of the hours of work to be performed on each tour or during each tour schedule. subject to Article below:

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will Hospitalwill pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year Iy)ear or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequentlyachieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is preventedfrom working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability pian in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the nurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the nurse would be under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October If the Employer requires the employee to obtain a medical certificate, the employer shall pay the full cost of obtaining the certificate.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service service-shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans Plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set set. out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or the case of death, to the estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which she participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and she shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing she subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify her for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan which she participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers\ Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers’ Act, the Hospital, on application from nurse, will supplement the award made by the Workers’ Compensation Board for loss of wages, to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse’s net earnings the limit of the nurse’s accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers’ Cornpensation. When a nurse has completed any her regularly scheduled tour prior to going sick leave benefits or Workers’ Compensation benefits, she shall be paid for the balance of the at her regular straight time hourly rate. will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an or injury compensable under Workers’ Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, available. A nurse who transfers full-time to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which she participates as of the date of this award. Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse’s entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Workers’ Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment Equivalent to the lesser of the benefits she would receive from Compensation her claim was approved, or the benefit to which she would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only the nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers\ Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers’ Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total for responsibilityfor providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to deemedto have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear 1) year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick Existingsick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would be at less than full wages, and;; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospitalon account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable the meaning of the Workplace and Safety Insurance Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularlyscheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paidfor the balanceof the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlementto short-term or long- term benefits under or an equivalent plan may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. The Union agrees that it will encourage a nurse to utilize the carrier's medical appeals process, if any, to resolve disputes. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. The Hospitalwill notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard day, the short-term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence accordingto the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. I A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the nurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the nurse would be entitled under the short-term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefitsto which the nursewould be entitled under the short-term portion disability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (Articles and both full-time and part-time nurses) Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-timeor subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October If the Employer requires the employee to obtain a medical certificate, the employer shall pay the full cost of obtaining the certificate.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles NOTE Provisions in existing Collective Agreements providing for time off to apply study for College of Nurses examinations, to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total write regis- tration examinations or examinations for providing courses of study related to employment shall be continued in effect and funding a term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer added to the short-term portion of the program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of serviceabove provisions in such Collective Agreements. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing exist- ing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated ter- minated and any provisions relating to such plans Plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout pa out of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt specifical y t with hereinafter. m Existing sick leave credits for each employee e shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of o the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date dote of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "“sick leave bank" ” shall be utilized to: Supplement supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of em of death, to the nurse’s estate. T or in the case amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse’s then current xxx- ary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which she partici- pated as of the date of this award; o graph where, as of the effective date of transfer, on employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her existing sick leave credits OS of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and shall be enti- tled to the same cash out provisions as set out in above service to she subsequently achieves the her for a ut under the con- ditions of the sick leave plan in w as of the date of this award; she participated es where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or occident that is by The Workers’ Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers’ Com- pensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workers’ Com- pensation Board for loss of to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse’s net earnings to the limit o the nurse’s accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers’ Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Work- ers’ benefits, she shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her regular straight time rate. This will not the nurse to a lieu if she otherwise qualifies. under of this award. Any dispute which may arise concernin a nurse’s entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the dote of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. a The Hospital further agrees to p to any loss of benefits under H an amount equal or the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of in any calendar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work da , the short-term sick leave plan will pro- number of hours of absence according tour to a total hours. All other visions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or from Workers’ Corn if her claim was approved, or the benefit to which e would beentitled under the short-term ARTICLE HOURS OF WORK ing each tour schedule. Subject to Article below:

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles Part-time nurses returning to apply to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total for providing and funding a term to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which she participates as of October ARTICLE HOURS OF WORK The following provision designating regular hours on a daily tour and regular daily tours over the nursing schedule determined by the Hospital shall not be construed to be a guarantee of the hours of work to be performed on each tour or during each tour schedule. Subject to Article below: The normal daily tour shall be seven and one-half consecutive hours in any twenty-four hour period exclusive of an unpaid one-half hour meal period, it being understood that at least equivalent the change of tour there will normally be additional time required for reporting which shall be considered to be part of the normal daily tour, for a period of up to fifteen minutes' duration. Should the reporting time extend beyond fifteen minutes, however, the entire period shall be considered overtime for the purposes of payment under Article Nurses shall be entitled, subject to the exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the tour on the basis of fifteen minutes for each half tour. The scheduling of meal periods and relief periods shall be determined by local negotiation. Where a nurse notifies her supervisor that described she has been or will be unable to take the normal lunch break due to the requirement of providing patient care, such nurse shall be paid time and one half her regular straight time hourly rate for all time worked in excess of her normal daily hours. Where nurses are now working a longer daily tour, the provisions set out in this Article governing the regular hours of work on a daily tour shall be adjusted accordingly. The normal daily extended tour shall be consecutive hours in any period, exclusive of a total of forty-five minutes of unpaid meal time. Nurses shall be entitled, subject to the exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the tour of a total of forty-five minutes. The scheduling of meal and relief periods shall be determined by local negotiations. The introduction or discontinuance of longer daily tours shall be determined by local negotiations. NOTE: Hospitals that have extended tours that are presently different conditions. than the above, shall maintain those ARTICLE PREMIUM PAYMENT If a part-time nurse is to work in excess of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochurethe hours referred to in Article (a), she shall receive overtime premium of one and one-half times her regular straight time hourly rate. A part-time nurse (including casual nurses but not including time nurses who are filling temporary full-time vacancies) who works in excess of seventy-five hours in a two week period shall receive time and one-half her regular straight time hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of seventy-five A part-time nurse who is filling a temporary full-time vacancy shall receive time and one-half her regular straight time hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of an average of hours per week over the full-time nursing schedule determined by the Hospital. Such averaging will commence at the conclusion of the two week period following the nurse's transfer to the temporary full-time position and will end at the conclusion of the two week period prior to her return to her former position. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no overtime premium shall be paid for a period of less than fifteen minutes of overtime work where the nurse is engaged in reporting functions at the end of her normal daily tour, If overtime amounts to fifteen minutes or more, overtime premium shall be paid for the total period in excess of the normal daily tour. Overtime premium will not be duplicated for the same hours worked under Article (a) nor shall there be any pyramiding with respect to any other premiums payable under the provisions of this Collective Agreement. Nothing herein will the nurse to payment of the normal tour differential provided herein. The Hospital agrees that if the Collective Agreement provided a greater premium for overtime work immediately prior to this Agreement, the Hospital will continue to pay such greater overtime premium. This is not intended to entitle the nurse to be paid for work performed while engaged in the reporting functions as provided herein.. Notwithstanding the foregoing, overtime will not be paid for additional hours worked during a twenty-four hour period either as a result of change in tour on the billed premium towards coverage request of eligible employees under the longa nurse or a change-term disability portion of the Plan over to daylight saving from standard time or vice-versa or an equivalent plan)exchange of tours by two nurses. The employee will pay Work scheduled by the balance of the billed Hospital to which a premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans is attached under scheduling regulations contained in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated collective Agreement and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" the Appendix of Local Provisions shall be utilized to: Supplement payment paid at one and one-half times the nurse's regular straight time hourly rate or as otherwise provided. Where a nurse is required to work on a paid holiday or on an overtime tour or on a tour that is paid at the rate of time and one-half her regular straight time hourly rate as a result of above and she is required to work additional hours following her full tour on that day (but not including hours on a subsequent regularly scheduled tour for sick leave days such nurse) she shall receive two times her regular straight time hourly rate for such additional hours worked. A part-time nurse who reports for work as scheduled, unless otherwise notified by the Hospital, shall receive a minimum of four time hourly rate. pay at her regular straight She shall be required to perform any nursing duties assigned by the Hospital which she is capable of doing, if her regular duties are not available. Where a regular part-time nurse has completed her regularly scheduled tour and left the hospital and is called in to work outside her regularly scheduled working hours, or where a nurse is called back from standby, she shall receive time and one-half her regular straight time hourly rate for all hours worked with a minimum guarantee of four hours' pay at time and half her regular straight time hourly rate except to the extent that such four hour period overlaps or extends into her regularly scheduled shift. In such a case, she will receive time and one-half her regular straight time hourly rate for actual hours worked up to the commencement of her regular shift. A nurse who is required to remain available for duty on standby outside her regularly scheduled working hours shall receive standby pay in the amount of two dollars and fifty cents per hour for the period of standby scheduled by the Hospital. Where such duty falls on a paid holiday, as set out in the Appendix of Local Provisions, the nurse shall receive standby pay in the amount of three dollars per hour. Standby pay shall, however, cease where the nurse is called in to work under above and works during the new plan period of standby. The regular straight time hourly rate will be the hourly rate in the wage schedule set forth in Article (a). A nurse shall be paid a shift premium of one dollar per hour for each hour worked which would falls within the hours defined as an evening shift and one dollar and twenty-five cents for each hour worked which falls within the hours defined as a night shift provided that such hours exceed two hours if worked in conjunction with the day shift. For purposes of this provision, the night shift and the evening shift each consist of hours. Tour differential will not form part of the nurse's straight time hourly rate. The defined hours of a night and evening shift shall be at less than full wages, and;a matter for local negotiation.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to I apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months 3)months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months 3)months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear 1) year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave pian in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Hospital Central Agreement March Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workplace and Safety Insurance Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Any dispute which may arise a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long- term benefits under or an equivalent plan may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. The Union agrees that it will encourage a nurse to utilize the medical appeals process, if any, to resolve disputes. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short-term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the nurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the nurse Hospital Central Agreement March would be entitled under the short-term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Ifthe claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the to which the nurse would be entitled under the short-term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (Articles and apply to both full-time and part-time nurses) Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Ifthe Employer requires the employee to obtain a medical certificate, the employer shall pay the full cost of obtaining the certificate.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply are related to fullSick Leave and-time nurses only) Long-term Disability will be incorporated in all collective agreements:) The Hospitalwill assume total for providing and funding Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-long term disability portion of the Plan plan or an equivalent planequivalent). The employee will ; employees shall pay the balance of the billed premium premiums through payroll deduction. For The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the purpose first two days of transfer the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Effective April employees with or more years will be paid at the benefit level for all incidences of absence covered by Any dispute which may arise concerning an employee's entitlement to short-tern or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the short-Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employees claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the programdisability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would be paid at less than full wages, employees or for sick leave days at no wages. Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the payroll case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months to or more of equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer entitled to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll same pay out provisions as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with accumulated sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment credits remaining, is prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee's accumulated sick leave days under the new plan which would be at less than full wages, and;credits. Employees may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. The Hospital shall pay for such medical as it may require from time-to-time to certify an employees illness or ability to return to work.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan plan or an equivalent plan). The , the employee will pay paying the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on will be credited with their service. There shall be no pay deduction from an regular scheduled shift when the active payroll as employee has completed any portion of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed shift prior to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused going on sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafteror Compensation benefits. Existing The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any year. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be consid- ered as sick leave credits for each employee under the sick leave Unemployment Insurance Rebate The short-term sick plan shall be converted registered with the Unemployment Insurance Commission . The employees' share of the unemployment insurance premium reduction will be retained by the Hospital towards offsetting-the cost of the benefit improvements contained Agreement-. An employee who is unable to for due to ill- ness must notify her immediate supervisor or designate as far in advance as possible and if illness is prolonged, must:’ keep her supervisor informed on a sick leave bank regular basis. An employee who has so notified her supervisor and is unable to confirm attendance on her next regularly scheduled shift shall be required to notify the supervisor when she is able to return to work, at which time she be advised of next scheduled shift. An employee who reports for work following an illness prior notice, as above, may be sent home, without pay, for that shift. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the credit Hospital for payment to the lesser of the employeebenefit she would receive from Workers' Compensation if her claim was approved, or the benefit to which she would be entitled under the short term portion of disability income plan or equivalent plan). The sick leave bank shall contain Payment be provided only if the unused sick leave days employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the credit Hospital and a written satisfactory to the Hospital that payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the paid as an advance will be applied towards the to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the on the effective date disability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would be at less than full wages, and;fifteen weeks. ARTICLE COMPENSATION

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion portion, of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;; where a payout provision existed under the sick leave plan in the Collective payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which she participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required qualify for payout on her sick leave credits as that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and she shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing she subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify her for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on an occupational illness or accident by The Workers' Compensation Board compensable within the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits, Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. t When a nurse has completed any portion of her regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' benefits, she shall be paid for the balance of e tour at her regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which she participates as of the date of this award. dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. . During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences -due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit she would receive from Workers' Compensation if her claim was approved, or the benefit to which she would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is approved, the monies paid as an advance will be J towards the benefits to which the nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen weeks.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short- term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan plan or an equivalent plan). The , the employee will pay paying the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer will be credited with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of their actual service. Effective January the first of the month following the transfer, all existing accumulating sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals plan shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans plan shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employeeemployee at the then current per diem rate of pay based on his regular straight time hourly rate. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement to supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan program or paragraph below which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;. There shall be no pay deduction from an employee's regular scheduled shift when the employee has completed any portion of the shift prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workplace Safety and Insurance Benefits. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two (2) days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I1) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick Existingsick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The parties may agree to voluntarily cash out existing sick leave banks. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of the and Safety Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduledtour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he qualities. Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's to short-term or term benefits under or an equivalent plan may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. The Union agrees that it will encourage a nurse to utilize the carrier's medical appeals process, if any, to resolve disputes. Nurses presentlyemployed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. The Hospital will each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short-term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the nurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the nurse Hospital Central Agreement March would be entitled under the short-term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the to which the nurse would be entitled under the short-term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (Articles and apply to both full-time and part-time nurses) Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October If the Employer requires the employee to obtain a medical certificate, the employer shall pay the full cost of obtaining the certificate.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan plan or an equivalent plan). The , the employee will pay paying the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer will be credited with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of their actual service. Effective (not applicable) the first of the month following the transfer, all existing accumulating sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals plan shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans plan shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted con- verted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employeeemployee at the then current per diem rate of pay based on his regular straight time hourly rate. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan program or paragraph below which would otherwise be at less than full wages and, where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout on termination of employment shall be that portion of any unused sick leave dollars under the former conditions relating to payout. Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be con- to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and he shall be entitled, on termination, to that portion of any unused sick leave dollars providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify him for payout under the conditions relating to such payout. Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, an employee who has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, and;together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. There shall be no pay deduction from an employee's regular scheduled shift when the employee has completed any portion of the shift prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any cal- endar year. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be consid- ered as sick leave under the sick leave plan.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles Part-time nurses returning to apply to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total for providing and funding a term to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which she participates as of October ARTICLE HOURS OF WORK The following provision designating regular hours on a daily tour and regular daily tours over the nursing schedule determined by the Hospital shall not be construed to be a guarantee of the hours of work to be performed on each tour or during each tour schedule. Subject to Article below: The normal daily tour shall be seven and one-half consecutive hours in any twenty-four hour period exclusive of an unpaid one-half hour meal period, it being understood that at least equivalent the change of tour there will normally be additional time for reporting which shall be to be part of the normal daily tour, for a period of up to fifteen minutes duration, Should the reporting time extend beyond fifteen minutes, however, the entire period shall be considered overtime for the purposes of payment under Article Nurses shall be entitled, subject to the exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the tour on the basis of fifteen minutes for tour. The. meal periods relief determined by local negotiations. Where a nurse has been or be to lunch break to of patient care, such one half her rate for in excess of daily hours. Where nurses an a the set out Article of work daily tour accordingly. total The normal daily extended tour shall hours in any PI-hour period, of forty-five of unpaid The of by Nurses shall be subject to patient care, to relief periods during total of forty-five r by local of The introduction o be and relief NOTE: Hospitals that described have extended tours that are different than the above, shall conditions. ARTICLE If a part-time nurse is to the hours referred to Article receive of f I times her regular hourly rate. nurse (which includes casual in of seventy-five hours in a two receive time and time for all in seventy-five the overtime premium shall for a of fifteen minutes of the engaged in reporting functions at of daily tour. 🖐♐ ⚫ minutes or shall paid the total period excess of the tour. Overtime premium will not fur hours worked under Article (a) nor there any pyramiding with to any under the provisions of herein will the to of normal tour Hospital agrees that if the Collective Agreement provided a greater premium for overtime work immediately prior to this Agreement, the Hospital will continue to pay such greater overtime premium. This not intended to entitle the nurse to be paid for work performed while engaged in the Hospitals reporting functions as provided herein. the foregoing, overtime will not be paid for additiona hours worked during a twenty-four hour period either as a result of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay change in tour on the request of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the longa nurse or a change-term disability portion of the Plan over to daylight saving from standard time or vice versa or an equivalent plan)exchange of tours by two nurses. The employee will pay Work scheduled by the balance of the billed Hospital to which a premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans is attached under scheduling regulations contained in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated 1 Agreement and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" the Appendix of Local Provisions shall be utilized to: Supplement payment paid at one and one-half times the nurse's regular straight time hourly rate or as otherwise provided. Where a nurse is required to work on a paid holiday or on an overtime tour or on a tour that is time and one-half her aid at the rate of straight time hourly rate as a result of above and she is required to work additional hours following her full tour on that day (but not including hours on a subsequent regularly scheduled tour for sick leave days such nurse) she shall receive two times her regular straight time hourly rate for such additional hours worked. R A part-time nurse who reports for work as scheduled, unless otherwise notified by the shall receive a minimum of four hours' pay at regular straight 'time hourly rate. She shall be required to any nursing duties assigned by the Hospital w she is capable of doing, if her regular duties are not available. Where a regular part-time nurse has completed her regularly scheduled tour and left the hospital and is in to work regularly scheduled working or where a nurse called back from standby, she time and one-half her regular straight time hourly rate for all hours worked with a minimum guarantee of four hours' pay at time and one-half her regular straight time hourly rate except to the extent that such four hour period overlaps or extends into her regularly scheduled. shift. In such a case, she will receive time and one-half her regular straight hourly rate for actual hours worked up to the commencement of her regular shift. A nurse is required to for standby outside regularly shall receive standby in Mount of for the period of standby scheduled b the April pay . Standby pay shall, is called in to work under Article the new plan which would of will The regular straight hourly rate in the wage schedule set A nurse shall be paid a shift of forty-five per hour for each hour worked hours of the day that such hours Tour differential will c-f the nurse's straight hourly rate. Ambulance Escort Where a nurse is assigned to provide patient a patient in transit, the following the nurse ⚫ - assigned shift, she shall be paid her rate of pay. the nurse continues to duties in excess of her shift, be paid the such duties beyond the Hospital not require a to to regular duties at less than the Hospital at eight hours of off. extends into her next regularly she will for full wagesshift. Hours spent between the is of patient care the nurse returns to the hospital or to such location xxxx upon the Hospital the nurse be paid at straight at appropriate overtime rates, and;if Article It shall return to the hospital or to other location a xxxx n the nurse at e ear to xxxxx's departure on escort duty, time as may be agreed Hospital and the nurse, the establish with the nurse for travel.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to NOTE: The provisions of Article Sick Leave and Long-Term Disability, apply to full-time nurses employees only) . The Hospitalwill assume total for providing and funding Hospital shall provide a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. Copies of the brochure will be made available to employees upon request. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent (75%) of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-long term disability portion of the Plan plan or an equivalent planequivalent). The employee will ; employees shall pay the balance of the billed premium premiums through payroll deduction. For The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the purpose first two days of transfer the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Notwithstanding the provisions of the plan and Article employees with four or more years of service will be paid of earnings from the first day of the third and subsequent of absence in any calendar year. Any dispute which may arise an employee's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the short-Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from Workers' Compensation if the employee's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the short term portion of the program, employees disability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (The following clause will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals where sick leave banks were established on the payroll transfer to or equivalent:) Sick leave banks standing to the credit of an employee shall be utilized to supplement payment for sick leave days which would otherwise be paid at less than full wages, or for sick leave days at no wages. (Articles and will only appear in those collective agreements at hospitals which had sick leave credit pay out provisions in their collective agreements expiring December, Pay out of sick leave credits shall be made on termination of employment or, in the case of death, to the employee's estate. The amount of the payment shall be a cash settlement at the employee's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the previous accumulating sick leave credit plan. Where an employee, employed as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months to or more of equivalent, did not have the required service to qualify for pay out on termination, he shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer entitled to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll same pay out provisions as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "above, providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for pay out under those provisions. Where an employee, with 'accumulated sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment credits prevented from working for the Hospital because of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act the Hospital, on application from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's net to the limit of the employee's accumulated sick leave days under the new plan which would be at less than full wages, and;credits. Employees may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total for providing and funding a Hospital the term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "“sick leave bank" ” shall be utilized to: Supplement supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse’s estate. The amount of plan in which she participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her existing sick nevertheless xxxxxxxxxxx leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and she shall be entitled to the provisionsasset out in subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify her for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she participated as of the date of this award; payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by the Board as compensable within the meaning of The Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by the Board for loss of wages, to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Board for loss of wages, together with thesupplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent of the nurse’s net earnings to the limit of the nurse’s accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick When a nurse has completed any portion of her regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or benefits, be paid for the balance of the tour at her regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which she participates as of the date of this award. Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse’s entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at has for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefits she would receive from if her claim was approved, or the benefit to which she would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Board. If the claim for is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan, Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen weeks.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume Hospital will total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan plan or an equivalent plan). The , the employee will pay paying the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer will be credited with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of their actual service. Effective February the first of the month following the transfer, all existing accumulating sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals plan shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employeeemployee at the then current diem rate of pay based on his regular straight time hourly rate. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan program or paragraph 5 below which would otherwise be at less than full wages and, where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout on termination of employment shall be that portion any unused sick leave dollars under the former conditions relating to payout. Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and he shall be entitled, on termination, to that portion of unused sick leave dollars providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify him for payout under the conditions relating to such payout. Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, an employee who has accumulated sick leave credits and is pre- vented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the employee, will sup- plement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, and;together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. There shall be no pay deduction from an employee's regular scheduled shift when the employee has completed portion of the shift prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. Unemployment Insurance Rebate The short-term sick leave plan shall be registered with the Unemployment Insurance Commission The employees' share of the Employer's unemployment insurance premium reduction will be retained by the Hospital towards offsetting the cost of the benefit improvements contained in this Agreement. Pay for sick leave is for the sole and only purpose of protecting the employee against loss of income when he is legitimately ill, and will be granted on the following basis:

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles Part-time nurses returning to apply to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill assume total for providing and funding a term to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which she participates as of October ARTICLE HOURS OF WORK The following provision designating regular hours on a daily tour and regular daily tours over the nursing schedule determined by the Hospital shall not be construed to be a guarantee of the hours of work to be performed on each tour or during each tour schedule. Subject to Article below: The normal daily tour shall be seven and one-half consecutive hours in any twenty-four hour period exclusive of an unpaid one-half hour meal period, it being understood that at least equivalent the change of tour there will normally be additional time for reporting which shall be to be part of the normal daily tour, for a period of up to fifteen minutes duration, Should the reporting time extend beyond fifteen minutes, however, the entire period shall be considered overtime for the purposes of payment under Article Nurses shall be entitled, subject to the exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the tour on the basis of fifteen minutes for tour. The. meal periods relief determined by local negotiations. Where a nurse has been or be to lunch break to of patient care, such one half her rate for in excess of daily hours. Where nurses an a the set out Article of work daily tour accordingly. total The normal daily extended tour shall hours in any PI-hour period, of forty-five of unpaid The of by Nurses shall be subject to patient care, to relief periods during total of forty-five r by local of The introduction o be and relief NOTE: Hospitals that described have extended tours that are different than the above, shall conditions. ARTICLE If a part-time nurse is to the hours referred to Article receive of f I times her regular hourly rate. nurse (which includes casual in of seventy-five hours in a two receive time and time for all in seventy-five the overtime premium shall for a of fifteen minutes of the engaged in reporting functions at of daily tour. 4ł • minutes or shall paid the total period excess of the tour. Overtime premium will not fur hours worked under Article (a) nor there any pyramiding with to any under the provisions of herein will the to of normal tour Hospital agrees that if the Collective Agreement provided a greater premium for overtime work immediately prior to this Agreement, the Hospital will continue to pay such greater overtime premium. This not intended to entitle the nurse to be paid for work performed while engaged in the Hospitals reporting functions as provided herein. the foregoing, overtime will not be paid for additiona hours worked during a twenty-four hour period either as a result of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay change in tour on the request of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the longa nurse or a change-term disability portion of the Plan over to daylight saving from standard time or vice versa or an equivalent plan)exchange of tours by two nurses. The employee will pay Work scheduled by the balance of the billed Hospital to which a premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans is attached under scheduling regulations contained in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated 1 Agreement and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" the Appendix of Local Provisions shall be utilized to: Supplement payment paid at one and one-half times the nurse's regular straight time hourly rate or as otherwise provided. Where a nurse is required to work on a paid holiday or on an overtime tour or on a tour that is time and one-half her aid at the rate of straight time hourly rate as a result of above and she is required to work additional hours following her full tour on that day (but not including hours on a subsequent regularly scheduled tour for sick leave days such nurse) she shall receive two times her regular straight time hourly rate for such additional hours worked. R A part-time nurse who reports for work as scheduled, unless otherwise notified by the shall receive a minimum of four hours' pay at regular straight 'time hourly rate. She shall be required to any nursing duties assigned by the Hospital w she is capable of doing, if her regular duties are not available. Where a regular part-time nurse has completed her regularly scheduled tour and left the hospital and is in to work regularly scheduled working or where a nurse called back from standby, she time and one-half her regular straight time hourly rate for all hours worked with a minimum guarantee of four hours' pay at time and one-half her regular straight time hourly rate except to the extent that such four hour period overlaps or extends into her regularly scheduled. shift. In such a case, she will receive time and one-half her regular straight hourly rate for actual hours worked up to the commencement of her regular shift. A nurse is required to for standby outside regularly shall receive standby in Mount of for the period of standby scheduled b the April pay . Standby pay shall, is called in to work under Article the new plan which would of will The regular straight hourly rate in the wage schedule set A nurse shall be paid a shift of forty-five per hour for each hour worked hours of the day that such hours Tour differential will c-f the nurse's straight hourly rate. Ambulance Escort Where a nurse is assigned to provide patient a patient in transit, the following the nurse • - assigned shift, she shall be paid her rate of pay. the nurse continues to duties in excess of her shift, be paid the such duties beyond the Hospital not require a to to regular duties at less than the Hospital at eight hours of off. extends into her next regularly she will for full wagesshift. Hours spent between the is of patient care the nurse returns to the hospital or to such location xxxx upon the Hospital the nurse be paid at straight at appropriate overtime rates, and;if Article It shall return to the hospital or to other location a xxxx n the nurse at e ear to nurse's departure on escort duty, time as may be agreed Hospital and the nurse, the establish with the nurse for travel.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would be at less than full wages, and;nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which she participates as of the date of this award. Any dispute which may arise concerning nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a disability plan in effect as of the date of this may elect to be covered by or to continue present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calend..ar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit coverage by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her bank annually. nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence to the to of apply All other of the plan shall due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under sick leave plan. A nurse is absent from work as a result of an illness or sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Compensation for a period longer than one pay may apply to the for payment to the lesser of the benefit she would receive Workers' Compensation if her claim was approved, or the to which she would be entitled under the short 'term sick portion the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided if the nurse evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking to the Hospital that payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Where nurses are now working a longer daily tour, the provisions set out this Article governing the regular hours of work on a daily tour shall be adjusted accordingly. The normal daily extended tour shall be consecutive hours in any period, exclusive of a total of forty-five minutes of unpaid meal time. Nurses shall be entitled, subject the exigencies of patient care, to relief periods during the tour of a total of forty-five minutes. The scheduling of meal and relief periods shall be determined by local negotiations. The introduction or of longer daily tours shall be determined by local negotiations. maintain NOTE: Hospitals different the conditions. -ARTI-CLE - -PREM-IUM -PA-YMEN-T

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of seventy-five percent Of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent planPlan). The , the employee will pay paying the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of Of the transfer with three (3) months months' or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months months' of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer will be credited with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of their actual service. Effective December the first of the month following the transfer, all existing accumulating sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals plan shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans plan shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employeeemployee at the then current per diem rate of pay based on his regular straight time hourly rate. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan program or paragraph below which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;and where a payout provision existed under the former sick plan in the Collective Agreement, payout on termination of employment shall be that portion of any unused sick leave dollars under the former conditions relating to payout. Where, as of the effective date of transfer, an does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and he shall be entitled, on termination, to that portion of any unused sick leave dollars providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify him for payout under the conditions relating to such payout. Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement an employee who has accumulated sick leave and is prevented from working for the Hospital on of an occupational illness or accident that is by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on from the employee, will supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent of the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Workers' Compensation. ARTICLE SICK LEAVE There shall be no pay deduction from an employee's regular scheduled shift when the employee has completed any portion of the shift prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar day year. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. Unemployment Insurance Rebate The short-term sick leave plan shall be registered with the Insurance Commission The employee's share of the Employer's unemployment insurance premium reduction will be retained by the Hospital towards offsetting the cost of the benefit improvements contained in this Agreement.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at . least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout shall be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providing the nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by The Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will one hundred per cent of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiations to improve the benefit coverage provided by The Hospital will notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation for a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the nurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workers' Compensation Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen weeks. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which nurse participates as of October HOURS OF The following provision designating regular hours on a daily tour and regular daily tours over the nursing schedule determined by the Hospital shall not be construed to be a guarantee of the hours of work to be performed on each tour or during each tour schedule. Subject to Article below:

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay seventy-five percent of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The , the employee will pay paying the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- long-term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer will be credited with one (I) year or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear of their actual service. Effective October the first of the month following the transfer, all existing accumulating sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals plan shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans plan shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employeeemployee at the then current per diem rate of pay based on his -regular straight time hourly rate. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the on the effective date of the transfer the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: --- al Supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which program or paragraph 5 below would otherwise be at less than full wages and, Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout on termination of employment shall be that portion of unused sick leave dollars under the former conditions relating to payout. Where, a s of October an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and he shall be entitled, on termination, to that portion of any unused sick leave dollars providing he subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify him for payout under the conditions relating to such payout. Where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, an employee who has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Workers' Compensation Act, the Hospital, on application from the employee, supplement the award made by the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages to the employee by such amount that the award of the Workers' Compensation Board for loss of wages, and;together with the supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred percent o f the employee's net earnings to the limit of the employee's accumulated sick leave credits. Employees may such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim from Workers' Compensation. There shall be no pay deduction from an employee's regular scheduled shift when the employee has completed any portion of the shift prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of benefits under for the first two days of the fourth subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. Unemployment Insurance Rebate The short-term sick leave plan shall be registered with the Unemployment Insurance The employee’s share of the Employer's unemployment insurance reduction will be retained by the Hospital towards offsetting the cost of the benefit improvements contained in this Agreement. On the termination of his/her for whatever reason, an employee with five years or more of service prior to October shall receive in cash at the wage rate pertaining on October the balance of her accumulated sick leave entitlement after all deductions have been for the use under Article provided that the total cash payment shall not in any event exceed the equivalent of fifty percent of one hundred days entitlement of fifty percent of her total earned entitlement, whichever is less. In order to qualify for sick leave pay, except where sent home by the Hospital on account of illness, employees must inform their Supervisor or in the Supervisor's absence, the Switchboard Operator as soon as possible, and at least one hour prior to the beginning of the employee's shift, if they are unable to report for work. Subject to the requirements of the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Program, the Hospital reserves the right to require confirmation or proof of illness by medical certificate or otherwise, before payment of sick leave is granted. In cases of illness in excess of three days the employee will notify the Hospital as soon as possible of the anticipated date of return to work, and will notify the Hospital twenty-four hours in advance of her return. If the twenty-four hours notice is not given prior to her commencing shift, the said shift may be delayed twenty-four hours.

SICK LEAVE AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY. (Articles to apply to full-time nurses only) The Hospitalwill Hospital will assume total responsibility for providing and funding a short-term sick leave plan at least equivalent to that described in the Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan brochure. The Hospital will pay of the billed premium towards coverage of eligible employees under the long-term disability portion of the Plan or an equivalent plan). The employee will pay the balance of the billed premium through payroll deduction. For the purpose of transfer to the short-term portion of the disability program, employees on the payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with three (3) months or more of service shall be deemed to have three (3) months of service. For the purpose of transfer to the long- term portion of the disability program, employees on the active payroll as of the effective date of the transfer with one (I) year Iy)ear or more of service shall be deemed to have one (Iy)ear 1) year of service. Effective the first of the month following the transfer, all existing sick leave plans in the Participating Hospitals shall be terminated and any provisions relating to such plans shall be null and void under the respective Collective Agreements except as to those provisions relating to payout of unused sick leave benefits which are specifically dealt with hereinafter. Existing sick leave credits for each employee shall be converted to a sick leave bank to the credit of the employee. The sick leave bank shall contain the unused sick leave days to the credit of the nurse on the effective date of the transfer to the Plan set out in Article The "sick leave bank" shall be utilized to: Supplement supplement payment for sick leave days under the new plan which would otherwise be at less than full wages, and;; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, payout be made on the termination of employment, or in the case of death, to the nurse's estate. The amount of the payout shall be a cash settlement at the nurse's then current salary rate for any unused sick credits to the maximum provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participated as of the date of this award; where, as of the effective date of transfer, an employee does not have the required service to qualify for payout on termination, her or his existing sick leave credits as of that date shall nevertheless be converted to a sick leave bank in accordance with the foregoing and the nurse shall be entitled to the same cash out provisions as set out in paragraph above providingthe nurse subsequently achieves the necessary service to qualify for payout under the conditions of the sick leave plan in which she or he participated as of the date of this award; where a payout provision existed under the former sick leave plan in the Collective Agreement, a nurse who, as of the date of this award, has accumulated sick leave credits and is prevented from working for the Hospital on account of an occupational illness or accident that is recognized by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board as compensable within the meaning of The Workers' CompensationAct, the Hospital, on applicationfrom the nurse, will supplement the award made by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages to the nurse by such amount that the award of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board for loss of wages, together with the Ilag supplementation of the Hospital, will equal one hundred per cent (100%) of the nurse's net earnings to the limit of the nurse's accumulated sick leave credits. Nurses may utilize such sick leave credits while awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensation. When a nurse has completed any portion of her or his regularly scheduled tour prior to going on sick leave benefits or Workers' Compensation benefits, the nurse shall be paid for the balance of the tour at her or his regular straight time hourly rate. This provision will not disentitle the nurse to a lieu day under Article if she or he otherwise qualifies. Nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October Any dispute which may arise concerning a nurse's entitlement to short-term or long-term benefits under may be subject to grievance and arbitration under the provisions of this Agreement. Nurses presently employed who are covered by a long-term disability plan in effect as of the date of this award, may elect to be covered by or to continue their present coverage. The Hospital further agrees to pay employees an amount equal to any loss of under for the first two days of the fourth and subsequent period of absence in any calendar year. During the term of operation of this Collective Agreement, the Hospitals will meet and consult with the Association with the view to assisting the parties in the next set of negotiationsto improve the benefit coverage provided by The Hospitalwill notify each nurse of the amount of unused sick leave in her or his bank annually. For nurses whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day, the short term sick leave plan will provide payment for the number of hours of absence according to the scheduled tour to a total of hours. All other provisions of the existing plan shall apply mutatis mutandis. Absences due to pregnancy related illness shall be considered as sick leave under the sick leave plan. A nurse who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work and who has been awaiting approval of a claim for Worker's Compensationfor a period longer than one complete pay period may apply to the Hospital for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the nurse would receive from Workers' Compensation if the nurse's claim was approved, or the benefit to which the nurse would be entitled under the short term sick portion of the disability income plan or equivalent plan). Payment will be provided only if the nurse provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Hospital and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Hospital that any payments will be refunded to the Hospital following final determination of the claim by The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. If the claim for Workers' Compensation is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the nurse would be entitled under the short term portion of the disability income plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks. (Articles and apply to part time nurses only) Part-time nurses returning to work from an illness or injury compensable under Workers' Compensation will be assigned light work as necessary, if available. A nurse who transfers from full-time to part-time may elect to retain her or his accumulated sick leave credits to be utilized during part-time or subsequent full-time employment as provided under the sick leave plan in which the nurse participates as of October If the Employer requires the employee to obtain a medical certificate, the employer shall pay the full cost of obtaining the certificate.