Accessing Sick Credits – WSIB Pending Sample Clauses

Accessing Sick Credits – WSIB Pending. (a) The Employer shall provide the Union with a copy of the Employer’s report of injury or disease (Form 7), when submitting same to the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB), in order to give the Union an opportunity to discuss with the Employer any errors or omissions which may exist. The Employer agrees to provide any return to work plan or any other prescribed information and/or correspondence between the Employer and the WSIB regarding an employee’s WSIB claim to both the Union and the injured worker. (b) An employee who is absent from work as a result of an illness or injury sustained at work, and who has been awaiting approval from WSIB benefits may access their sick time on the fourth (4th) day following injury, by applying to the Employer for payment equivalent to the lesser of the benefit the employee would receive from WSIB, if the claim was approved, or the benefit to which the employee would be entitled to under the Employer’s sickness and accident insurance plan. Payment will be provided only if the employee provides evidence of disability satisfactory to the Employer, and a written undertaking satisfactory to the Employer, that any payment will be refunded to the Employer’s insurance plan, following final determination of the claim by the Workplace Safety & Insurance Board. If the claim for WSIB benefits is not approved, the monies paid as an advance will be applied towards the benefits to which the employee would be entitled under the Employer’s sickness and accident insurance plan. Any payment under this provision will continue for a maximum of fifteen (15) weeks.