Common use of ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS Clause in Contracts

ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS. The employees off duty as a result of an accident or occupational illness incurred the of their duty shall be provided with free hospitalization and medical care and full salary during such period off duty up to but not exceeding six months from the date of the accident or the commencement of the occupational illness. Provided however, that nothing herein contained shall in any way limit the rights of the employees under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, or any other Act, Regulation or By- law passed by any body with competent jurisdiction for the protection or benefit of the employees. Provided however, in no case shall the total sums paid to and received by an employee, exclusive of hospitalization and medical care, exceed full salary of the employee, for the period such employee was off duty. While an employee is on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits for up to six (6) months, the Employer will deduct from the employee's sick pay bank, when available, day for each day on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits that the employee would have been required to work by normal scheduling, and pay the employee an amount equal to the difference paid by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the employee's regular pay. Employees on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits for a period longer than six (6) months shall, so long as they have sick day credits, have their Workplace Safety and Insurance payment supplemented by the Corporation to the extent of day sick pay for each day they would have been required to work by normal scheduling. Any payments under this clause shall cease upon any settlement of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Employees will be granted one and one half (1 days per month sick leave with unlimited accumulation (18 days per year). An employee claiming sick leave shall report to the office of the Fire Chief as early as possible on the day which the sick leave is claimed. When an employee has been informed by their physician that their illness shall extend over a period of time, the employee shall report full facts of their illness to the Chief as early as possible and shall not be required to report again until the employee is prepared to return to work. Employees absent for three or more days may be required to present a Doctor's Certificate, upon returning to work, to their immediate Supervisor. The Employer reserves the right to request a Doctor's Certificate at any time where sick pay is claimed. Any employee of the Fire Department who sustains an injury on or off the job shall present a Doctor's Certificate upon returning to duty stating that the employee is capable of performing their normal duties. Upon retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department, whether normal retirement, retirement due to health or release from employment due to accident or prolonged sickness, the employee will receive one half of their accumulated sick pay, not to exceed six months' salary at the current rate. In the event of death while in the employ of the Employer fifty percent (50%)of the employee's accumulated sick pay, not to exceed six (6) months pay, shall be paid to the employee's executors or administrators, and shall form part of the employee's estate. Days from sick leave credits will apply to working days only. The Employer shall assume of the cost of the premiums of the following health coverage benefits: A major medical and drug plan. Effective January the plan shall include f u l l coverage for active employees. Effective December the plan shall be amended to provide for no lifetime maximum. Drug Formulary Semi Private coverage after four (4) days of hospitalization per calendar year, The Blue Cross dental plan or equivalent. The schedule of fees is to be updated one year behind the contract. Rider and Rider Orthodontia co-insurance, combined lifetime maximum. Rider co-insurance, annual maximum. Dental recalls nine months for adults, six months for children. Group Life Insurance to Age The amount is equal to two (2) times the employee's annual salary as listed in Article salary scale to the nearest above. Employees on a waiver of premium benefit are covered for Group Life Insurance equal to two times the employee's annual salary as at the employee's last day of paid sick leave, to the nearest above. Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance equal to two (2) times the employee's salary. Long Term Disability Insurance equal to of salary up to age sixty to become effective after the expiration of sick day credits and the fifteen week disability Unemployment Insurance allocation. Should the fifteen (15) week period be altered, then the effective date should coincide with the altered benefits. A vision care package of per eligible member for each four (24) month period with a prescription change, for each (48) month period without a prescription change and maximum of allowance for contact lenses as prescribed by the plan. If an employee retires at age or takes the Factor option or an unreduced pension, the Employer agrees to provide dental and a major medical plan, as well as a drug plan up to age It is also agreed to provide a life insurance policy.

ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS. The employees off duty Sick leave provisions are as a result of an accident or occupational illness incurred the of their duty provided in this Collective Agreement. Prior to January each permanent employee shall be provided eligible to a credit one and one-half days sick leave for each month of service with free hospitalization and medical care and the Corporation, such credit to be cumulative. Each employee, after acquiring seniority shall be eligible to receive sick leave, at full salary during or wage rate, for any time lost by illness to the full extent of sick leave credits accumulated before January available at the time of such period off duty up absence. Prior to January re-employed personnel of the Armed Forces shall receive the same sick leave credit for the time spent in the forces as they would have received had they remained with the Corporation. An employee with a date of commencement of employment prior to January who is, at the time of his retirement, actively engaged at his duties or absent on authorized leave, shall be entitled to receive a sick leave gratuity on one, but not exceeding six months from both, of the following bases: On the date of retirement, he may be granted a sick leave gratuity in cash equal to his salary, wages or other remuneration for one-half the accident number of days standing to his credit and in any event not in excess of the amount of one half year’s earnings at the rate received by him immediately prior to termination of employment; or With the consent of the Fire Chief, in lieu of the sick leave gratuity which would otherwise be paid in cash in accordance with the foregoing, such employee may be granted retirement leave with full pay for a period equal to one half the number of days standing to his credit and in any event, not in excess of a period of six months. The employee shall give at least three months notice of desire to so use the credit, and the consent of the Fire Chief shall not then be unreasonably withheld. Such leave shall be completed as of the date of normal retirement. Deductions from accumulated sick leave credits of an employee shall only be made in respect of periods of duty for which the employee would normally be required or scheduled to work, if not on sick leave. In the event of the decease of any employee with a date of commencement of employment prior to January or the commencement termination of his employment with the occupational illness. Provided howeverEmployer, that nothing herein contained shall in any way limit after eight (8) years of service with the rights of the employees under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, or any other Act, Regulation or By- law passed by any body with competent jurisdiction for the protection or benefit of the employees. Provided however, in no case shall the total sums paid to and received by an employee, exclusive of hospitalization and medical care, exceed full salary of the employee, for the period such employee was off duty. While an employee is on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits for up to six (6) monthsEmployer, the Employer will deduct from the employee's sick shall pay bank, when available, day for each day on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits that to the employee would have been required to work by normal scheduling, and pay the employee (or estate) an amount equal to the difference paid by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the employee's regular pay. Employees on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits for a period longer than six (6) months shall, so long as they have sick day credits, have their Workplace Safety and Insurance payment supplemented by the Corporation to the extent of day sick pay for each day they would have been required to work by normal scheduling. Any payments under this clause shall cease upon any settlement of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Employees will be granted one and one employee for one-half (1 the number of days per month of sick leave with unlimited accumulation (18 days per year). An employee claiming sick leave shall report standing to his credit at the office time of the Fire Chief as early as possible on the day which the sick leave is claimed. When an employee has been informed by their physician that their illness shall extend over a period such decease or termination of timeemployment, the employee shall report full facts of their illness to the Chief as early as possible and shall not be required to report again until the employee is prepared to return to work. Employees absent for three or more days may be required to present a Doctor's Certificate, upon returning to work, to their immediate Supervisor. The Employer reserves the right to request a Doctor's Certificate at any time where sick pay is claimed. Any employee of the Fire Department who sustains an injury on or off the job shall present a Doctor's Certificate upon returning to duty stating that the employee is capable of performing their normal duties. Upon retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department, whether normal retirement, retirement due to health or release from employment due to accident or prolonged sickness, the employee will receive one half of their accumulated sick pay, such amount not to exceed six months' salary one-half year’s earnings at the current rate. In the event of death while in the employ of the Employer fifty percent (50%)of the employee's accumulated sick pay, not to exceed six (6) months pay, shall be paid to the employee's executors or administrators, and shall form part of the employee's estate. Days from sick leave credits will apply to working days only. The Employer shall assume of the cost of the premiums of the following health coverage benefits: A major medical and drug plan. Effective January the plan shall include f u l l coverage for active employees. Effective December the plan shall be amended to provide for no lifetime maximum. Drug Formulary Semi Private coverage after four (4) days of hospitalization per calendar year, The Blue Cross dental plan or equivalent. The schedule of fees is to be updated one year behind the contract. Rider and Rider Orthodontia co-insurance, combined lifetime maximum. Rider co-insurance, annual maximum. Dental recalls nine months for adults, six months for children. Group Life Insurance to Age The amount is equal to two (2) times the employee's annual salary as listed in Article salary scale to the nearest above. Employees on a waiver of premium benefit are covered for Group Life Insurance equal to two times the employee's annual salary as at the employee's last day of paid sick leave, to the nearest above. Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance equal to two (2) times the employee's salary. Long Term Disability Insurance equal to of salary up to age sixty to become effective after the expiration of sick day credits and the fifteen week disability Unemployment Insurance allocation. Should the fifteen (15) week period be altered, then the effective date should coincide with the altered benefits. A vision care package of per eligible member for each four (24) month period with a prescription change, for each (48) month period without a prescription change and maximum of allowance for contact lenses as prescribed rate received by the plan. If an employee retires at age prior to termination of employment or takes the Factor option or an unreduced pension, the Employer agrees to provide dental and a major medical plan, as well as a drug plan up to age It is also agreed to provide a life insurance policydecease.

ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS. The employees off duty as a result of an accident or occupational illness incurred in the performance of their duty shall be provided with free hospitalization and medical care and full salary during such period off duty up to but not exceeding six months from the date of the accident or the commencement of the occupational illness. Provided however, that nothing herein contained shall in any way limit the rights of the employees under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, or any other Act, Regulation or By- By-law passed by any body with competent jurisdiction competentjurisdiction for the protection or benefit of the employees. Provided however, in no case shall the total sums paid to and received by an employee, exclusive of hospitalization and medical care, exceed full salary of the employee, for the period such employee was off duty. While an employee is on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits for up to six (6) months, the Employer will deduct from the employee's sick pay bank, when available, day for each day on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits that the employee would have been required to work by normal scheduling, and pay the employee an amount equal to the difference paid by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the employee's regular pay. Employees on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits for a period longer than six (6) months shall, so long as they have sick day credits, have their Workplace Safety and Insurance payment supplemented by the Corporation to the extent of day sick pay for each day they would have been required to work by normal scheduling. Any payments under this clause shall cease upon any settlement of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Employees will be granted one and one half (1 days per month sick leave with unlimited accumulation (18 days per year). An employee claiming sick leave shall report to the office of the Fire Chief as early as possible on the day which the sick leave is claimed. When an employee has been informed by their physician that their illness shall extend over a period of time, the employee shall report full facts of their illness to the Chief as early as possible and shall not be required to report again until the employee is prepared to return to work. Employees absent for three or more days may be required to present a Doctor's Certificate, upon returning to work, to their immediate Supervisor. The Employer reserves the right to request a Doctor's Certificate at any time where sick pay is claimed. , Any employee of the Fire Department who sustains an injury on or off the job shall present a Doctor's Certificate upon returning to duty stating that the employee is capable of performing their normal duties. Upon retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department, whether normal retirement, retirement due to health or release from employment due to accident or prolonged sickness, the employee will receive one half of their accumulated sick pay, not to exceed six months' salary at the current rate. In the event of death while in the employ of the Employer fifty percent (50%)of of the employee's accumulated sick pay, not to exceed six (6) months pay, shall be paid to the employee's executors or administrators, and shall form part of the employee's estate. Days from deducted sick leave credits will apply to working days only. The Employer shall assume of the cost of the premiums of the following health coverage benefits: A major medical and drug plan. Effective January the plan shall include f u l l coverage for active employees. Effective December the plan shall be amended to provide for no lifetime maximum. Drug Formulary Semi Private coverage after four (4) days of hospitalization per calendar year, The Blue Cross dental plan or equivalent. The schedule of fees is to be updated one year behind the contract. Rider and Rider Orthodontia co-insurance, combined lifetime maximum. Rider co-insurance, annual maximum. Dental recalls nine months for adults, six months for children. Group Life Insurance to Age The amount is equal to two (2) times the employee's annual salary as listed in Article salary scale to the nearest above. Employees on a waiver of premium benefit are covered for Group Life Insurance equal to two times the employee's annual salary as at the employee's last day of paid sick leave, to the nearest above. Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance equal to two (2) times the employee's salary. Long Term Disability Insurance equal to of salary up to age sixty to become effective after the expiration of sick day credits and the fifteen week disability Unemployment Insurance allocation. Should the fifteen (15) week period be altered, then the effective date should coincide with the altered benefits. A vision care package of per eligible member for each four (24) month period with a prescription change, for each (48) month period without a prescription change and maximum of allowance for contact lenses as prescribed by the plan. If an employee retires at age or takes the Factor option or an unreduced pension, the Employer agrees to provide dental and a major medical plan, as well as a drug plan up to age It is also agreed to provide a life insurance policy.:

ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS. The employees off duty as a result of an accident or occupational illness incurred the of their duty A Fire Fighter shall be provided with free hospitalization and medical care and full salary during such period off duty up entitled to but not exceeding six months from eighteen (18) days sick leave per year. During the date of the accident or the commencement of the occupational illness. Provided however, that nothing herein contained shall in any way limit the rights of the employees under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, or any other Act, Regulation or By- law passed by any body with competent jurisdiction for the protection or benefit of the employees. Provided however, in no case shall the total sums paid to and received by an employee, exclusive of hospitalization and medical care, exceed full salary of the employee, for the period such employee was off duty. While an employee is on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits for up to six (6) months, the Employer will deduct from the employee's sick pay bank, when available, day for each day on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits that the employee would have been required to work by normal scheduling, and pay the employee an amount equal to the difference paid by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board and the employee's regular pay. Employees on Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits for a period longer than first six (6) months shall, so long as they have of a Fire Fighter's probationary period he shall be entitled to one and one-half (I days sick day credits, have their Workplace Safety and Insurance payment supplemented by the Corporation to the extent of day sick pay leave for each day they would have been required to work by normal schedulingcomplete calendar month that he works. Any payments under this clause shall cease upon any settlement Upon completion of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Employees will be granted one and one half (1 days per month sick leave with unlimited accumulation (18 days per year). An employee claiming sick leave shall report to the office of the Fire Chief as early as possible on the day which the sick leave is claimed. When an employee has been informed by their physician that their illness shall extend over a period of time, the employee shall report full facts of their illness to the Chief as early as possible and shall not be required to report again until the employee is prepared to return to work. Employees absent for three or more days may be required to present a Doctor's Certificate, upon returning to work, to their immediate Supervisor. The Employer reserves the right to request a Doctor's Certificate at any time where sick pay is claimed. Any employee of the Fire Department who sustains an injury on or off the job shall present a Doctor's Certificate upon returning to duty stating that the employee is capable of performing their normal duties. Upon retirement from the Cambridge Fire Department, whether normal retirement, retirement due to health or release from employment due to accident or prolonged sickness, the employee will receive one half of their accumulated sick pay, not to exceed six months' salary at the current rate. In the event of death while in the employ of the Employer fifty percent (50%)of the employee's accumulated sick pay, not to exceed first six (6) months payof his probationary period, he shall have credited to his sick leave account one and one-half days (1 days for each remaining complete calendar month in that year. Unused sick leave, may be accumulated to a maximum of eighteen (18) days per year. It is further understood that there shall be paid no limit to the employee's executors total number of days a Fire Fighter may accumulate over the years. A Fire Fighter may utilize sick leave allowance for absence from employment: caused by personal illness or administratorsphysical incapacity caused by factors over which the Fire Fighter has no reasonable or immediate control, and provided a Fire Fighter in receipt of an award under the Workers' Compensation Act shall form part be excluded from utilizing sick leave allowance, other than as provided for under Section caused by exposure to contagious disease that in the opinion of the employee's estateMedical Officer of Health might endanger the health of other employees by his attendance on duty. Days from sick leave credits will apply to working days only. The Employer shall assume of the cost of the premiums of the following health coverage benefits: A major medical and drug plan. Effective January the plan shall include f u l l coverage for active employees. Effective December the plan each full shift lost by a Fire Fighter shall be amended to provide for no lifetime maximumconsidered as one day. Drug Formulary Semi Private coverage after If four (424) days of hospitalization per calendar year, The Blue Cross dental plan or equivalent. The schedule of fees is to hour shifts are worked then (24) hours should be updated one year behind the contract. Rider and Rider Orthodontia co-insurance, combined lifetime maximum. Rider co-insurance, annual maximum. Dental recalls nine months for adults, six months for children. Group Life Insurance to Age The amount is equal to considered two (2) times days. Notwithstanding the employee's annual salary as listed in Article salary scale provisions of this Article, sick leave benefits will not be paid to an employee who is absent due to an injury suffered while gainfully employed by any business enterprise which is liable for payments to the nearest Worker's Compensation Board. Payments from cumulative sick leave credits shall be subject to the following conditions: Unless other arrangements have been made a Fire Fighter shall, on each day of illness report, or cause to report such illness to the Fire Chief or his representative. He may be required to produce a signed certificate or certificates from a qualified medical practitioner for any such absence stating he is or has been under his care and is not fit to return to duty. Where a Fire fighter is returning to work after sick leave for three (3) days or longer, he shall produce a certificate from a qualified medical practitioner certifying that he has been under his care and is now fit to return to duty. In the event a Fire Fighter fails to report or fails to file a doctor's certificate as outlined above, he shall not be entitled to any sick leave benefits as provided herein, unless in the opinion of the Fire Chief there was reasonable justification for the Fire Fighter's failure to file the said certificate. Employees A Fire Fighter who is absent due to illness or who is returning to duty after an illness shall give notice to the Chief or his representative as soon as practicable. Under normal circumstances a Fire Fighter shall give at least one (1) hour’s notice in each case if he is working a day shift, and at least three (3) hours’ notice if on a waiver of premium benefit are covered for Group Life Insurance equal to two times the employee's annual salary as at the employee's last day of paid sick leave, to the nearest above. Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance equal to two (2) times the employee's salary. Long Term Disability Insurance equal to of salary up to age sixty to become effective after the expiration of sick day credits and the fifteen week disability Unemployment Insurance allocation. Should the fifteen (15) week period be altered, then the effective date should coincide with the altered benefits. A vision care package of per eligible member for each four (24) month period with a prescription change, for each (48) month period without a prescription change and maximum of allowance for contact lenses as prescribed by the plan. If an employee retires at age or takes the Factor option or an unreduced pension, the Employer agrees to provide dental and a major medical plan, as well as a drug plan up to age It is also agreed to provide a life insurance policynight shift.