Advance of Paid Sick Leave Credits. (a) A Nurse who has used her or his accumulated sick leave credits may in extreme and extraordinary circumstances be granted up to thirty-seven point five (37.5) hours of sick leave credits in any twenty-four (24) month period, upon request by the Nurse, when the Nurse is unable to attend work due to personal illness or injury providing that the Nurse is able to satisfactorily establish that the illness or injury prevents the Nurse from working. This benefit applies to a Part-Time Nurse on a pro-rata basis.
(b) This advance of paid sick leave credits may not be granted when the Nurse has suffered a workplace injury for which benefits are payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act.
Advance of Paid Sick Leave Credits. (a) A Nurse who has used her or his accumulated sick leave credits may in extreme and extraordinary circumstances be granted up to thirty-seven point five (37.5) hours of sick leave credits in any twenty-four (24) month period, upon request by the Nurse, when the Nurse is unable to attend work due to personal illness or injury providing that the Nurse is able to satisfactorily establish that the illness or injury prevents the Nurse from working. This benefit applies to a Part-Time Nurse on a pro-rata basis.
(b) This advance of paid sick leave credits may not be granted when the Nurse has suffered a workplace injury for which benefits are payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act.
(c) This advance of paid sick leave credits may not be granted when the Nurse is able to access any accumulation in his or her paid vacation leave credits, paid holiday leave credits, and/or lieu time.
(d) The advanced paid sick leave credits shall be paid back through accumulated sick leave earned upon return to employment by the Nurse.
(e) A Nurse will not be permitted to borrow sick leave credits again until all previously borrowed credits have been repaid in accordance with this Article.
(f) A Nurse who has been granted advanced sick leave credits shall, (upon ceasing to employed) compensate the Employer for advanced sick leave granted which has not been paid back in accordance with this Article, calculated at the Nurse’s daily rate of compensation at the time she or he ceased to be employed, and may be subject to legal proceedings if monies remain outstanding.
(g) The Employer is entitled to withhold any wages or other monetary benefits, including Retirement Allowance, in an amount sufficient to reimburse the Employer the amount owing.
