Common use of ATTENDANCE CREDITS AND SICK LEAVE Clause in Contracts

ATTENDANCE CREDITS AND SICK LEAVE. 31.8.1 Employees who work thirty-six and one-quarter (36 1⁄4) or forty (40) hours per week shall earn attendance credits of one and one-quarter (1 1⁄4) days for each calendar month of full attendance or for each calendar month of leave of absence granted under Article 31.9 (Pregnancy and Parental Leave). Attendance credits may be used for protection purposes only in the event that an employee is unable to attend to his or her official duties by reason of illness or injury. However, accumulated attendance credits earned prior to April 1, 1978 may be transferred to the Classified Service when the appointment to the Classified Service is made from continuous, unbroken, full-time Unclassified Service. 31.8.2 After five (5) days’ absence caused by sickness, no leave with pay shall be allowed unless a certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner is forwarded to the employee’s manager, certifying that the em ployee is unable to attend to his or her official duties. 31.8.3 Notwithstanding Article 31.8.2, where it is suspected that there may be an abuse of sick leave, the employee’s manager may require an employee to submit a medical certificate for a period of absence of less than five (5) days.

ATTENDANCE CREDITS AND SICK LEAVE. 31.8.1 Employees who work thirty-six and one-quarter (36 1⁄41/4) or forty (40) hours per week shall earn attendance credits of one and one-quarter (1 1⁄41/4) days for each calendar month of full attendance or for each calendar month of leave of absence granted under Article 31.9 (Pregnancy and Parental Leave). Attendance credits may be used for protection purposes only in the event that an employee is unable to attend to his or her official duties by reason of illness or injury. However, accumulated attendance credits earned prior to April 1, 1978 may be transferred to the Classified Service when the appointment to the Classified Service is made from continuous, unbroken, full-time Unclassified Service. 31.8.2 After five (5) days’ ' absence caused by sickness, no leave with pay shall be allowed unless a certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner is forwarded to the employee’s managerDeputy Minister of the ministry, certifying that the em ployee employee is unable to attend to his or her official duties. 31.8.3 Notwithstanding Article 31.8.2, where it is suspected that there may be an abuse of sick leave, the employee’s manager Deputy Minister or his or her designee may require an employee to submit a medical certificate for a period of absence of less than five (5) days.

ATTENDANCE CREDITS AND SICK LEAVE. 31.8.1 Employees who work thirty-six and one-quarter (36 1⁄4) or forty (40) hours per week shall earn attendance credits of one and one-quarter (1 1⁄4) days for each calendar month of full attendance or for each calendar month of leave of absence granted under Article 31.9 (Pregnancy and Parental Leave). Attendance credits may be used for protection purposes only in the event that an employee is unable to attend to his or her official duties by reason of illness or injury. However, accumulated attendance credits earned prior to April 1, 1978 may be transferred to the Classified Service when the appointment to the Classified Service is made from continuous, unbroken, full-time Unclassified Service. 31.8.2 After five (5) days’ absence caused by sickness, no leave with pay shall be allowed unless a certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner is forwarded to the employee’s manager, certifying that the em ployee employee is unable to attend to his or her official duties. 31.8.3 Notwithstanding Article 31.8.2, where it is suspected that there may be an abuse of sick leave, the employee’s manager may require an employee to submit a medical certificate for a period of absence of less than five (5) days.