CASUAL ABSENCE. Department heads shall have discretionary power, when the necessity 29 demands, to grant to employees permission to be absent without loss of salary, parts of a day 30 not exceeding one-half (½ ) day when good reason for such absence exists, provided that this 31 power shall not be construed to confer the right to reduce the established number of working 32 hours per month of the employee, and provided further that in no case shall the work of 33 the department or division be materially retarded by the granting of such absence; and 34 provided further that frequent requests from an employee for such absences, even for short 35 periods, are to be avoided. 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 1 2 3 4 5 A. TRANSFERS. 6
CASUAL ABSENCE. The Company will continue to pay salaried Office and Clerical and Engineering employees for casual absences when such absences are for justifiable and proper reasons, including but not limited to, personal illness, serious illness in the immediate family and other absences normally considered as being unavoidable, and are reasonable in number. The Company has not established a fixed maximum for which an employee will be paid casual absences. The extent to which an employee will be paid for such absences shall be determined on the basis of each individual case. When the Union believes the Company denied payment for an employee's casual absence without sufficient reason, the Union may submit a grievance in the grievance procedure.
CASUAL ABSENCE. Division heads, college presidents, or their designated representatives may grant to employees permission to be absent without loss of salary for parts of a day not exceeding one-half (1/2) day when good reason for such absence exists, provided that this power shall not be construed to mean a right to reduce the established number of working hours per month of the employee; and provided further that in no case shall the work of the department be materially retarded by the granting of such absence.
CASUAL ABSENCE. Absences of a casual nature (five days or less) due to legitimate sickness, injury or extreme emergency, will continue to be paid at full salary to those employees who have qualified for a vacation (two months service). Absence with pay for these reasons will be generally limited to a total of five days hours) in any one year. Emergency situations will be considered to include the following: ⚫ To attend to urgent legal matters. ⚫ Emergent medical or dental appointments. ⚫ Sickness in the family where arrangements must be made for the care of children. ⚫ Other conditions of a like nature to the above. Notification, not later than the day prior, is expected to be given by the employee to their supervisor of the impending necessary absence and the associated reason. Where extreme emergencies prevent prior notification, consideration will be given to each individual case. Normal medical and dental appointments should be arranged for outside working hours and, if not possible, in a manner to provide minimal conflict with the scheduled working day. Casual absence will be calculated in increments of of an hour. During the negotiations, the Company advised the Union that it would adhere to the content of the letter as stated, versus how it was applied in the past. Yours very truly, Xx. Xxxx Chairperson Local April Unit Plant Dear Xx. Xxxx: During negotiations the Union raised the concern of employees remaining on the absence justification listing for an extended period of time. The Company and the Union agreed that the Labour Relations Manager and the Chairperson will jointly conduct an annual review, in January of each year, of the attendance records of those employees on the absence justification program listing to determine whether their attendance has improved to the point which would justify removal from the list. Yours very truly, Manager, Human Resources Street Xx. Xxxx Chairperson Local March Unit Plant Dear Xx. Xxxx:
CASUAL ABSENCE. Absences of a casual nature (five days or less) due to legitimate sickness, injury or extreme emergency, will continue to be paid at full salary to those employees who have qualified for a vacation (two months service). Absence with pay for these reasons will be generally limited to a total of thirty hours and minutes hours) in any one (I) year. Emergency situations will be considered to include the following: ⚫ To attend to urgent legal matters. ⚫ Emergent medical or dental appointments. ⚫ Sickness in the family where arrangements must be made for the care of children. ⚫ Other conditions of a like nature to the above. Notification, not later than the day prior, is expected to be given by the employee to their supervisor of the impending necessary absence and the associated reason. Where extreme emergencies prevent prior notification, consideration will be given to each individual case. Normal medical and dental appointments should be arranged for outside working hours and, if not possible, in a manner to provide minimal conflict with the scheduled working day. Casual absence will be calculated in increments of of an hour. During the negotiations, the Company advised the Union that it would adhere to the content of the letter as stated, versus how it was applied in the past. Yours very truly, Manager, Human Resources Xx. Xxxx Chairperson Local Xx. Xxxx Chairperson Local March 1 Unit Plant Dear Xx. Xxxx: During the negotiations it was agreed by the Company and the Union that the May 1 Cost-of-living calculation be done under the formula in use in the Contract. It was also agreed that beginning with the August calculation of the Cost-of-Living Allowance pursuant to Article the parties shall calculate the monthly Consumer Price Index beginning with the month of April using the Consumer Price Index = for April published (in May by Statistics Canada and each month thereafter during the term of this agreement through the Index for March with one adjustment for each change in the Average Index. In applying the provisions of Article of the new Collective Agreement, the Company shall prepare a notification letter to the Union setting forth the Consumer Price Index for each of the three months that form the basis for an adjustment, and the average of those three months, rounded to the nearest index point. This notification letter will be prepared and sent to the Union after publication of the appropriate Consumer Price Indexes for the third month used for each adjus...
CASUAL ABSENCE. Absences of a casual nature (four (4) days or less) due to legitimate sickness, injury or extreme emergency, will continue to be paid at full salary to those employees who have qualified for a vacation (two (2) months service). Absence with pay for these reasons will be generally limited to a total of thirty hours and minutes (30.5 hours) in any one (1) year. Emergency situations will be considered to include the following: To attend to urgent legal matters. Emergent medical or dental appointments. Sickness in the family where arrangements must be made for the care of children. Other conditions of a like nature to the above. Notification, not later than the day prior, is expected to be given by the employee to their supervisor of the impending necessary absence and the associated reason by completing a “Request to Use Casual form. Where extreme emergencies prevent prior notification, they will be required to complete a “Request to Use Casual Absence” upon their return to work after the absence. Normal medical and dental appointments should be arranged for outside working hours and, if not possible, in a manner to provide minimal conflict with the scheduled working day. Casual absence will be calculated in increments of of an hour. During the negotiations, the Company advised the Union that it would adhere to the content of the letter as stated, versus how it was applied in the past. In any case, if the requested absence does not comply with the conditions of this letter it will not be covered as Casual Absence. Manager, Human Resources Local Hind Chairperson Unit Plant Dear Hind: March During the negotiations it was agreed by the Company and the Union that the May Cost-of-living calculation be done under the formula in use in the Contract. It was also agreed that beginning with the August calculation of the Cost-of-Living Allowance pursuant to Article the parties shall calculate the monthly Consumer Price Index beginning with the month of April using the Consumer Price Index (1 = 100) for April published (in May 1991) by Statistics Canada and each month thereafter during the term of this agreement through the Index for March with one cent adjustment for each change in the Average Index. In applying the provisions of Article of the new Collective Agreement, the Company shall prepare a notification letter to the Union setting forth the Consumer Price Index for each of the three months that form the basis for an adjustment, and the average of those three mont...
CASUAL ABSENCE. Casual absence will be recognized, as up to two days of absence beginning the first day that the employee is absent from work.
