Compassionate Leave With Pay. Compassionate leave with pay shall be granted to a nurse upon her request:
i) attending and/or making arrangements for the funeral of the nurse's spouse (common-law / same gender relationship that has been maintained for at least one year included), child, mother, father, brother, sister, legal guardian, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law - up to five (5) days with pay.
ii) attending to serious illness (where loss of life may be involved) in the nurse's immediate family namely: spouse (common-law/same gender relationship that has been maintained for at least one year included), legal guardian, parent, child, brother, sister, parent in law - an aggregate of five (5) days with pay per year. Substantiation of a serious illness shall be furnished by the nurse as requested by the Employer.
iii) attending and/or making arrangements for the funeral of the nurse's sister-in-law, brother-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or spouse’s grandparent - one (1) day with pay. The provision for sister-in-law and brother-in-law shall only apply in cases where there is a current relationship at the time of the death.
iv) Compassionate leave with pay shall be limited to their posted and scheduled hours of work on such days.
v) The Employer may grant additional days for the any of the above leaves without pay at their sole discretion.
Compassionate Leave With Pay. In the event of serious illness, critical accident, sudden critical family matters in the immediate family requiring the employee’s immediate presence, up to two days leave shall be granted providing the employee is regularly scheduled to work at the time of the incident.
Compassionate Leave With Pay. Based on full-time employment during the school year a Long Term Occasional Teacher shall be eligible for Compassionate Leave without loss of pay, or deductions from sick leave credits as follows:
(a) Five (5) consecutive school days, or more at the discretion of the Board, except where spanning a holiday, for the death of a husband, wife, parents or guardian, brother, sister, son or daughter.
(b) Three (3) consecutive school days or more at the discretion of the Board, except where spanning a holiday, for the death of a mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter- in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, of the Long Term Occasional Teacher or the spouse and for the death of the guardian of the spouse.
(c) One (1) school day, or more at the discretion of the Board, to attend the funeral of an uncle, aunt, niece or nephew of the Long Term Occasional Teacher or spouse.
(d) Saturdays and Sundays are not deemed to be holidays in the application of this Article.
Compassionate Leave With Pay. 14.01 For not more than five (5) days per school year, if necessary, because of the critical illness or death of any of the following legal relatives of the Employee or his/her spouse (including common law spouse): Spouse (including common law spouse) Child Parent Grandparent Grandchild Sister Brother Aunt Uncle Niece Nephew Sister-in-law Brother-in-law Daughter-in-law Son-in-law or other relative who is a member of the Employee’s household.
14.02 Where critical illness is not followed by death within thirty (30) days, the Employer may require a medical certificate stating that critical illness was the reason for absence. Such medical certificate may be requested by the Employer within thirty (30) days of their being notified.
Compassionate Leave With Pay. Compassionate leave with pay shall be granted to a nurse upon her request:
i) attending and/or making arrangements for the funeral of the nurse's spouse (common-law / same gender relationship that has been maintained for at least one year included), child, mother, father, brother, sister, legal guardian, grandparent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law - up to five (5) days with pay.
ii) attending to serious illness (where loss of life may be involved) in the nurse's immediate family namely: spouse (common-law/same gender relationship that has been maintained for at least one year included), legal guardian, parent, child, brother, sister, parent in law - an aggregate of five (5) days with pay per year. Substantiation of a serious illness shall be furnished by the nurse as requested by the Employer.
iii) attending and/or making arrangements for the funeral of the nurse's sister-in-law or brother-in-law - one (1) day with pay.
iv) Compassionate leave with pay shall be limited to their posted and scheduled hours of work on such days.
Compassionate Leave With Pay. For not more than five (5) days per school year, if necessary, because of the critical illness or death of any of the following legal relatives of the Employee or spouse (including common law spouse): Spouse (including common law spouse) Child Parent Grandparent Grandchild Sister Brother Aunt Uncle Niece Nephew Sister-in-law Brother-in-law Daughter-in-law Son-in-law or other relative who is a member of the Employee’s household. Where critical illness is not followed by death within thirty (30) days, the Board may require a medical certificate stating that critical illness was the reason for absence. Such medical certificate may be requested by the Board within thirty (30) days of their being notified.
Compassionate Leave With Pay. If, during a period of sick leave or vacation leave, an employee is bereaved in circumstances under which the employee would have been eligible for bereavement leave under this clause, the employee shall be granted compassionate leave and the sick leave or vacation leave credits shall be restored to the extent of any concurrent compassionate leave granted.
