Critical Illness or Injury Leave. Employees may reference the Employment Insurance Act or Service Canada for information in regards to Critical Illness or Injury Leave. Employees shall be eligible for Critical Illness or Injury Leave in accordance with the Employment Standards Act.
Critical Illness or Injury Leave. The leave provision for Critical Illness or Injury will follow the
Critical Illness or Injury Leave. Employees are entitled to up to 36 weeks of unpaid leave to provide care and support to a family member (under 19) whose life is at risk , or up to 16 weeks for a family member (19 or older) whose life is at risk. The leave must be taken in periods of one or more weeks. The definition of family member is as prescribed in the BC Employment Standards Act.
Critical Illness or Injury Leave. An employee will be entitled to unpaid leave to care for a family member whose health has significantly changed due to critical illness or injury.
1) An employee who requests leave under this Article is entitled to the following:
a) up to 16 weeks to provide care or support to a family member who is 19 years of age or older; or,
b) up to 36 weeks to provide care or support to a family member who is under 19 years of age at the start of the leave.
2) The leave must be taken in units of one or more weeks and the employee is entitled to take different periods of leave within 52 weeks of the first day leave is taken. If the life of the family member remains at risk 52 weeks after the first leave began, the employee may take another leave.
3) The Employer reserves the right to request a certificate from a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner. This certificate must set out the length of the leave required; that the leave is needed to attend to the family member whose state of health has changed to the extent the family member’s life is at risk from the illness or injury; and that the family member’s needs can be met by someone who is not a health professional.
Critical Illness or Injury Leave.
a) An employee who requests Critical Illness or Injury Leave is entitled to an unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member if a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner issues a certificate that must:
i) state that the baseline state of health of the family member has significantly changed and the life of the family member is at risk as a result of an illness or injury;
ii) state that the care or support required by the family member can be met by one or more persons who are not medical professionals; and
iii) set out the period for which the family member requires care or support.
b) Critical Illness Leave shall be up to thirty-six (36) weeks of unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member who is under nineteen (19) years of age at the start of the leave and/or up to sixteen (16) weeks of unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member who is nineteen
Critical Illness or Injury Leave. An employee is entitled to critical illness or injury leave of up to 36 weeks of unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member who is under 19 years of age at the start of the leave, or up to 16 weeks for a family member who is 19 years of age or older, in accordance with the Employment Standards Act. Access to benefits will continue and seniority will accrue.
Critical Illness or Injury Leave. (a) Family members means: a member of an employee’s immediate family, as defined in the Employment Standards Act.
(b) An employee who requests leave under this section is entitled to the following unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member if a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner issues a certificate in accordance with subsection (d):
i) Up to 36 weeks of unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member who is under 19 years of age at the start of the leave;
ii) Up to 16 weeks of unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member who is 19 years of age or older.
(c) If a certificate issued in accordance with subsection (d), with respect to a leave under this section, sets out a period for which a family member of an employee requires care or support that is less than the maximum number of weeks specified in subsection (b)(i) or (ii), as applicable, the employee:
i) Is entitled to take the leave only up to the number of weeks indicated in the certificate, and
ii) May, respecting the leave, obtain one or more additional certificates in accordance with subsection (d), but the employee’s entitlement to the leave does not exceed the maximum number of weeks specified in subsection (b)(i) or (ii), as applicable.
(d) A certificate referred to in subsection (b) must:
i) State that the baseline state of health of the family member has significantly changed and the life of the family member is at risk as a result of an illness or injury,
ii) State that the care or support required by the family member can be met by one or more persons who are not medical professionals, and
iii) Set out the period for which the family member requires care or support.
(e) The employee must give the Employer a copy of the certificate referred to in subsection (b) as soon as practicable.
(f) An employee may begin a leave under this section respecting a family member no earlier than the earlier of the following:
i) The first day of the week in which the certificate referred to in subsection (b) respecting the family member is used;
ii) The first day of the week in which the baseline state of health of the family member significantly changes and the life of the family member is at risk as a result of an illness or injury.
(g) A leave under this section ends on the last day of the week in which the earlier of the following occurs:
i) The family member in respect of whom the leave is taken dies;
ii) The expiration of 52 weeks from the date the leave b...
Critical Illness or Injury Leave. (new)
a) up to 36 weeks of unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member who is under 19 years of age at the start of the leave;
b) up to 16 weeks of unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member who is 19 years of age or older.
Critical Illness or Injury Leave. 1. Upon request, the employer shall grant an employee unpaid leave to care for a family member whose health has significantly changed due to illness or injury;
a) up to sixteen (16) weeks to provide care or support to a family member who is 19 years of age or older
b) up to thirty-six (36) weeks to provide care or support to a family member who is under 19 years of age
2. The leave shall be taken in units of one (1) or more weeks. The employee shall be entitled to take different periods of leave within the fifty-two (52) week period first day of leave is taken. If the life of the family member is still at risk after such time, the employee may take another leave.
3. A medical certificate shall be required to substantiate that the purpose of the leave is for providing care or support to a family member whose state of health has changed to the extent the family members life is at risk from the illness or injury.
4. The employee’s benefit plans coverage will continue for the duration of the critical illness or injury leave; The employer shall pay, according to the pension plan regulations, the employer portion of the pension contribution where the employee elects to buy back or contribute to pensionable service for part or all of the duration of the critical injury or illness leave.
5. Seniority shall continue to accrue during the period of the critical illness or injury leave.
6. An employee who returns to work following a leave granted under this article shall be placed in the position the employee held prior to the leave or in a comparable position.
Critical Illness or Injury Leave. An employee is entitled to unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member if a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner issues a certificate in accordance with subsection (4):
(a) up to 36 weeks of unpaid leave to provide care or support to a family member who is under 19 years of age at the start of the leave;
