Critical Incident Leave. Any employee who, during the performance of their work, is directly involved in an incident of on-duty violence, shall be allowed reasonable time off immediately after the incident to recover from any physical or psychological impairment or disability caused by the action. Directly involved means physically attacked or physically intervening in an attack of a staff member. Such leave shall be charged against any accumulated time the employee has earned. The employee may decide the type of accumulated time against which this leave shall be charged. However, where an employee is receiving compensation through Workers’ Compensation or other victim compensation relief, such charges will be made on a pro-rata basis not to exceed the employee’s regular salary. Any period of time beyond one (1) day necessary for purposes of readjustment shall be determined by the employee’s physician or mental health practitioner. The Employer may require the employee to see a practitioner of the Agency’s choice in order to verify the employee’s practitioner’s opinion.
Critical Incident Leave. (1) As from date of certification of this Agreement, staff members subject to this Agreement will be entitled to a maximum of 3 days paid “Critical Incident Leave” when the staff member has been involved in a critical incident.
Critical Incident Leave. For the purposes of this Article, a traumatic event is a sudden and unexpected event which is considered uncommon with respect to the inherent risks of the occupation and is usually horrific, or has elements of actual or potential violence. Examples of traumatic events include, but are not limited to:
(1) witnessing a fatality or a horrific injury;
(2) being the victim of an armed robbery or hostage-taking;
(3) being subjected to physical violence; and
(4) being subjected to threats of physical violence when there is reason to believe the threat is serious and harmful to self or others (e.g. bomb threat or confronted with a weapon). Critical incident stress defusing shall be provided to employees who have experienced a work-related, traumatic event. The Employer will make best efforts to ensure that employees who have experienced a work related, traumatic event can at their or their manager’s discretion, be relieved of their duties for the remainder of their shift, without loss of pay. Critical incident stress debriefing and appropriate support shall be made available for all employees who require it. Appropriate resources will be made available as soon as possible following the incident. Accessing support will be without loss of pay.
Critical Incident Leave. A critical incident is defined as any event that, in both the employee and department manager’s assessment, has a stressful impact sufficient enough to overwhelm the usually effective coping skills of the employee. Such abrupt, powerful events are ones that fall outside the range of ordinary workplace experiences. Following a critical incident, as defined above, employees are allowed an adequate amount of paid time off during the shift in which the incident arises. The amount of time necessary is to be determined by agreement between the employee and their manager.
Critical Incident Leave. Any employee who, during the performance of their work, is directly involved in an incident of on-duty violence, shall be allowed reasonable time off immediately after the incident to recover from any physical or psychological impairment or disability caused by the action. Directly involved means physically attacked or physically intervening in an attack of a staff member.
Critical Incident Leave. Employees involved in a traumatic incident and/or involved in the debriefing process may be placed on critical incident leave. The length of the critical incident leave shall be determined by the City after consultation with the debriefer, or physician/psychologist concerning their findings and recommendations with respect to the employee's fitness for duty. For purposes of this section, Critical Incident Leave is defined as time off for or reassignment of an employee, without loss of pay or benefits to the employee.
Critical Incident Leave. For the purpose of this Article, a traumatic event is a sudden and unexpected event which is considered uncommon with respect to the inherent risks of the occupation and is usually horrific or has elements of actual or potential violence. Examples of traumatic events include, but are not limited to:
(a) being subjected to physical violence;
(b) being subjected to threats of physical violence when there is reason to believe the threat is serious and harmful to self or others;
(c) loss of a patient or resident after rescue attempts;
(d) witnessing a fatality or horrific injury;
(e) serious or life-threatening injury to oneself or to co-workers;
(f) death or suicide of a co-worker, either in the line-of-duty or other workplace incident;
(g) a near miss that threatens the health and safety of oneself of co-workers;
(h) death of or critical incident involving children;
(i) violence inflicted on oneself or on a co-worker;
(j) violent crime in or near the workplace;
(k) being the victim of an armed robbery or hostage-taking; Critical incident stress defusing shall be provided to employees who have experienced a work-related, traumatic event. The Employer will provide appropriate support through the Employer’s EAP program to employees who have experienced a traumatic event. Such support may include being relieved of their duties for the remainder of their shift, without loss of pay, at the discretion of one of the Directors. For clarity, discretion allows management to determine whether the particular circumstances and employee’s reaction requires being sent home for the remainder of their shift. This takes into account that everybody reacts differently to such situations.
Critical Incident Leave. For the purposes of this article, a traumatic event occurs when an employee is exposed to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or violence in one (or more) of the following ways:
a) directly experiencing the event(s);
b) witnessing, in person, the event(s) as it occurred to others; or
c) experiencing repeated or extreme exposure to details of the traumatic event(s) Examples of traumatic events include, but are not limited to:
a) witnessing a fatality or a horrific injury;
b) responding to or investigating a fatal or horrific injury;
c) being subjected to violence; and
d) being subjected to threats of violence when there is reason to believe the threat is serious and potentially harmful to self or others (for example, bomb threat or confrontation with a weapon). Critical incident stress defusing shall be provided to all employees who have experienced a work-related, traumatic event. Critical incident stress debriefing and appropriate support shall be made available for all employees who require it. Appropriate resources will be made available as soon as possible following the incident. Accessing support will be without loss of pay. The Employer will make best efforts to ensure that employees who have experienced a work-related, traumatic event can, at their or their manager’s discretion, be relieved of their duties for the remainder of their shift, without loss of pay.
Critical Incident Leave. 117.1 The employer will provide support and welfare services to employees who attend a critical incident in the course of his/her duties.
117.2 An employee who, as a result of attending a critical incident, is required to provide a blood sample in accordance with Part 5, Division 2 of the VP Act, may have access to a flexible rostering arrangement for two shifts immediately following the provision of the sample.
117.3 The arrangement referred to in sub-clause 117.2 is intended to facilitate welfare requirements and contact with support services. The arrangement may include absence from the workplace and/or removal from rostered operational duties.
Critical Incident Leave. Any employee who, during the performance of their work, is directly involved in an incident of on-duty violence, shall be allowed reasonable time off immediately after the incident to recover from any physical or psychological impairment or disability caused by the action. Directly involved means physically attacked or physically intervening in an attack of a staff member. Such leave shall be charged against any accumulated time the employee has earned. The employee may decide the type of accumulated time against which this leave shall be charged. However, where an employee is receiving compensation through Workers’ Compensation or other victim compensation relief, such charges will be made on a pro-rata basis not to exceed the employee’s regular salary.
