General Leave of Absence a) Leave of absence without pay may be granted to employees for valid reasons as set out by Company policy.
b) An employee on general leave of absence shall not accumulate sick leave credits, or earn vacation but shall retain the seniority, sick leave credits, and vacation credits earned prior to commencing leave of absence.
c) Employees do not have the option of continuing their benefit coverage during the leave.
d) Employees on leave of absence shall be required to apply for any extension.
Personal Leave of Absence The Administrator may grant a request for leave of absence for personal reasons without pay provided that he receives at least one (1) month's clear notice, in writing, unless impossible, and provided that such leave may be arranged without undue inconvenience to the normal operations of the Nursing Home. Employees when applying for such leave shall indicate the proposed date of departure and return. Such leave shall not be unreasonably withheld.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE 14.01 The Company may grant leave of absence without pay and without loss of seniority to an employee for personal reasons. All requests for such leaves of absence shall be in writing and addressed to the General Manager as far in advance as practicable. The General Manager shall reply to such request within seven (7) working days. Approval for such requests shall be subject to operational requirements. If an employee fails to return to work upon termination of an authorized leave of absence unless prior arrangements acceptable to the employee, the Union and the Company have been made for an extension of such leave, it shall leave the employee subject to disciplinary action. If an employee utilizes a leave of absence for purposes other than those for which the leave of absence was granted, the employee shall lose all seniority and his employment shall be deemed to have terminated.
14.02 Leave of absence will be granted to not more than one (1) employee who has been selected by the Union membership as a delegate to attend a Union convention or seminar and to not more than five (5) employees who have attained seniority and who have been selected by the Union to attend meetings on negotiations for a Collective Agreement or renewal thereof.
(a) In the event of a death in the employee’s immediate family, that is husband, wife, son, daughter, father or mother, brother, sister, mother-in-law or father- in-law, grandchild, grandfather, and grandmother, employees who have completed their probationary period shall be entitled to receive four (4) days leave of absence and will be paid their regular rate for each scheduled work day that occurs within such seven (7) day period. The request for such leave must be made at the time of death or as soon as possible thereafter. In addition to the aforementioned leave, where the burial/interment of the deceased is not possible at the time of the death, one (1) additional day’s leave with pay shall be granted to employees to attend the burial/interment so long as the employee is scheduled to work that day.
(b) In order to qualify for the foregoing leave of absence, upon request an employee must supply satisfactory proof of death by way of a doctor’s certificate or newspaper clipping and must promptly notify his or her Department Head.
(c) In the application of this Article, the Company agrees to recognize “common law” relations, as defined by the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, in the same fashion as relations by way of “marriage” are recognized.
14.04 The Company agrees to grant employees pregnancy and/or parental leave, in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act as amended.
14.05 Where an employee is required under summons or subpoena to attend a legal proceeding other than an arbitration, and other than if he is the accused, he shall be permitted to do so without loss of pay or benefits. The amount of wages to be paid by the Company shall be adjusted as required to offset any monies received as compensation by the employee for such attendance and/or services.
ARTICLE LEAVE OF ABSENCE The Employer, may, in its discretion, grant a leave of absence with or without pay to any employee for education personal reasons. Request for leave of absence shall be in writing and submitted to his supervisor who will forward the same to the designated Human Resources representative for approval. An employeeshall not be required to use his accumulated vacation before requesting a leave of absence for non-vacation purposes. The Employer shall grant leaves of absence without pay to up to four (4) employees to attend Union conventions or seminars, provided that: such leave does not unduly interfere with the operation requirements of the Employer; the total leave of absence granted hereunder shall not exceed twenty-five working days per year of the agreement; not more than one (1) employee from any program unit may receive leave hereunder at any one time and; the Union gives fourteen (14) clear notice of such leave to the Employer. Leave of absence due to pregnancy and/or parental leave shall be granted in accordance with the requirements of the Standards Act of Ontario If an employee who has completed his probationary period is required to serve as a juror, he shall not lose his regular pay because of such attendance provided he notifies his supervisor immediately upon notification that he will be required to serve as a juror, presents proof of service and promptly pays to the Employer any amounts paid to him for such service. Employees absent from work for any continuous period of fifteen (15) calendar days or more other than a period of vacation leave or paid sick leave shall not earn vacation or sick leave credits during the period of any such absence and anniversary dates shall be adjusted accordingly except as specified in Article In addition, the Employer shall not be required to contribute to the payment of health and welfare benefits during any such absence. Employees who desire to maintain health and welfare benefits through the Employer must arrange payments of premiums for all such benefits and pay all such premiums through the Employer before commencing any absence. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, it is agreed that the Employer shall maintain health and welfare benefits for employees who are off work on Long Term Disability or Workplace Safety and Insurance Board Benefits for a period of up to one (1) year from the date such employee ceased working for the Employer provided the employee pays his portion of the health and welfare benefits premium. An employee shall be entitled to paternity leave which shall consist of one (1)day with pay and two (2) days without pay.
Medical Leave of Absence Where you have a medical leave of absence due to any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than six months, and you have not returned to employment with the Company or an Affiliate, a Separation from Service has occurred on the earlier of: (A) the first day on which you would not be considered “disabled” under any disability policy of the Company or Affiliate under which you are then receiving a benefit; or (B) the first day on which your medical leave of absence period exceeds 29 months.
Other Leaves of Absence In the event that you are on a bona fide leave of absence, not otherwise described in this definition, from which you have not returned to employment with the Company or an Affiliate, your Separation from Service has occurred on the first day on which your leave of absence period exceeds six months or, if earlier, upon your termination of employment (provided that such termination of employment constitutes a Separation from Service in accordance with the last sentence of the first paragraph of this definition).
Union Leave of Absence An employee on an unpaid Union leave of absence shall have her wages, benefits and seniority continued by the Employer, and the Union agrees to reimburse the Employer for the costs of such wages and benefits. Employees requesting leave under this article will provide the Employer with as much advance notice as possible of the dates of the leave. Where there are less than fifteen (15) regular employees at a workstation at the time the leave request is submitted, and subject to operational requirements, unpaid Union leave of absence will be granted to one employee for the purpose of conducting Union business. This would be an additional person on Union leave at worksites where the position of the Union President or Council member has been backfilled for the duration of their term of office. A leave of absence without pay shall be granted to an employee who is a member of the Union and who is:
A) a Union Council/Board member. Such leave shall be granted for the purpose of attending regular or special meetings of the Council/Board and shall include reasonable travel time.
B) either elected or appointed to represent the Union and/or a region at annual or special conventions of the Union.
C) a member of the Union’s bargaining committee. Such leave (including travelling time) shall be granted to attend preparatory negotiating meetings, to conduct negotiations, and to participate in mediation, industrial inquiry commissioner hearings and arbitrations.
D) selected by the Union or its members as a delegate to attend the Provincial Bargaining Conference.
E) selected by the Union or its members as a delegate to attend regional Bargaining Conference.
