Extended Illness Status Sample Clauses

Extended Illness Status. A. An employee who exhausts his sick leave or who is off work because of illness or injury longer than sixteen (16) days without sick leave pay shall be placed on extended illness status up to a maximum of three (3) years from the first day placed on extended illness status. The employee shall, when placed on extended illness status, file his address with the Company and shall thereafter promptly advise the Company of any change in address. The ACAC will be notified by two (2) copies of a letter stating the employee's name, home address, work location, job title and the date he is placed on extended illness status. B. While on extended illness status, the employee: 1. Shall retain and continue to accrue seniority. 2. May continue insurance coverages according to the provisions of the Company's insurance plan. 3. May be granted free or reduced rate transportation privileges except ▇▇▇▇- tion passes upon request to his supervisor. He may receive an accrued vacation pass if it is requested at the time he is placed on vacation status and paid for his accrued vacation. 4. May be required to submit to physical examinations at Company request or to furnish medical reports of his current physical condition. If the employee is examined by a Company medical examiner or is directed to a specific medical examiner by the Company the cost of the examination will be borne by the Company. If the employee is required to furnish a medical report of his current physical condition and elects to be examined by his own doctor rather than to go to a Company medical examiner, he shall assume the cost of his examination. The Union will be notified of the date of a Company required medical examination if the employee requests the Company to do so in writing. 5. Shall not accrue or be entitled to any other employee benefits, such as vacation accrual, sick leave accrual, holiday pay, et cetera, except that an employee who is off work because of occupational illness or injury will continue to accrue vacation credit. C. If while on extended illness status the employee accepts employment elsewhere without prior approval by the Company and the Union, he shall be deemed to have severed his employee relationship with the Company. D. At least sixty (60) days prior to the end of the employee's extended illness status, the employee's condition shall be reviewed by the Company and further extensions in the period of extended illness status may be granted if circumstances warrant. Thirty (30) d...