Extended Illness Status (EIS). 1. An employee unable to work due to illness or injury who exhausts the employee’s sick leave will be placed on active no-pay status for 16 days. Thereafter, if the employee remains unable to return to work, the employee will be placed on Extended Illness Status. Subject to the Company’s reasonable accommodation process, an employee’s initial EIS leave may continue for up to (a) 6 years from the first day the employee is placed on EIS leave, or (b) the employee’s length of service (whichever period is shorter). The Company will notify the Union when an employee is placed on EIS.
Extended Illness Status (EIS) a. Upon written application, accompanied by proper written certification from an employee’s doctor confirming the need, employees who are not eligible for Transitional Duty and who have exhausted or elected not to use sick or OJI accruals will be granted Unpaid Medical leaves of absence for illnesses, injuries, or pregnancies that prevent them from working. Unpaid Medical Leaves may not exceed one hundred and twenty (120) days, but are renewable for one hundred and twenty (120) day periods, upon reapplication and re-certification until the employee is able to return to work, to a maximum of the shortest of the period of incapacity, five (5) years, or a period equal to the employee’s length of employment. Once the employee is released without restrictions by his Doctor to perform his normal job functions, he shall be returned to his vacated position. If such position has been filled, he may exercise his seniority. Proof of illness or disability may be required through physician certification.
Extended Illness Status (EIS) 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 five (5) 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 Union 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.
