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. b. While on extended illness status, the employee: i. Shall retain and continue to accrue seniority. ii. May continue insurance coverages according to the provisions of the Company's insurance plan and this Section 10-E-2 for a maximum of twenty-four (24) months after being placed on EIS; provided, however, that an employee who, in compliance with Article XV of the 2005-2009 United-IBT Mechanics and Related Agreement, is already on approved EIS as of the effective date of the New Agreement shall thereafter be eligible to continue insurance coverages during that EIS according to the provisions of the Company's insurance plan and this Section 10-E-2 for a maximum of thirty-six (36) months after being placed on that EIS. iii. May be granted free or reduced rate transportation privileges except vacation 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. iv. 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. v. 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) days before the end of the employee's extended illness status, the Company shall notify the employee and the Local Committee of its decision to extend the employee's extended illness status or to separate the employee. Separation by termination of the employee's extended illness status shall be automatic and the Company shall not be required to follow the procedures specified in the Disciplinary Action Article of the Agreement. i. If the Company grants an extension of the period of extended illness status, the extension will be confirmed by letter to the Union indicating the length of the extension and the reason(s)
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
