Common use of INTRODUCTION TO INCOME PROTECTION PLAN Clause in Contracts

INTRODUCTION TO INCOME PROTECTION PLAN. The following Plan is designed to provide the nurse with an income if he/she cannot perform his/her normal duties due to non-occupational illness/injury during both short and long term disabilities. This Plan replaces the Cumulative Sick leave Allowances Program and is not intended to duplicate or replace W.S.I.B. Provision is included under the Short Term Income Protection Plan to "top up" awards from the WSIB from an nurse's cumulative sick leave plan credits to 100% of earnings. A nurse will be paid while he/she is disabled until the earlier of: (a) the nurse returns to work; or (b) the nurse retires, either at the normal retirement age or opts to retire early; or (c) the nurse exhausts his/her entitlements under either of the plans; or (d) the nurse dies.