Common use of LEAVE ABSENCE Clause in Contracts

LEAVE ABSENCE. When the requirements of the Employer's operations permit, and there is no vacation entitlement, any regular employee upon written application to the Employer with a copy of said application to the Union, may, if approved by the Employer, be granted an unpaid leave of absence, in writing (with a copy to the Union) for a period of up to thirty (30) calendar days. Following consideration by the Employer, approval or rejection is to be given in writing, with a copy to the Union within thirty (30) calendar days and if approved, such approval may not be withdrawn except by mutual consent of the employee and the Employer. Such leave may be extended for an additional period of thirty (30) days when approved by both the Employer and the Union (in writing) and seniority will accrue during such extension. Any employee on leave of absence engaged in gainful employment without prior written permission from both the Employer and the Union shall forfeit his seniority and his name will be stricken from the seniority list and he will no longer be considered as an employee of the Company. An employee's request for leave of absence for compassionate reasons shall not be unreasonably denied, but he may be required by the Employer to substantiate the reason before returning to work. Any violation will be subject to disciplinary action. Subject to Article an employee on leave of absence who wishes to retain protection under the Health and Welfare clause of the Agreement (excluding Weekly Indemnity) must make arrangements with the Employer to continue with the payment required and must deposit with the Employer sufficient funds to cover the premiums while on leave of absence, said amount to be left with the Employer prior to the commencement of leave of absence. Retention of protection under this section is subject to the insurer's agreement that an employee on leave of absence will be covered if the appropriate premiums are tendered to cover the leave of absence. An employee who has been elected or appointed to work for the Local Union will be granted a leave of absence by the Employer and the employee may retain seniority to a maximum of one (1) year.

LEAVE ABSENCE. When employee who has completed his (her) probationary period may request a leave of absence good and reason,.. His request (including the requirements reasons) be least thirty days before the intended starting date of the Employer's operations permitleave and shall include the starting date and the return date, and there is no vacation entitlementSubject to operational requirements, any regular employee upon written application to the Employer with may grant such o leave of absence for a copy maximum period of said application one year. Should the employee wish to the Union, may, if approved by the Employer, be granted an unpaid extend leave of absence, in writing (with it shall be considered as a copy new request and the employee follow the same procedure, Such leave or extension there of shall not be denied without xxxx and reason, Requests for such shall a basis, Should two or more employees request such leave at the same priority shall be to the Union) for a period of up employee with most seniority, , An who wishes to thirty (30) calendar days. Following consideration by the Employer, approval or rejection is to be given in writing, with a copy to the Union within thirty indicated in his (30her) request may do so if the Employer permits it. The Employer shalt not permission unreasonably, any case, employee must give at least calendar days and if approvedadvance notice, such approval may not be withdrawn except by mutual consent of the employee and the Employer. Such leave may be extended for an additional period of thirty (30) days when approved by both the Employer and the Union (in writing) and seniority will accrue during such extension. Any employee While on leave of absence engaged in gainful employment without prior written permission from both the Employer and the Union shall forfeit his seniority and his name will be stricken from the seniority list and he will no longer be considered as pay, an employee accumulates seniority as provided for in articles and During such absence, an employee is not covered by the terms of this collective agreement except as provided for ‘in articles and Except as may be agreed, employees on absence without pay do not enjoy under this Agreement. may, however, provided pay the Company. An employee's request entire cost, continue to participate in the employee described I in article subject to the limitations imposed by such plans, The company will provide the employee taking such leave with pertinent information as to consequences for benefits, The Employer shall, on the expiration of any such leave of absence without pay, reinstate the employee in position that he (she) occupied when the leave of absence from commenced+ Subject to Articles and for compassionate reasons any valid reason the Employer cannot reinstate an employee in the referred to in paragraph the Employer shall reinstate the employee in a comparable position with the same wages and and in the same . St St NOTE FUNCTION WILL SE ABOLISHED WHEN THE CURRENT INCUMBENT JOB St St St All employees at the signing of this agreement will be slotted in accordance with Appendix For all permanent employees in the employ of the Employer at the official signing of this agreement shall receive of their basic salary as of December or Iwo thousand two hundred dollars whichever is greater. This amount will be pro-rated to the employee’s period of employment during amount may be a salary increase, lump sum payment or a combination of both.) During the year all permanent employees shall receive two thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars or of their December rate, pro-rated over the year, whichever is greater. amount may be a salary increase, lump sum payment or a combination of both,) Employees whose slotted salary is within the scale at the beginning of the year, the increase shall be based on the scale only, During the year all permanent employees shall receive two thousand four hundred and seventy-two dollars or of their December 3 rate, pro-rated over the year, whichever is greater, amount may be a salary increase, lump sum payment or a combination of both.) Employees whose slotted salary is within the scale at the beginning of the year, the increase shall be based on the scale When an employee’s actual salary exceeds the maximum of grade, rate Shall unchanged until such time as the salary scale reaches the employee’s actual rate, When the salary schedule defined in Article matches the employee’s bi- weekly rate as determined on December such employee shall according to the new salary schedule. However, if the salary schedule defined in article exceeds the employee’s rate as determined on December such employee shall be paid the difference between their actual rate as pro-rated over the remainder of the calendar year and the lump sum as provided for in If the annual lump sum determined at the of a calendar year is or less, it shall be paid In total at the nearest pay Otherwise, this sum shall be into equal parts and each part shall be added to the employee’s bi- weekly In either case, lump sum payments shall not be unreasonably denieddeemed to be part of the employee’s actual base rate. Progression through the salary scale within each grade as defined in Article shall automatically occur on the employee’s annual anniversary date of appointment or promotion to the salary grade, but he may Any contractual increases shall be required made retroactive to the start of the pay period if it falls during the first seven days of that pay period and shall be effective at the start of the next pay period if it falls during the last seven day period, In all other cases, the adjustment in salaries will be effective at the start of the pay following that in which the change falls due. Excepting lay-offs and day-to-day reassignments, should an employee be reclassified to a job, the salary grade of which is lower than that of current job, rate shall remain unaltered except that it shall not exceed the maximum of the grade into which is Where an employee’s salary exceeds the maximum of the grade in which job is classified, the Employer shall have the right to reclassify the employee into another job within the bargaining unit for which is qualified, the salary grade of which is more in keeping with salary. Payment of salary cheques shall be made on alternate Fridays before noon and shall cover the ending on the Monday at Payment of overtime shall be made at the same time as the regular salary pay and shall cover the two week period covered by the Employer to substantiate the reason before returning to work. Any violation will be subject to disciplinary action. Subject to Article an employee on leave of absence who wishes to retain protection under the Health and Welfare clause of the Agreement (excluding Weekly Indemnity) must make arrangements with the Employer to continue with the payment required and must deposit with the Employer sufficient funds to cover the premiums while on leave of absence, said amount to be left with the Employer prior to the commencement of leave of absence. Retention of protection under this section is subject to the insurer's agreement that an employee on leave of absence will be covered if the appropriate premiums are tendered to cover the leave of absence. An employee who has been elected or appointed to work for the Local Union will be granted a leave of absence by the Employer and the employee may retain seniority to a maximum of one (1) year.salary pay cheque,

LEAVE ABSENCE. When the requirements Elected members of the Employer's operations permitBoard of Directors of the Association shall, and there is no vacation entitlement, any regular employee upon on at least two weeks written application to the Employer with a copy of said application to the Union, may, if approved by the Employernotice, be granted an unpaid leave of absence from duties for their term of office. During the tenure of their leaves of absence, in writing (with a copy to the Union) for a period of up to thirty (30) calendar days. Following consideration such members shall be paid by the Employer, approval or rejection is to be given in writing, with a copy to the Union within thirty (30) calendar days Association and if approved, such approval may not be withdrawn except by mutual consent of the employee and the Employer. Such leave may be extended for an additional period of thirty (30) days when approved by both the Employer and the Union (in writing) and seniority will accrue during such extension. Any employee on leave of absence engaged in gainful employment without prior written permission from both the Employer and the Union shall forfeit his seniority and his name will be stricken from the seniority list and he will no longer be considered as an employee of the Company. An employee's request for leave of absence for compassionate reasons shall not be unreasonably denied, but he may be required paid by the Employer Board. The Association shall be responsible for all source deductions and remittance in respect of such members except as set out herein. The Board shall continue to substantiate the reason before returning provide welfare and group insurance benefits in respect to work. Any violation will be subject to disciplinary action. Subject to Article an employee on leave of absence who wishes to retain protection under the Health and Welfare clause of the Agreement (excluding Weekly Indemnity) must make arrangements with the Employer to continue with the payment required and must deposit with the Employer sufficient funds to cover the premiums while on leave of absence, said amount to be left with the Employer prior to the commencement of leave of absence. Retention of protection under this section is subject to the insurer's agreement that an employee on leave of absence will be covered if the appropriate premiums are tendered to cover such members as though they had not been granted the leave of absence. An employee who has been elected The Association shall remit required pension contributions (member and employer) on a monthly basis to the Board which shall promptly remit same to the applicable pension plans, provided, however, that the Board shall be indemnified by the Association in respect of any loss or appointed expense incurred by the Board as a result of the Association’s calculation of the required pension contributions or the Association’s failure to work for remit the Local Union correct amounts in a timely fashion to the Board. The Association will be granted a reimburse the Board the full cost of non-pension benefits provided by the Board during such leave of absence for such members. No more than eight members of the Force may be on leave of absence at any one time. The Association agrees to release the Board and the Chief of Police any and all liability with respect to any acts performed by, or omission of, a member in the performance of duties on behalf of the Association during such leave of absence. Upon completion of an elected Director’s term of office, the member, on at least weeks’ written notice, shall be returned to the first vacancy which is qualified to perform in the member’s former position or in a comparable position, but if no such vacancy is available, to such other vacancy in a position as determined by the Employer as being suitable. If the member is returned to a lower pay class than formerly held, the Board shall maintain the pay of former position, provided that, notwithstanding other provisions in this Agreement the Board may at any time transfer or promote such member to a vacancy in former or higher pay class. Subject to the requirements of the service which cannot be foreseen or planned in advance, the Board shall allow the Directors Stewards of the Association sufficient time off duty, without pay, to attend local, Provincial, National or International Police Association meetings or other authorized Association business. Such time off shall only be granted with the permission of the Chief of Police upon written request by the President of the Association. Subject to the requirements of the service, a Unit Commander shall permit a member holding the position of Xxxxxxx in the Association lieu time off on a tour of duty to attend Association meeting. On request to the Unit Commander, leave of absence shall be granted to a member because of the death and attendance at the employee may retain seniority funeral of Time so lost, during the four calendar days immediately following such death, from the member's regular schedule shall be compensated at the member's regular rate of pay up to a of four days (32 hours for hour workers, hours for hour workers). of the member. Time so lost, during the three calendar days immediately following such death, from the member's regular schedule shall be compensated at the member's regular rate of pay up to a maximum of three days (24 hours for hour workers, hours for hour workers). Days off are not to be altered to form part of the three days mentioned above. For the purpose of this Clause a member who is a step-parent, step-child or step-sibling of a deceased will be considered for such leave where it is established that there is a continuing close personal relationship. In lieu of the above, in the case of the death of a member's father, mother, child, spouse, brother, sister, mother law or father in law, should the member be unable to the funeral because of the distance to be travelled or other just cause, such member on request to Unit Commander shall be granted one (1) yearday off with pay for the purpose of mourning the death. Where a member was not brought up by his natural or adoptive parents or step-parents but was brought up by one or two other adults, a member will be considered for leave under this clause in the event of death of such adult where it is established there is a continuing close relationship. In this Article, the word 'spouse' shall mean the person designated by the member, in accordance with the contract with the insurer as spouse for purposes of health care benefits. Similarly, for the purposes of this Article, in-Jaw relationships are to be founded upon spousal relationships as defined in this paragraph.

LEAVE ABSENCE. When the requirements of requirementsof the EmployerCompany's operations services will permit, and there is no vacation entitlementany employee hereunder, any regular employee upon written application to the Employer Company, with a copy of said application to the Union, may, if approved by the Employer, Company be granted an unpaid a leave of absence, in writing (with a copy to the Union) , for a period of up to thirty (30) calendar days. Following consideration by the EmployerUnder such leave, approval or rejection is to be given in writing, with a copy to the Union within thirty (30) calendar days and if approved, such approval may not be withdrawn except by mutual consent of the employee shall retain and the Employeraccrue seniority only. Such leave may be extended for an additional period of thirty (30) calendar days when approved by both the Employer Company and the Union (Union, in writing) , and seniority will accrue during such extension. Any employee hereunder on leave of absence engaged in gainful employment employment, without prior written permission from both the Employer Company and the Union Union, shall forfeit his seniority and rights, his name will be stricken from the seniority list list, and he will no longer be considered as an employee of the Company. An employee's request for employee requesting a leave of absence for compassionate reasons shall not will be unreasonably deniedgiven special consideration, but he and may be required by the Employer to substantiate the reason for such leave before returning to work. Any violation of this provision will be subject to disciplinary action. Subject The Company shall allow time off without pay to Article any employee who is serving on a Union Committee, or as a delegate, providing all requests for time off are reasonable, and do not interfere with the proper operation of the business, and provided (48) hours written notice is given to the Company by the Union, specifying the length of off. An employee shall be entitled to a child care leave in accordance with the Canada Labour Code Part When an employee on within the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement receives a leave of absence, in writing with a copy to the Union, to take a position within the Company which is beyond the sphere of the bargaining unit, he may retain his seniority for a maximum of ninety (90) calendar days within the former unit. Employees who have been granted such leave of absence who wishes to retain protection under must remain a member of the Union, and be covered by the Health and Welfare clause Plan provided in this Agreement, for the duration of the Agreement (excluding Weekly Indemnity) must make arrangements with the Employer to continue with the payment required and must deposit with the Employer sufficient funds to cover the premiums while on such leave. When an employee receives such leave of absence, said amount notice be posted on the terminal bulletin board advising the effective dates of such leave. At the end of this period of ninety (90) calendar days, the employee must exercise his seniority rights by returning to his former unit, or relinquish all such seniority rights. Should the employee return, or be left with returned, to the Employer bargaining unit for any reason, he must remain within the unit for a minimum period of one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days prior to the commencement of leave of absence. Retention of protection under this section is subject to the insurer's agreement exercising that an employee on leave of absence will be covered if the appropriate premiums are tendered to cover the leave of absence. An employee who has been elected or appointed to work for the Local Union will be granted a leave of absence by the Employer and the employee may retain seniority to a maximum of one (1) yearprivilege again.