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Leave for Illness. ‌ 15.01 A plan of sick leave credit gratuities, hereinafter called sick leave credits, for all permanent employees of the City is to be established as hereinafter set out. 15.02 A “permanent employee” shall be defined as an employee who has completed six (6) months' continuous service with the City and has been accepted to a full-time position with the City. 15.03 Permanent employees shall be allowed to accumulate sick leave credits on the following basis: (a) Sick leave credits shall be accumulated at the rate of one and one-half (1 ½) days per calendar month of work unless the employee is off ill and their wages continued by a Municipal disability plan of insurance, or is off due to illness or injury and has exhausted their sick leave credits. 15.04 The normal work days an employee is absent on account of illness shall be deducted from the sick leave credits they have accumulated with the City and in accordance with Article 15.07. 15.05 Absence on account of illness will be deducted on an hour for hour basis. 15.06 The City’s Disability Income Program policy, which allows the use of incidental days for personal medical appointments, will be extended to permanent, full-time employees. 15.07 Absence from employment due to illness in excess of three (3) working days shall require a doctor's certificate which satisfies the eligibility for Short Term Disability. The City may request a certificate from the attending physician for any days where it believes there are reasonable and probable grounds. 15.08 Pregnancy leave will not be considered sickness for the purpose of this Article. (a) Permanent staff, upon retirement or upon termination of employment after a period of seven (7) continuous years of service with the City of Mississauga, its predecessors or their Boards or Commissions, shall be paid an amount equal to their salary, wages or remuneration for one-half (½) the number of days standing to their credit under the provisions of 15.03(a), provided such amount does not exceed the amount of one-half year's earnings at the rate received by the employee immediately prior to such termination of employment. (b) In the event of the death of an employee prior to normal retirement, a payment similar to that set out in 15.09(a) above shall be paid to the employee's estate. The aforesaid provisions shall be deemed to be effective January 1, 1977. 15.10 When an employee hired on or before August 26, 1982 and covered by the provisions of Articles 15.01 to 15.09 exhausts their bank of sick leave credits, they may apply to receive Short-Term Disability benefits from the City. In order to receive such benefits, the employee must provide satisfactory medical documentation to the City, confirming their inability to perform work, due to illness or injury. The benefits payable under this program will be equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the employee’s normal weekly wage, up to a maximum of the Employment Insurance Commission’s current Sick Benefit weekly maximum amount. Benefits will be payable after no more than a fourteen (14) day unpaid waiting period and will not exceed fifteen (15) weeks in total. When an employee is receiving benefits under this plan, they shall not accumulate further sick leave credits. 15.11 Any member of CUPE, Local 66 hired after 26 August 1982, will be covered by the City’s Disability Income Program and not the foregoing Sick Leave Credit Plan. This Programme is fully paid for by the City and operates as follows: Less than 3 months 0 weeks 0 weeks 3 months but less than 1 year 0 weeks 24 weeks 1 year but less than 2 years 3 weeks 21 weeks 2 years but less than 3 years 6 weeks 18 weeks 3 years but less than 4 years 9 weeks 15 weeks 4 years but less than 5 years 12 weeks 12 weeks 5 years but less than 6 years 15 weeks 9 weeks 6 years but less than 7 years 18 weeks 6 weeks 7 years but less than 8 years 21 weeks 3 weeks 8 years or more 24 weeks 0 weeks Benefits will be applicable for up to twenty (24) weeks for each separate period of disability. Periods of disability due to the same or related cause or causes will be considered as one period of disability if separated by less than ten (10) consecutive working days performing full duties. Full salary benefits will be limited in any calendar year to the number of weeks entitlement indicated by length of service. Benefits extending beyond 3 working days will commence from the first day of disability for the first three absences in a calendar year and from the fourth working day of disability for the 4th and subsequent absences lasting more than three working days in duration. Employees will be allowed six (6) “Incidental Illness” days per calendar year to provide income for illness of three days or less. The City may request a certificate from the attending physician for any such days where it feels there are reasonable and probable grounds to suspect the validity of the employee’s absence. Benefits will ONLY be paid after the employee supplies the City of Mississauga with satisfactory evidence of disability which entails a medical certificate from an accredited physician. After an absence of 120 working days the employee may apply for LTD coverage. In order to qualify for LTD coverage, the employee must apply within one year from the date of disability. 15.12 The employee must notify the Supervisor prior to the start of their regular schedule shift of the inability to attend work due to illness. Employees will be provided with up to date telephone numbers for supervisory staff for this purpose.

Leave for Illness. ‌ 15.01 A plan of sick leave credit gratuities, hereinafter called sick leave credits, for all permanent employees of the City is to be established as hereinafter set out. 15.02 A “"permanent employee” " shall be defined as an employee who has completed six (6) months' continuous service with the City and has been accepted to a full-time position with the City. 15.03 Permanent employees shall be allowed to accumulate sick leave credits on the following basis: (a) Sick leave credits shall be accumulated at the rate of one and one-half (1 ½) days per calendar month of work unless the employee is off ill and their his/her wages continued by a Municipal disability plan of insurance, or is off due to illness or injury and has exhausted their his/her sick leave credits. 15.04 The normal Normal work days an employee is absent on account of illness shall be deducted from the sick leave credits they have s/he has accumulated with the City and in accordance with Article 15.07. 15.05 Absence on account of illness will be deducted on an hour for hour basis. 15.06 The City’s Disability Income Program policy, which allows the use of incidental days for personal medical appointments, will be extended to permanent, full-time employees. 15.07 Absence from employment due to illness in excess of three (3) working days shall require a doctor's certificate which satisfies the eligibility for Short Term Disability. The City may request a certificate from the attending physician for any days where it believes there are reasonable and probable grounds.) 15.08 Pregnancy leave will not be considered sickness for the purpose of this Article. (a) Permanent staff, upon retirement or upon termination of employment after a period of seven (7) continuous years of service with the City of Mississauga, its predecessors or their Boards or Commissions, shall be paid an amount equal to their his/her salary, wages or remuneration for one-half (½) the number of days standing to their his/her credit under the provisions of 15.03(a), provided such amount does not exceed the amount of one-half year's earnings at the rate received by the employee immediately prior to such termination of employment. (b) In the event of the death of an employee prior to normal retirement, a payment similar to that set out in 15.09(a) above shall be paid to the employee's estate. The aforesaid provisions shall be deemed to be effective January 1, 1977. 15.10 When an employee hired on or before August 26, 1982 and covered by the provisions of Articles 15.01 to 15.09 exhausts their bank of sick leave credits, they may apply to receive Short-Term Disability benefits from the City. In order to receive such benefits, the employee must provide satisfactory medical documentation to the City, confirming their inability to perform work, due to illness or injury. The benefits payable under this program will be equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the employee’s normal weekly wage, up to a maximum of the Employment Insurance Commission’s current Sick Benefit weekly maximum amount. Benefits will be payable after no more than a fourteen (14) day unpaid waiting period and will not exceed fifteen (15) weeks in total. When an employee is receiving benefits under this plan, they s/he shall not accumulate further sick leave credits. 15.11 Any member of CUPEC U P E, Local 66 hired after 26 August 1982, will be covered by the City’s Disability Income Program and not the foregoing Sick Leave Credit Plan. This Programme is fully paid for by the City and operates as follows: Less than 3 months 0 weeks 0 weeks 3 months but less than 1 year 0 weeks 24 weeks 1 year but less than 2 years 3 weeks 21 weeks 2 years but less than 3 years 6 weeks 18 weeks 3 years but less than 4 years 9 weeks 15 weeks 4 years but less than 5 years 12 weeks 12 weeks 5 years but less than 6 years 15 weeks 9 weeks 6 years but less than 7 years 18 weeks 6 weeks 7 years but less than 8 years 21 weeks 3 weeks 8 years or more 24 weeks 0 weeks Benefits will be applicable for up to twenty (24) 24 weeks for each separate period of disability. Periods of disability due to the same or related cause or causes will be considered as one period of disability if separated by less than ten (10) 10 consecutive working days performing full duties. Full salary benefits will be limited in any calendar year to the number of weeks entitlement indicated by length of service. Benefits extending beyond 3 working days will commence from the first day of disability for the first three absences in a calendar year and from the fourth working day of disability for the 4th and subsequent absences lasting more than three working days in duration. Employees will be allowed six (6) “"Incidental Illness” " days per calendar year to provide income for illness of three days or less. The City may request a certificate from the attending physician for any such days where it feels there are reasonable and probable grounds to suspect the validity of the employee’s absence. Benefits will ONLY be paid after the employee supplies the City of Mississauga with satisfactory evidence of disability which entails a medical certificate from an accredited physician. After an absence of 120 working days the employee may apply for LTD coverage. In order to qualify for LTD coverage, the employee must apply within one year from the date of disability. 15.12 The employee must notify the Supervisor supervisor prior to the start of their his/her regular schedule shift of the inability to attend work due to illness. Employees will be provided with up to date telephone numbers for supervisory staff for this purpose.

Leave for Illness. ‌ 15.01 A plan of sick leave credit gratuities, hereinafter called sick leave credits, for all permanent employees of the City is to be established as hereinafter set out. 15.02 A “permanent employee” shall be defined as an employee who has completed six (6) months' continuous service with the City and has been accepted to a full-time position with the City. 15.03 Permanent employees shall be allowed to accumulate sick leave credits on the following basis: (a) Sick Xxxx leave credits shall be accumulated at the rate of one and one-half (1 ½) days per calendar month of work unless the employee is off ill and their wages continued by a Municipal disability plan of insurance, or is off due to illness or injury and has exhausted their sick leave credits. 15.04 The normal work days an employee is absent on account of illness shall be deducted from the sick leave credits they have accumulated with the City and in accordance with Article 15.07. 15.05 Absence on account of illness will be deducted on an hour for hour basis. 15.06 The City’s Disability Income Program policy, which allows the use of incidental days for personal medical appointments, will be extended to permanent, full-time employees. 15.07 Absence from employment due to illness in excess of three (3) working days shall require a doctor's certificate which satisfies the eligibility for Short Term Disability. The City may request a certificate from the attending physician for any days where it believes there are reasonable and probable grounds. 15.08 Pregnancy leave will not be considered sickness for the purpose of this Article. (a) Permanent staff, upon retirement or upon termination of employment after a period of seven (7) continuous years of service with the City of Mississauga, its predecessors or their Boards or Commissions, shall be paid an amount equal to their salary, wages or remuneration for one-half (½) the number of days standing to their credit under the provisions of 15.03(a), provided such amount does not exceed the amount of one-half year's earnings at the rate received by the employee immediately prior to such termination of employment. (b) In the event of the death of an employee prior to normal retirement, a payment similar to that set out in 15.09(a) above shall be paid to the employee's estate. The aforesaid provisions shall be deemed to be effective January 1, 1977. 15.10 When an employee hired on or before August 26, 1982 and covered by the provisions of Articles 15.01 to 15.09 exhausts their bank of sick leave credits, they may apply to receive Short-Term Disability benefits from the City. In order to receive such benefits, the employee must provide satisfactory medical documentation to the City, confirming their inability to perform work, due to illness or injury. The benefits payable under this program will be equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the employee’s normal weekly wage, up to a maximum of the Employment Insurance Commission’s current Sick Benefit weekly maximum amount. Benefits will be payable after no more than a fourteen (14) day unpaid waiting period and will not exceed fifteen (15) weeks in total. When an employee is receiving benefits under this plan, they shall not accumulate further sick leave credits. 15.11 Any member of CUPE, Local 66 hired after 26 August 1982, will be covered by the City’s Disability Income Program and not the foregoing Sick Leave Credit Plan. This Programme is fully paid for by the City and operates as follows: Less than 3 months 0 weeks 0 weeks 3 months but less than 1 year 0 weeks 24 weeks 1 year but less than 2 years 3 weeks 21 weeks 2 years but less than 3 years 6 weeks 18 weeks 3 years but less than 4 years 9 weeks 15 weeks 4 years but less than 5 years 12 weeks 12 weeks 5 years but less than 6 years 15 weeks 9 weeks 6 years but less than 7 years 18 weeks 6 weeks 7 years but less than 8 years 21 weeks 3 weeks 8 years or more 24 weeks 0 weeks Benefits will be applicable for up to twenty (24) weeks for each separate period of disability. Periods of disability due to the same or related cause or causes will be considered as one period of disability if separated by less than ten (10) consecutive working days performing full duties. Full salary benefits will be limited in any calendar year to the number of weeks entitlement indicated by length of service. Benefits extending beyond 3 working days will commence from the first day of disability for the first three absences in a calendar year and from the fourth working day of disability for the 4th and subsequent absences lasting more than three working days in duration. Employees will be allowed six (6) “Incidental Illness” days per calendar year to provide income for illness of three days or less. The City may request a certificate from the attending physician for any such days where it feels there are reasonable and probable grounds to suspect the validity of the employee’s absence. Benefits will ONLY be paid after the employee supplies the City of Mississauga with satisfactory evidence of disability which entails a medical certificate from an accredited physician. After an absence of 120 working days the employee may apply for LTD coverage. In order to qualify for LTD coverage, the employee must apply within one year from the date of disability. 15.12 The employee must notify the Supervisor prior to the start of their regular schedule shift of the inability to attend work due to illness. Employees will be provided with up to date telephone numbers for supervisory staff for this purpose.

Leave for Illness. ‌ 15.01 A plan of sick leave credit gratuities, hereinafter called sick leave credits, for all permanent employees of the City is to be established as hereinafter set out. 15.02 A “"permanent employee” " shall be defined as an employee who has completed six (6) months' continuous service with the City and has been accepted to a full-time position with the City. 15.03 Permanent employees shall be allowed to accumulate sick leave credits on the following basis: (a) Sick Xxxx leave credits shall be accumulated at the rate of one and one-half (1 ½) days per calendar month of work unless the employee is off ill and their his wages continued by a Municipal disability plan of insurance, or is off due to illness or injury and has exhausted their his sick leave credits. 15.04 The normal Normal work days an employee is absent on account of illness shall be deducted from the sick leave credits they have accumulated with the City and in accordance with Article 15.07.the 15.05 Absence on account of illness will for less than half a day shall not be deducted. Absence on account of illness for half a day or more, and less than a full day shall be deducted on an hour as one-half (½) day. It is understood that lunch break shall be considered to split the day into two (2) halves for hour basisthe purpose of this clause. 15.06 The City’s Disability Income Program policy, which allows the use Absence on account of incidental days pre-arranged medical and/or dental appointment will not be considered absence eligible for personal medical appointments, will be extended to permanent, full-time employeessick pay unless hospitalization is involved. 15.07 Absence from employment due to illness in excess of three (3) working days shall require a doctor's certificate which satisfies indicating the eligibility nature and duration of the illness. Where the City thinks an employee is abusing the sick leave with pay plan by taking time off work for Short Term Disability. The other than what was intended by the said plan and is claiming pay therefore, the City may request require medical certification of the claimed illness, such certification to be in a certificate from form satisfactory to the attending physician City. Failure on the part of the employee to produce such certification will result in the claim for any days where it believes there are reasonable and probable groundspayment being denied. 15.08 Pregnancy leave will not be considered sickness for the purpose of this Article. (a) Permanent staff, upon retirement or upon termination of employment after a period of seven (7) continuous years of service with the City of Mississauga, its predecessors or their Boards or Commissions, shall be paid an amount equal to their his salary, wages or remuneration for one-half (½) the number of days standing to their his credit under the provisions of 15.03(a), provided such amount does not exceed the amount of one-half year's earnings at the rate received by the employee immediately prior to such termination of employment. (b) In the event of the death of an employee prior to normal retirement, a payment similar to that set out in 15.09(a) above shall be paid to the employee's estate. The aforesaid . (c) Effective 1st September 1986, the employees listed on the Letter of Understanding (Appendix 'B') Re: XXXXX and Sick Leave dated 15 Dec '86 which is attached to this Collective Agreement will no longer be covered by the provisions shall be deemed to be effective January 1, 1977of Article 15.09 (a) and (b). 15.10 When an employee hired on or before August 26, 1982 and covered by the provisions of Articles Articles 15.01 to 15.09 exhausts their bank of sick leave credits, they may apply to receive Short-Term Disability benefits from the City. In order to receive such benefits, the employee must provide satisfactory medical documentation to the City, confirming their inability to perform work, due to illness or injury. The benefits payable under this program will be equal to seventysixty-five six and two- thirds percent (7566 2/3%) of the employee’s normal weekly wage, up to a maximum of the Employment Insurance Commission’s current Sick Benefit weekly maximum amount. Benefits will be payable after no more than a fourteen (14) day unpaid waiting period and will not exceed fifteen (15) weeks in total. When an employee is receiving benefits under this plan, they he/she shall not accumulate further sick leave credits. 15.11 Any member of CUPEC U P E, Local 66 hired after 26 August 1982, will be covered by the City’s Disability Income Program and not the foregoing Sick Leave Credit Plan. This Programme is fully paid for by the City and operates as follows: Less than 3 All permanent employees are eligible to receive the following benefits after three months 0 weeks 0 weeks 3 months but less than 1 year 0 weeks 24 weeks 1 year but less than 2 years 3 weeks 21 weeks 2 years but less than 3 years 6 weeks 18 weeks 3 years but less than 4 years 9 weeks 15 weeks 4 years but less than 5 years 12 weeks 12 weeks 5 years but less than 6 years 15 weeks 9 weeks 6 years but less than 7 years 18 weeks 6 weeks 7 years but less than 8 years 21 weeks 3 weeks 8 years or more 24 weeks 0 weeks Benefits will be applicable for up to twenty (24) weeks for each separate period of disability. Periods of disability due to the same or related cause or causes will be considered as one period of disability if separated by less than ten (10) consecutive working days performing full duties. Full salary benefits will be limited in any calendar year to the number of weeks entitlement indicated by length of continuous service. Benefits extending beyond 3 working days will commence from the first day of disability for the first three absences in a calendar year and from the fourth working day of disability for the 4th and subsequent absences lasting more than three working days in duration. Employees will be allowed six (6) “Incidental Illness” days per calendar year to provide income for illness of three days or less. The City may request a certificate from the attending physician for any such days where it feels there are reasonable and probable grounds to suspect the validity of the employee’s absence. Benefits will ONLY be paid after the employee supplies the City of Mississauga with satisfactory evidence of disability which entails a medical certificate from an accredited physician. After an absence of 120 working days the employee may apply for LTD coverage. In order to qualify for LTD coverage, the employee must apply within one year from the date of disability. 15.12 The employee must notify the Supervisor prior to the start of their regular schedule shift of the inability to attend work due to illness. Employees will be provided with up to date telephone numbers for supervisory staff for this purpose.

Leave for Illness. ‌ 15.01 A plan of sick No paid leave credit gratuities, hereinafter called sick leave credits, for all permanent employees of the City is to be established as hereinafter set out. 15.02 A “permanent employee” shall be defined as an employee who has completed six (6) months' continuous service with the City and has been accepted to a full-time position with the City. 15.03 Permanent employees shall sickness will be allowed employees during their probationary period. Thereafter, paid leave for illness (not including pregnancy or complications resulting from childbirth) will begin to accumulate sick leave credits and be paid for as required on the following basis: (a) Sick leave credits shall be accumulated at the rate basis of one and one-half (1 ½) days per calendar quarter day's leave for each full month of work unless continuous service. The maximum accumulation shall be eighty days. An employee with more than five years of continuous service who leaves his employment or who retires will be paid of the employee is off ill and their wages continued by a Municipal disability plan unused portion of insurancehis accumulated leave for illness, or is off due to illness or injury and has exhausted their sick leave credits. 15.04 The normal work days the maximum payment being forty days. Such payment will not be paid where an employee is absent on account discharged for cause. An employee who is injured and receiving payments from the Workers' Compensation Board will not be paid for illness by the Home. An employee who claims leave for illness pay may be required by the Home to produce proof of illness in the form of a medical certificate. Employees claiming leave for illness for periods of two days' or less duration shall not be paid for these claims if the days are attached to regular days off and, in any case, only three such occurrences of two days or less per year shall be deducted from the sick leave credits they have accumulated with the City and in accordance with Article 15.07. 15.05 Absence on account of illness will be deducted on an hour for hour basis. 15.06 The City’s Disability Income Program policy, which allows the use of incidental days for personal medical appointments, will be extended to permanent, full-time employees. 15.07 Absence from employment due to illness paid for. Claims in excess of three such short-term occurrences shall not have payments commence until the third day and continue as long as credits are available. (3) working days These provisions shall require a doctor's certificate not apply to any illness which satisfies is certified by one of the eligibility for Short Term Disabilitydoctors who shall be designated in advance by the Home. The City Home shall post in a prominent place accessible to employees an up-to-date list containing the names, telephone numbers, addresses and hours of availability of all such designated doctors. The Home shall also supply a copy of the list together with any changes made thereto to the Union stewards.) The Home will notify the employees of their accumulation of sick leave in January and July of each year. An employee who will be absent on the afternoon or night shift due to personal illness must notify the Home at least two hours prior to the commencement of the shift unless impossible. An employee who will be absent on the day shift due to personal illness must notify the Employer at least one hour prior to the commencement of the shift unless impossible. Failure to give notice may request result in loss of sick leave benefits that day of absence. ARTICLE MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS When a certificate from medical examination is required by the attending physician for any days Home, except where it believes there are reasonable and probable grounds. 15.08 Pregnancy leave will not be considered sickness required for the purpose of this Article. (a) Permanent staffArticle above, upon retirement or upon termination the Home shall pay the cost of employment after a period of seven (7) continuous years of service with such medical examination and the City of Mississauga, its predecessors or their Boards or Commissions, employee shall be paid an amount equal to their salary, wages or remuneration allowed the necessary time off work for one-half (½) the number purposes of days standing to their credit under the provisions of 15.03(a), provided such amount does not exceed the amount of one-half year's earnings at the rate received by the employee immediately prior submitting to such termination of employmentmedical examination. (b) In the event of the death of an employee prior to normal retirement, a payment similar to that set out in 15.09(a) above shall be paid to the employee's estate. The aforesaid provisions shall be deemed to be effective January 1, 1977. 15.10 When an employee hired on or before August 26, 1982 and covered by the provisions of Articles 15.01 to 15.09 exhausts their bank of sick leave credits, they may apply to receive Short-Term Disability benefits from the City. In order to receive such benefits, the employee must provide satisfactory medical documentation to the City, confirming their inability to perform work, due to illness or injury. The benefits payable under this program will be equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the employee’s normal weekly wage, up to a maximum of the Employment Insurance Commission’s current Sick Benefit weekly maximum amount. Benefits will be payable after no more than a fourteen (14) day unpaid waiting period and will not exceed fifteen (15) weeks in total. When an employee is receiving benefits under this plan, they shall not accumulate further sick leave credits. 15.11 Any member of CUPE, Local 66 hired after 26 August 1982, will be covered by the City’s Disability Income Program and not the foregoing Sick Leave Credit Plan. This Programme is fully paid for by the City and operates as follows: Less than 3 months 0 weeks 0 weeks 3 months but less than 1 year 0 weeks 24 weeks 1 year but less than 2 years 3 weeks 21 weeks 2 years but less than 3 years 6 weeks 18 weeks 3 years but less than 4 years 9 weeks 15 weeks 4 years but less than 5 years 12 weeks 12 weeks 5 years but less than 6 years 15 weeks 9 weeks 6 years but less than 7 years 18 weeks 6 weeks 7 years but less than 8 years 21 weeks 3 weeks 8 years or more 24 weeks 0 weeks Benefits will be applicable for up to twenty (24) weeks for each separate period of disability. Periods of disability due to the same or related cause or causes will be considered as one period of disability if separated by less than ten (10) consecutive working days performing full duties. Full salary benefits will be limited in any calendar year to the number of weeks entitlement indicated by length of service. Benefits extending beyond 3 working days will commence from the first day of disability for the first three absences in a calendar year and from the fourth working day of disability for the 4th and subsequent absences lasting more than three working days in duration. Employees will be allowed six (6) “Incidental Illness” days per calendar year to provide income for illness of three days or less. The City may request a certificate from the attending physician for any such days where it feels there are reasonable and probable grounds to suspect the validity of the employee’s absence. Benefits will ONLY be paid after the employee supplies the City of Mississauga with satisfactory evidence of disability which entails a medical certificate from an accredited physician. After an absence of 120 working days the employee may apply for LTD coverage. In order to qualify for LTD coverage, the employee must apply within one year from the date of disability. 15.12 The employee must notify the Supervisor prior to the start of their regular schedule shift of the inability to attend work due to illness. Employees will be provided with up to date telephone numbers for supervisory staff for this purpose.