Leave Related to Critical Illness. (a) VICE provides unpaid job-protected leave related to critical illness to eligible employees in accordance with the requirements of the Canada Labour Code. The following provides a summary of the statutory leave related to critical illness. (b) An employee who has completed 6 consecutive months of employment with VICE, whose child is under 18 years of age and is critically ill, is eligible to take up to 37 weeks of unpaid job-protected leave to provide care or support to his or her child. (c) If 2 or more of the employee’s children are critically ill as a result of the same event, the employee is eligible for only one leave of 37 weeks. However, if 2 or more of the employee’s children are critically ill as a result of different events, the employee will be eligible for separate leaves with respect to each affected child. (d) Employees taking Leave Related to Critical Illness must give VICE written notice as soon as possible advising of the reason(s) for the leave and the intended length of the leave, as well as a medical certificate issued from a specialist medical doctor, as required under the Canada Labour Code. Employees may be eligible for government-provided E.I benefits while on Leave Related to Critical Illness.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Leave Related to Critical Illness. (a) VICE provides unpaid job-protected leave related to critical illness to eligible employees in accordance with the requirements of the Canada Labour Code. The following provides a summary of the statutory leave related to critical illness.
(b) An employee who has completed 6 six (6) consecutive months of employment with VICE, whose child is under 18 years of age and is critically ill, is eligible to take up to 37 weeks of unpaid job-job- protected leave to provide care or support to his or her their child.
(c) If 2 or more of the employee’s children are critically ill as a result of the same event, the employee is eligible for only one leave of 37 weeks. However, if 2 two (2) or more of the employee’s children are critically ill as a result of different events, the employee will be eligible for separate leaves with respect to each affected child.
(d) Employees taking Leave Related to Critical Illness must give VICE written notice as soon as possible advising of the reason(s) for the leave and the intended length of the leave, as well as a medical certificate issued from a specialist medical doctor, as required under the Canada Labour Code. Employees may be eligible for government-provided E.I benefits while on Leave Related to Critical Illness.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
