Leave to Attend Medical or Dental Appointment. Absences to attend a physician or dentist or other therapeutic referral appointments made by a physician or dentist do not require a Sick Leave form to be completed but notice of two (2) working days must be provided to the employee’s supervisor before the date on which such absences will occur. The Employer will provide reasonable travel time preceding and following the appointment. For drivers, in most cases, this will mean that the schedule will drop them as close as possible to the place of the appointment to reduce travel time. For office employees this translates to 15 minutes of travel time each way. For those employees whose appointment is outside the city their Depot is located in, the same fifteen (15) minutes of travel time each way will be allowed. The appointment time, will be taken out of sick leave unless the employee requests otherwise before the end of that pay period.
Leave to Attend Medical or Dental Appointment. Absences to attend a physician or dentist or other therapeutic referral appointments made by a physician or dentist do not require a Sick Leave form to be completed but notice of two (2) working days must be provided to the employee’s supervisor before the date on which such absences will occur. The Employer will provide reasonable travel time preceding and following the appointment. For drivers, in most cases, this will mean that the schedule will drop them as close as possible to the place of the appointment to reduce travel time. For office employees this translates to minutes of travel time each way. For those employees whose appointment is outside the city their Depot is located in, the same fifteen (15) minutes of travel time each way will be allowed. The appointment time, will be taken out of sick leave unless the employee requests otherwise before the end of that pay period. An employee shall be granted Workers’ Compensation leave in the event that the determines that the employee has established a claim, and they are unable to perform their duties by reason of the compensable injury. Employees who qualify for Workers’ Compensation coverage shall not have their employment terminated during the compensable period, except for just cause. Under circumstances of a denial or delay in approval of the claim by for any reason, the employee may then rely on any sick leave entitlement to their credit. Such payment of sick leave to be reimbursable to the Employer and credited to the employee’s sick leave account upon payment of the Claim by the When an employee is on a claim, or all benefits of the Agreement will continue to accrue, including but not limited to, seniority, vacation and sick leave bank accrual, for up to twelve (12) months. Medical, dental and extended health plans will be paid by the Employer as defined in Article for up to twelve (12) months while the employee is on a claim. Employees reporting back to work after illness or injury of more than ten (10) days must report to the Employer by noon of the day preceding their commencement of work. For shifts that begin on Monday, employees must report by noon on the preceding Friday.
Leave to Attend Medical or Dental Appointment. Absences to attend a physician or dentist or other therapeutic referral appointments made by a physician or dentist do not require a Sick Leave form to be completed but notice of two (2) working days must be provided to the employee’s supervisor before the date on which such absences will occur. Time away from work to attend a medical or dental appointment will be taken out of the Employee’s sick leave. The above paragraph shall not limit the ability of employees to use sick leave at their discretion to attend appointments.
