Common use of Modified Work and Return to Work Program Clause in Contracts

Modified Work and Return to Work Program. 23.01 The Employer and the Union recognize the purpose of modified work/return to work programs, is to provide fair, reasonable and consistent practices for accommodating employees who have been ill, injured or permanently disabled, to enable their safe return to work. (a) At the time an injury occurs, the injured worker’s Employer shall provide transportation for the worker (if the worker needs it) to a hospital or a physician located within a reasonable distance or to the worker’s home. The Employer shall pay for the transportation. (b) The parties recognize the duty of reasonable accommodation for individual’s under the Human Rights Code of Ontario and agree that this Collective Agreement will be interpreted in such a way as to permit the Employer to discharge that duty. (c) The Employer shall notify the Union monthly of all nurses off work due to an injury or returning on modified duties. (d) Where an employee is unable to perform the essential duties of a position either temporarily or permanently the parties agree to meet with the bargaining unit executive and a representative of the association to consult on a back to work program. (e) Nothing in this language obligates the Employer to establish a light modified alternate work program.

Modified Work and Return to Work Program. 23.01 The Employer and the Union recognize the purpose of modified work/return to work programs, is to provide fair, reasonable and consistent practices for accommodating employees who have been ill, injured or permanently disabled, to enable their early and safe return to work. (a) At the time an injury occurs, the injured worker’s Employer shall provide transportation for the worker (if the worker needs it) to a hospital or a physician located within a reasonable distance or to the worker’s home. The Employer shall pay for the transportation. (b) The parties recognize the duty of reasonable accommodation for individual’s under the Human Rights Code of Ontario and agree that this Collective Agreement will be interpreted in such a way as to permit the Employer to discharge that duty. (c) The Employer shall notify the Union monthly of all nurses off work due to an injury or returning on modified duties. (d) Where an employee is unable to perform the essential duties of a position either temporarily or permanently the parties agree to meet with the bargaining unit executive and a representative of the association to consult on a back to work program. (e) Nothing in this language obligates the Employer to establish a light modified alternate work program.

Modified Work and Return to Work Program. 23.01 The Employer and the Union recognize the purpose of modified work/return to work programs, is to provide fair, reasonable and consistent practices for accommodating employees who have been ill, injured or permanently disabled, to enable their safe return to work. (a) At the time an injury occurs, the injured worker’s Employer employer shall provide transportation for the worker (if the worker needs it) to a hospital or a physician located within a reasonable distance or to the worker’s home. The Employer employer shall pay for the transportation. (b) The parties recognize the duty of reasonable accommodation for individual’s under the Human Rights Code of Ontario and agree that this Collective Agreement will be interpreted in such a way as to permit the Employer employer to discharge that duty. (c) The Employer shall notify the Union monthly of all nurses off work due to an injury or returning on modified duties. (d) Where an employee is unable to perform the essential duties of a position either temporarily or permanently the parties agree to meet with the bargaining unit executive and a representative of the association to consult on a back to work program. (e) Nothing in this language obligates the Employer employer to establish a light modified alternate work program.