OF ABSENCE. Written requests for a personal leave of absence without pay will be considered on an individual basis by the Chief Nursing Officer, Supervisor or designate. Such requests are to be given as far in advance as possible and a written reply will be given within fourteen (14) days; except in cases of emergency in which case a reply will be given as soon as possible. Such leave shall not be unreasonably withheld.
OF ABSENCE. During an authorized leave of absence, an employee shall maintain and accumulate seniority.
OF ABSENCE. The Employer may, in its discretion, grant leave of absence without pay to any full-time employee for legitimate personal reasons. Employees who are absent resulting such leave of absence shall not be considered to be laid off, and their seniority (but not their accrual of vacation pay or sick leave entitlement or other benefits except as stated in Article of Agreement) shall continue to accumulate during such absence. An employee's request for leave of absence shall be made in writing not less than one (1) month in advance of commencement and shall the reason. This provision for advance notice may be waived by the Employer in cases of emergency. If an employee's absence is due to illness or injury and the absence extends beyond the period covered by that employee's accumulated sick leave, the employee shall then be considered on a leave of absence, subject to production of a medical certificate confirming continuance of the illness or injury and when the employee to be. able to return to work. The employee will keep the Employer informed as to any change in the anticipated date of return. Part-time employees shall be eligible to apply for leave of absence consideration on the same basis as provided for full-time employees in Where a part-time employee is granted a leave of more than two (2) weeks, they shall be credited for seniority purposes only with hours equivalent to the average number of hours per week that they worked in the six (6) months immediately preceding the leave. During the period of absence, the employee shall not engage in gainful employment for any other person, or Corporation, except as otherwise defined by article
(a) Leave of absence without pay or other benefit except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, will be granted due to pregnancy pursuant to the provisions of Part XI of The Employment Standards Act and during such leave of absence, seniority shall accrue for the period and for the purposes set out in Article hereof. Seniority for all other purposes shall be maintained as at the date of commencement of the leave of absence. To be eligible for leave of absence due to pregnancy, an employee must have been in the continuous service of the Employer for not less than thirteen (13) weeks prior to the commencement of the leave of absence. When the leave of absence has expired, the employee shall be entitled to resume her former job at the same rate of pay and with the same benefits previously enjoyed. Employee benefits will conti...
OF ABSENCE. Any Officer desiring leave of absence for any reason other than those set out Sections and (e) of this Article must obtain authorization in writing from the Company, and the Company and the Guild must mutually agree in writing to the granting of such leave and it will not be unreasonably denied. Where any Officer is granted leave of absence under this Article for a period of longer than thirty (30) calendar days, the Company agrees to notify the Guild as to the circumstances for granting of such period of leave. The Company will grant leave of absence to Officers suffering injury or illness, subject to a medical certificate if required by the employer. The Company will grant leave of absence to Officers who are appointed or elected to a Guild office (or who go ashore to work for the Company) for a period up to and including three (3) years. The Officer shall accumulate seniority for three (3) years and then his seniority shall remain dormant until his return. Further leave of absence will be granted if requested. Any who obtains such leave of absence shall return to the Company within thirty (30) calendar days after completion of his term of employment the Guild. In the event an Officer returns to sea and subsequently returns ashore he shall not be entitled to accumulate seniority for more than the period of his return to sea unless is for more than one year. Officers going ashore on a temporary basis, less than one (1) year at a time, shall continue to accumulate seniority.
OF ABSENCE. Employees requesting time off for the purpose of attending Labour Conventions or other Union business not connected with this Agreement, shall be granted such time off without pay subject to the following conditions: number of Employees not to exceed seven (7) for each period of leave. and maximum days not to exceed twenty (20) days in any calendar year, and the number of Employees from any one department or sub- department in the case of large departments shall be limited to one save and except that the Employer shall give consideration to a request by the Union that more than one (1) Employee from a department or sub-department, in the case of large departments, be permitted leave of absence. where so designated by an Employee on authorized leave of absence for Union business, the Employer shall continue normal salary wage payments. The Union shall be invoiced quarterly by the Employer for reimbursement of salary or wages plus the Employer’s share of all benefits paid to such Employee during such leave of absence. the President of Local shall be granted leave of absence without pay to attend Labour Conventions or to do other Union business not connected to this Collective Agreement. the Union shall notify the Commissioner of Human Resources in writing of the names of Employees to be granted time off under the conditions as outlined in this Article, not less than five (5) working days before such leave is to be taken. An Employee shall be granted three (3) regularly scheduled consecutive work days bereavement leave, without loss of pay or benefits, on the death of a spouse, common-law spouse, child, parent, xxxxxx or adopted parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother or sister, parent-in-law, son-in- law, daughter-in-law. brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Such bereavement leave shall be taken at the time of that bereavement or at the time the Employee received notification of such bereavement Proof of bereavement may be required by the Commissioner of Human Resources. Members of Joint Committees including but not limited to Grievance Committee, Committee, Joint Occupational Health, Safety Committee and Joint Job Evaluation Committee, shall be granted leave of absence with pay for attendance at all meetings with Officials of the necessary to the administration of this Agreement, including, but without limiting the generality of this section, any meetings or hearings with any Committee necessary to or incidental to the administration of the Agreement. More spe...
OF ABSENCE. The Administrator may grant a request for leave of absence for personal reasons provided that she receives at least one month's clear notice in writing, unless impossible and such be arranged without inconvenience to the normal operations of the facility. Nurses, when applying for such leave, shall indicate the proposed date of departure and return. such leave shall not be unreasonably withheld. Upon written requests leave of absence for Association business shall be given up to an aggregate total of twenty days in a calendar year. There shall be no loss of seniority or credits for the purpose of salary advancement and vacation entitlement or other purposes during the leave of absence. The Association agrees in making request for such leave of absence that it will not unduly affect the proper operation of the facility. However, the Employer also agrees that permission for such leave will not be unreasonably withheld. Leave of Absence for Nurses on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Nurses' Association Subject to written request, the nurse who is elected to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Nurses' Association, other than to the office of President, shall be granted leave of absence without pay up to a total of one hundred (100) days annually. There shall be no loss of seniority or credits for the purpose of salary advancement and vacation entitlement or other purposes during such leave of absence. Leave of absence for board members of the Ontario Nurses' Association will be separate from Association leave provided above. of Absence for the President of the Ontario Nurses' Association A nurse who elected to the office of President of the Ontario Nurses' Association shall be granted upon request leave of absence without loss of seniority and benefits up to one (1) year. The nurse agrees to notify the Employer of her intention to return to work within two
OF ABSENCE. The purpose of a leave of absence is not to provide extended vacations. The purpose of a leave of absence is to provide an excused absence from work for circumstances which are uncommon, unforeseen, or unusual and which usually cannot be planned in advance. Regular full-time employees with one year or more of continuous service may request a leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed fourteen (14) days which may be extended another fourteen (14) days for special cause. The leave must be requested in writing in advance. Company approval will depend on the reason for the leave, its duration, the effect on operations, the employee’slength of service and general performance. No more than one percent (1%) of the bargaining unit employees will be granted leave at any one time. Employees must exhaust all vacation before commencing an unpaid leave of absence exceeding three (3) days. Subject to the conditions above, employees requesting a leave of absence to travel overseas for special circumstances will not be granted a leave of absence more than once every three (3) years. An employee may request a leave of absence to not work a scheduled overtime shift on Saturday or their designated Saturday, and once the original leave is approved it will not be revoked at a later date. The Company may, however, ask the employee to change it for the Company’s convenience. Upon proper notice the Company will work with the Union to grant unpaid leaves of absence at the earliest convenient time to employees who are elected or appointed to a full-timeposition with the Union. No more than two (2) employees may be on leave of absence for this purpose at any time, and such leaves shall not exceed either the term of this agreement or the term of office whichever is less. Within one (1) month's notice of the employee's desire to return to work for the Company, the employee shall be placed on previousjob or anotherjob at an equal rate of pay subject to seniority and satisfactoryperformance of the required work. If the employee would not otherwise have retained previous job and is not placed on a job carrying an equal rate of pay shall, subject to seniority, be placed on a job which can satisfactorilyperform. An employee on such leave of absence will accumulate seniority while on such leave. Upon request from the Union the Company will grant employees unpaid leaves of absence for the purpose of Union business. No more than seven (7) employees per shift from the plant includ...
OF ABSENCE. Written request for of absencewithout pay shall be consideredby the Company. It k understoodthat any leave of absence subject to reasonable notice being to the Company. Inthe event such leave of absence is not used for the purpose granted, the employee may be Subject to disciplinary action up to and dismissal. It is further understoodthat leaves of absence will be honoured on a come first sewed basis. Approval of leave of absence, as defined, shall not be unreasonably withheld. fourteen (14) days of receipt of an applicationfor leave of absence an employee receive a written reply. If leave is denied written reasons will be given for the denial. All requests for leave of absence will be directed to the Manager, Personnel or his appointee through the Store Manager. The Company will grant leave of absence without pay for a period of not more than twelve (12) months to any employee who is elected or appointed to an office with the Union. Such requests for a leave of absence shall be made and the Company shall be given reasonable advance notice. The Company will grant pregnancy leave and/or parental leave, without pay, in accordancewith the EmploymentStandards Act of Ontarioto those employees who make application on forms by the Company, subject to the In order to qualify for specified holiday pay, the employee must work his scheduled shifts on each of the work days immediately preceding and Immediately the holiday concerned, unless he has a reason. The employees shall receive the of any additional holiday that may be proclaimed by the Government during the life of the Agreement. Specified holiday pay will be computed on the basis of eight (8) hours at the employee's regular straight time hourly rate of pay. An employee requiredto work on a specified holiday will be guaranteed a minimum of six hours work, except when he agrees to work less than six (6) hours in which case he will be guaranteed a of four (4) work. Such employee will be paid for work performed on such day at two (2) times his regular straight time hourly rate of pay In addition to any pay to which he may be entitled. If a specified falls within an employee's vacation period, he will be entitled to pay in addition to his vacation pay, or the day may be taken in conjunctionwith hisvacation. When any of the holidays referred to above occurs in any week the regularwork week will be reduced by eight (8) hours for each of such holidays, except a week in which two (2) specified holidays occur. In such a...
OF ABSENCE. The Company will grant leave of absence without pay to employees for the purpose of attending Union conferences, conventions, schools, seminars, Labour College, or attending to Local Union business. All these leaves will be of not less than one (1) day and be subject to the requirements of operations and be granted upon written request by the Local Union to the Superintendent of Employee Relations. This request will include the name of the employee for whom the leave is sought and the length of the leave. Reasonable notice will be necessary and, in the case of leaves of five (5) days or more a minimum of one (1) week notice will be required, unless otherwise agreed. The total number of leaves provided for in Section shall not exceed twenty-five (25) person days per one hundred (100) employees during each year of this Agreement. Time spent by employees on the Local Union Negotiating Committee in preparation and during negotiationsfor renewal of this Collective Bargaining Agreement during the one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the termination of this Collective Bargaining Agreement will not be included in the total number of leaves provided under Section The Company will grant, upon written request by the Union, leave of absence without pay for a period or periods not in excess of one (1) year or less than fourteen (14) days aggregating not more than one year during each year of this Agreement. In addition, upon written request by the Local Union, the Company will grant leave of absence without pay for a period or periods, not in excess of one (1) year or less than five (5) days aggregating not more than one (1) person year during each year of this Agreement to Local Union Officers for Local Union purposes. All leaves will be determined and governed in accordance with the provisions of Section of this Article.
OF ABSENCE. The Company, at its discretion, may grant a leave of absence to employees with seniority. Seniority will accumulate during leaves of absence not exceeding days, providing application for the leave of absence is made in duplicate on a form to be provided by the Company at least one week prior to the intended starting date of the leave of absence. Any employee elected or appointed to a full time position in the Local or the National Union, shall be granted a leave of absence without pay for a period up to one year and shall retain and accumulate seniority. Such leave of absence will be automatically renewed each year until the position has expired. During such leave of absence, the Union may elect to maintain the employee's benefit program including pension through the Company by paying the cost to the Company. The Company will, upon written notice of at least one week, grant a leave of absence without pay to employees to attend to Union business outside the plant. Such notice will indicate whether the leave is for Union business or education. The Union will provide a monthly schedule of requested leaves of absence for Union business or education, indicating the employee's name and anticipated dates of leave. No more than a total of hours leave of absence will be granted under this Article in each calendar month to employees who are not members of the Plant Committee. The Company is willing to discuss with the Union leaves of absence in excess of hours per calendar month. For employees on leave under Article or the Company will continue to pay the employee's wages and once per month bill Local for reimbursement of these wages. Upon written notice to the Employee Relations Manager, the Company will grant leaves of absence to employees elected to a full time public of the Municipal, Provincial, or Federal Government for the term of the office to fulfil the duties of their ofice. The Company will not continue or pay for any benefits during this period. When employees recover from sickness or disability, they will be returned to their original job, and shift where it is sensible and practical to do so. The Company and the Union will establish a to Work Committee, consistingof three Company representativesand three Union representatives. The Committee will establish guidelinesfor returning disabled employees to work and review and monitor the effectiveness of the process.
