Common use of Option B Clause in Contracts

Option B. Select the OMERS disability waiver of contributions and therefore TCHC and the employee shall not make OMERS contributions on the employee’s behalf. (NOTE: this may increase the employee’s take home pay. However, for pension calculation purposes, the deemed waiver earnings and the year’s maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE) are indexed like the OMERS pensions. The annual increases to the deemed earnings may not match the negotiated increases received.) No deductions will be made from the sick bank of an employee who received payments under clauses 30.03 (a) and 30.05. 30.06 An employee in receipt of a loss of earnings benefit in accordance with section 43 of the W orkplace Safety and Insurance Act who is not on layoff shall be considered to be an employee on the active (i) Continue to accrue seniority, service, vacation and sick pay credits and; (ii) Continue to be entitled to benefit coverage which shall be maintained by TCHC in the same manner as though the employee was at work and; (iii) The foregoing shall have no effect on any permanent partial disability pension, which an employee may be receiving. (a) Where the claim is not approved or where an employee receives monies in excess of their appropriate net pay amount, such excess shall be treated as an overpayment and TCHC shall make recovery from the wages of the employee. It is agreed that the affected employee(s) shall provide to TCHC any recovery consents required by law to give effect to such recoveries. (b) In the event of an overpayment, TCHC shall advise the employee in advance of the implementation of any schedule of recovery with respect to said overpayment. The recovery schedule shall not exceed the maximum permitted by the Wages Act R.S.O. 1990 as amended, unless the parties agree otherwise. 30.08 Employees who have not qualified for Sick Pay, in accordance with Article 14 shall, if their Workplace Safety and Insurance Board claim is approved, receive their benefit payments from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. 30.09 An employee, who sustains a compensable injury and, as a result, must leave work before the end of their shift, on the day the injury occurred shall be paid to the end of the shift. 30.10 Where an employee sustains a workplace injury, the employee is entitled to make the initial choice of health professional for the purpose of obtaining necessary and appropriate healthcare. Notwithstanding this entitlement, the parties recognize that the injury may require immediate health care from the first available health professional. 30.11 Where an employee is requested to meet with a representative of TCHC with respect to an illness or injury, the employee shall be advised they may be accompanied by a representative of the Union.

Option B. Select the OMERS disability waiver of contributions and therefore TCHC and the employee shall not make OMERS contributions on the employee’s behalf. (NOTE: this may increase the employee’s take home pay. However, for pension calculation purposes, the deemed waiver earnings and the year’s maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE) are indexed like the OMERS pensions. The annual increases to the deemed earnings may not match the negotiated increases received.) No deductions will be made from the sick bank of an employee who received payments under clauses 30.03 (a) and 30.05. 30.06 An employee in receipt of a loss of earnings benefit in accordance with section 43 of the W orkplace Workplace Safety and Insurance Act who is not on layoff shall be considered to be an employee on the activeactive payroll and: (i) Continue to accrue seniority, service, vacation and sick pay credits and; (ii) Continue to be entitled to benefit coverage which shall be maintained by TCHC in the same manner as though the employee was at work and; (iii) The foregoing shall have no effect on any permanent partial disability pension, which an employee may be receiving. (a) Where the claim is not approved or where an employee receives monies in excess of their appropriate net pay amount, such excess shall be treated as an overpayment and TCHC shall make recovery from the wages of the employee. It is agreed that the affected employee(s) shall provide to TCHC any recovery consents required by law to give effect to such recoveries. (b) In the event of an overpayment, TCHC shall advise the employee in advance of the implementation of any schedule of recovery with respect to said overpayment. The recovery schedule shall not exceed the maximum permitted by the Wages Act R.S.O. 1990 as amended, unless the parties agree otherwise. 30.08 Employees who have not qualified for Sick Pay, in accordance with Article 14 shall, if their Workplace Safety and Insurance Board claim is approved, receive their benefit payments from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. 30.09 An employee, who sustains a compensable injury and, as a result, must leave work before the end of their shift, on the day the injury occurred shall be paid to the end of the shift. 30.10 Where an employee sustains a workplace injury, the employee is entitled to make the initial choice of health professional for the purpose of obtaining necessary and appropriate healthcare. Notwithstanding this entitlement, the parties recognize that the injury may require immediate health care from the first available health professional. 30.11 Where an employee is requested to meet with a representative of TCHC with respect to an illness or injury, the employee shall be advised they may be accompanied by a representative of the Union.

Option B. Select the OMERS disability waiver of contributions and therefore TCHC and the employee shall not make OMERS contributions on the employee’s behalf. (NOTE: this may increase the employee’s take home pay. However, for pension calculation purposes, the deemed waiver earnings and the year’s maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE) are indexed like the OMERS pensions. The annual increases to the deemed earnings may not match the negotiated increases received.) No deductions will be made from the sick bank of an employee who received payments under clauses 30.03 (a) and 30.05. 30.06 An employee in receipt of a loss of earnings benefit in accordance with section 43 of the W orkplace Workplace Safety and Insurance Act who is not on layoff shall be considered to be an employee on the activeactive payroll and: (i) Continue to accrue seniority, service, vacation and sick pay credits and; (ii) Continue to be entitled to benefit coverage which shall be maintained by TCHC in the same manner as though the employee was at work and; (iii) The foregoing shall have no effect on any permanent partial disability pension, which an employee may be receiving. (a) Where the claim is not approved or where an employee receives monies in excess of their appropriate net pay amount, such excess shall be treated as an overpayment and TCHC shall make recovery from the wages of the employee. It is agreed that the affected employee(s) shall provide to TCHC any recovery consents required by law to give effect to such recoveries. (b) In the event of an overpayment, TCHC shall advise the employee in advance of the implementation of any schedule of recovery with respect to said overpayment. The recovery schedule shall not exceed the maximum permitted by the Wages Act R.S.O. 1990 as amended, unless the parties agree otherwise. 30.08 Employees who have not qualified for Sick Pay, Short Term Wage Protection Benefits or Short Term Disability Benefits in accordance with Article 14 shall, if their Workplace Safety and Insurance Board claim is approved, receive their benefit payments from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. 30.09 An employee, who sustains a compensable injury and, as a result, must leave work before the end of their shift, on the day the injury occurred shall be paid to the end of the shift. 30.10 Where an employee sustains a workplace injury, the employee is entitled to make the initial choice of health professional for the purpose of obtaining necessary and appropriate healthcare. Notwithstanding this entitlement, the parties recognize that the injury may require immediate health care from the first available health professional. 30.11 Where an employee is requested to meet with a representative of TCHC with respect to an illness or injury, the employee shall be advised they may be accompanied by a representative of the Union.