Personal Circumstances Leave. Clauses 79.1 and 79.2 of this Agreement will commence to apply to affected employees from the anniversary date that the employee was last credited with leave under clause K4.11 of the DIT EA.
Personal Circumstances Leave. In the case of serious illness in the immediate family, an employee shall be entitled, after notifying his/her supervisors a maximum of three (3) days paid leave for that illness. Immediate family, for the purposes of this Section, shall be defined as a spouse, child, mother, father, brother, sister, mother in law, father in law, brother in law, sister in law, son in law, daughter in law, grandparent, grand child or any other person living in the same household. Serious illness in the family shall be defined as an illness which the attending physician considers sufficiently critical to require the employees’ presence at the bedside. The employer may request a letter of verification from the attending physician. Serious illness shall also include time to transport an immediate family member to a medical facility for medical referrals that pertain to that serious illness. These days will not be taken from the employee’s sick leave bank but will be in addition to them. Additional unpaid leave may be requested with no loss of seniority. Employees may also access vacation entitlement for this purpose.
Personal Circumstances Leave. In the case of serious illness in the immediate family, an employee shall be entitled, after notifying his/her supervisor, a maximum of three (3) days paid leave per year to be taken from the employees sick leave. Immediate family shall be defined as spouse, child, mother and father. The employer may request a letter of verification from the attending physician. Serious illness shall also include time to transport an immediate family member to a medical facility for medical referrals inside or outside the East Kootenays.
Personal Circumstances Leave. In the case of serious illness in the immediate family, an employee shall be entitled, after notifying supervisors a maximum of three (3) days paid leave for that illness. Immediate family, for the purposes of this shall be defined as a spouse, child, mother, father, brother, sister, mother in law, father in law, brother in law, sister in law, son in law, daughter in law, grandparent, grand child or any other person living in the same household, Serious illness in the family shall be defined as an illness which the attending physician considers sufficiently critical to require the employees' presence at the bedside. The employer may request a letter of verification from the attending physician. Serious illness shall also include time to transport an immediate family member to a medical facility for medical referrals inside or outside the East These days will not be taken from the employee's sick leave bank but will be in addition to them. Additional unpaid leave may be requested with no loss of seniority. Employees may also access vacation entitlement for this purpose. The Board shall pay an employee who is required to serve as a juror or court witness the difference between his normal earnings and the payment he receives for jury service or subpoenaed court witness. The employee will present proof of and the amount of pay received.
