Prepaid Leave. Permanent Employees will be entitled to take a leave of absence financed through a salary deferral arrangement in accordance with the provisions of the Prepaid Leave Plan set out in Article 44 of this Agreement.
Prepaid Leave. The Employer agrees to introduce a prepaid leave program, funded solely by the nurse, subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) The plan is available to nurses wishing to spread four (4) year's salary over a five (5) year period, in accordance with the Income Tax Act and regulations, to enable them to take a one (1) year leave of absence following the four (4) years of salary deferral.
(b) The nurse must make written application to the Executive Director or her designate at least six (6) months prior to the intended commencement date of the program (i.e. the salary deferral portion), stating the intended purpose of leave.
(c) Written applications will be reviewed by the Executive Director or her designate. Leaves requested for the purpose of pursuing further formal nursing education will be given priority. Applications for leaves requested for other purposes will be given the next level of priority on the basis of seniority. A written approval or denial with explanation will be forwarded to the applicant within four (4) weeks of the application.
(d) The number of nurses that may be absent at any one time shall not exceed one (1) staff. The year for purposes of the program shall be September 1 of the year to August 31 of the following year or such other twelve (12) month period as may be agreed upon by the nurse, the Local Association and the Employer.
(e) During the four (4) years of salary deferral, 20% of the nurse's gross earnings will be deducted and held for the nurse and will not be accessible to her until the year of the leave or upon withdrawal from the plan.
(f) The manner in which the deferred salary is held shall be at the discretion of the Employer.
(g) All deferred salary, plus accrued interest, if any, shall be paid to the nurse at the commencement of the leave or in accordance with such other payment schedule as may be agreed upon between the Employer and the nurse.
(h) All benefits shall be kept whole during the four (4) years of salary deferral and the employee shall pay the required premiums. The employee may apply for a continuance of benefits for the year of leave and must pay both portions through the Employer (i.e. Employer and employee portions) during the year of leave. The continuance of benefits must be approved by the benefits carrier.
(i) Participating employees must continue to contribute to the pension plan based on their full salary (i.e. regular basic pay before the salary holdback) during the four (4) years of sala...
Prepaid Leave. In accordance with Article 11.11 (c) no more than two (2) nurses shall be absent at any one time, and no more than one (1) nurse from any one unit (for the purpose of this clause the ER, OR and Medical Unit are considered one unit).
Prepaid Leave. For the purposes of the prepaid leave plan, there shall be no more than one (1) nurse from any one (1) unit. Both full-time and part-time nurses are included in this total.
Prepaid Leave. Q-1
(a) Subject to (b) below, the maximum number of eleven (11) Employees in total from the bargaining unit shall be absent at any one time under the Prepaid Leave Plan, as referred to under Article 11 of the Central Collective Agreement. Five (5) of such Employees may be part-time.
(b) No more than two (2) Employees may be absent from any one (1) unit at any one time under the Prepaid Leave Plan as referred to in (a), above.
Prepaid Leave. N-1 The Hospital agrees to approve the application of full-time and part-time nurses annually for the prepaid leave plan in accordance with the conditions of the Central Agreement. At any given time, there will only be one full-time and one part-time nurse off per unit on the prepaid leave plan.
Prepaid Leave. The number of nurses that may be absent at one time is determined as follows: One
(1) nurse by program except for the Palliative Care Unit where one full-time and one part-time nurse could be absent at one time.
Prepaid Leave. K.1 The Hospital agrees that the quota of nurses permitted on prepaid leave at one time is one (1) full-time nurse, one (1) regular part-time nurse and one (1) casual part- time nurse.
Prepaid Leave. M-1 No more than two (2) Nurses may be absent on prepaid leave at any one (1) time provided that not more than one (1) Nurse from any unit is absent at the same time. Notwithstanding the above, the Hospital, in its discretion, may allow a third Nurse to be absent on prepaid leave at the same time.
Prepaid Leave. M.1 The number of nurses eligible to participate in the prepaid leave plan in any given year will be no more than fifteen (15) full-time nurses and fifteen (15) part-time nurses and not more than one (1) per unit.
