Professional and Education Leave. Nurses may be granted leave(s) of absence with or without pay to attend workshops, seminars, and short courses, which may be deemed beneficial to the Nurse’s professional development especially as it relates to their responsibilities. Selection shall be made in an equitable basis from Nurses who make application to attend. Such leave is granted at the discretion of the Employer. Professional leave without pay will be granted to Registered Nurses who are elected to the RNAO to attend regularly scheduled meetings. Nurses involved in the organizing, preparing and presenting of in-service programmes at the Branch, and outside the Branch, on behalf of the Employer, may be paid for some or all such hours involved, at their regular rate of pay as submitted by the Nurse. A Nurse shall be entitled to leave of absence from their regularly scheduled working hours for the purpose of writing exams arising out of the Quality Assurance Program required by the College of Nurses of Ontario. The Employer shall pay 2 hours at the Nurse’s straight time hourly rate to write the exam. A Nurse elected to the College of Nurses will suffer no loss of pay for time spent in attendance at regularly scheduled meetings of the College of Nurses, where the Nurse would otherwise be working for the Employer.
Professional and Education Leave. Nurses may be granted leave(s) of absence with or without pay to attend workshops, seminars and short courses, which may be deemed beneficial to the nurse’s professional development especially as it relates to her responsibilities. Selection shall be made from nurses who make application to attend. Such leave is granted at the discretion of the Employer. The granting of such leave shall not be arbitrary and will not be unreasonably denied.
Professional and Education Leave. Xxxxx, Haldimand, Norfolk, Chatham-Kent, North Bay; Peterborough, Victoria & Haliburton Nurses may be granted leave(s) of absence with or without pay to attend workshops, seminars and short courses, which may be deemed beneficial to the Nurse’s professional development especially as it relates to her/his responsibilities. Selection shall be made in an equitable basis from Nurses who make application to attend. Such leave is granted at the discretion of the Employer. Nurses may be granted leave(s) of absence with or without pay to attend workshops, seminars and short courses, which may be deemed beneficial to the Nurse's professional development especially as it relates to her/his responsibilities. Such leave is granted at the discretion of the Employer. The Employer will endeavour to grant such approved leaves as equitably as possible from amongst the bargaining unit members who apply. Xxxxx, Haldimand, Norfolk, North Bay, Perth-Huron; Peterborough, Victoria & Haliburton Professional leave without pay will be granted to Nurses who are elected or appointed to the College of Nurses of Ontario or the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario to attend their regularly scheduled meetings. Professional leave without pay will be granted to Registered Nurses who are elected to the RNAO to attend regularly scheduled meetings.
Professional and Education Leave. (a) Nurses may be granted leave(s) of absence with or without pay to attend workshops, seminars and short courses, which may be deemed beneficial to the nurse's professional development especially as it relates to her responsibilities. Selection shall be made on an equitable basis from nurses who make application to attend. Such leave is granted at the discretion of the Employer.
(b) Professional leave without pay will be granted to nurses who are elected to the College of Nurses of Ontario or the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario to attend their regularly scheduled meetings.
Professional and Education Leave. (a) Leave of absence with pay or without pay may be granted to employees to attend professional and educational meetings, courses, or other events which may be judged beneficial to the employee's professional development, especially as it relates to her responsibilities with the Employer.
(b) When mandatory attendance is required of an employee by the Employer to attend a course, workshop, inservice, or meeting, the Employer agrees to compensate such employees for the time off work to attend the course, workshop, inservice or meeting. If the employee is not scheduled to work, the Employer agrees to compensate the employee at their appropriate rate of pay for the time spent.
(c) A Nurse who is elected to the College of Nurses will be granted professional leave, without pay, to attend regularly scheduled meetings of the College of Nurses, provided such leave does not unduly interfere with the operations of the Employer.
(d) Where a Nurse is granted a leave of absence in accordance with (a), (b), or (c) above, she shall not be required to work the night tour immediately preceding, or the evening or night tour immediately following the leave of absence.
Professional and Education Leave a) Leave of absence with pay or without pay may be granted to nurses to attend professional and educational meetings, courses, or other events which may be judged beneficial to the nurse's professional development, especially as it relates to her responsibilities with the Employer.
b) Leave of absence without pay may be granted to nurses for up to one (1) academic year to attend further education which may be judged by the employer to be beneficial to the nurse's professional development, especially as it relates to her responsibilities with the Employer. This request shall not be unreasonably denied. The nurse who is granted such a leave will make a commitment to return to work for a period equal to that of the leave.
c) Professional leave without pay will be granted to full-time and regular part-time nurses who are elected to or appointed to the College of Nurses or the Registered Nurses Union of Ontario to attend regularly scheduled meetings of the College of Nurses or the Registered Nurses Union of Ontario subject to the following limitations:
i) No more than one (1) nurse may be absent at one time;
ii) Nurses must provide at least thirty (30) calendar days’ notice in writing;
iii) Provided that such leave may be arranged without undue inconvenience to the normal operations of the Employer.
Professional and Education Leave. (a) Leave of absence, without pay, for the purposes of further education directly related to the nurse’s employment with the Employer may be granted on written application to the Director of Care or designate. Such leave of absence will be granted in accordance with individual needs and operational requirements and shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) If an employee is required by the Employer to attend short courses, workshops or seminars (e.g. CPR courses) which are directly related to the employee’s employment at the Centre, the time so spent in attendance shall be with pay. Where an employee is required by the Employer to attend a course or workshop outside of her regularly scheduled working hours, the Employer agrees to pay any applicable fees.
(c) Unpaid leave will be granted to full-time and part-time employees who are elected to the College of Nurses to attend regularly scheduled meetings of the College of Nurses to a maximum of six (6) days per year. Only one
(1) representative may be absent at one time.
Professional and Education Leave. (a) Nurses may be granted leave(s) of absence with or without pay to attend workshops, seminars and short courses, which may be deemed beneficial to the Nurse's professional development especially as it relates to her responsibilities. Such leave is granted at the discretion of the Employer. The Employer will endeavour to grant such approved leaves as equitably as possible from amongst the bargaining unit members who apply.
(b) Professional leave without pay will be granted to Nurses who are elected to the College of Nurses of Ontario or the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario to attend their regularly scheduled meetings.
(c) Professional leave with pay for lost time will be provided to Nurses required to write examinations as part of the College of Nurses Quality Assurance program.
Professional and Education Leave. Employees may be granted leave(s) of absence with pay to attend work shops, seminars and short courses beneficial to the employee's professional development.
Professional and Education Leave. Nurses may be granted of absence with or without pay to attend workshops, seminars and short courses, which may be deemed beneficial to the nurse's professional development especially as it relates to her responsibilities. Selection shall be made in an equitable basis from nurses who make application to attend. Such leave is granted at the discretion of the Employer. If a nurse if required to as a juror in any court of law or required to attend as a witness in a court proceeding in which the crown is a party, or is required by subpoena to attend a court of law or coroner's inquest in connection with a case arising from the nurse's duties with the Employer, the nurse will not suffer loss of regular pay from her regularly scheduled hours. The nurse will promptly notify the Employer upon notification that she will be required to attend, repays the amount (other than expenses) paid to her for such service or attendance to the Employer and presents proof of service requiring her attendance.
