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. 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. 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. Perth-Huron 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. Xxxxx, Haldimand, Norfolk 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) 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.
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.
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.
Professional and Education Leave. Where a nurse is required by the Employer to attend any training program, course or workshop (including any program, course or workshop for the purpose of education, skill or career development or upgrading), or it is recommended by the Employer that a nurse attend such training program, course or workshop, the Employer agrees to pay any applicable fee and to compensate such nurse for the time off from work as a result of attending the training program, course or workshop.
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 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 nurses who are elected to the College of Nurses of Ontario or the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario to attend their scheduled meetings. A nurse shall be entitled to an unpaid leave of absence from her regularly scheduled working hours for the purpose of writing any formal examinations (including mid-terms) in any courses in which the nurse is enrolled to upgrade her nursing qualifications. The nurse shall provide her supervisor with fourteen calendar days notice of the date and time of any such examinations.
Professional and Education Leave. Nurses may be granted of absence with 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 an equitable basis from nurses who make application to attend. Bereavement Leave A nurse who notifies the Employer as soon as possible following a death in the nurse's immediate family, shall be granted up to three (3) consecutive days off, plus two (2) days for travelling, if required, without loss of her regular pay for her scheduled hours in conjunction with the day of the funeral of a member of her immediate family. shall mean parent, brother, sister, spouse, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent and grandchild. For nurses, shall mean days on which a nurse would otherwise qualify for salary payment. Compassionate leave without loss of salary up to a maximum of three (3) working days may be allowed at the discretion of the Nursing Supervisor for critical illness in the nurse's family.
