Common use of Professional and Education Leave Clause in Contracts

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) 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 ’s professional development especially as it relates to her responsibilities. Selection shall be made on in 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) 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 in 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. (c) i) When a nurse is required by VON to attend any in-service programme outside her regularly scheduled working hours, she shall be paid for time spent in attendance at such a programme at her regular straight time hourly rate of pay.