Common use of PROLONGED ILLNESS LEAVE Clause in Contracts

PROLONGED ILLNESS LEAVE. (1) A confirmed staff with at least 1 year of service shall be eligible for the benefit under this clause if she has contracted tuberculosis, cancer, leprosy, mental illness, cardiac ailments, or any other chronic disease which is verified by a Medical Board as a long term illness. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) not contracted during work is also covered under this clause. AIDS contracted in the course of work shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Work Injury Compensation Act (WIC), subject that where the provisions of the WIC are less favourable than this clause, the staff shall be entitled to the benefit under this clause. (2) Subject to sub-clause (1) above, the leave entitlement is as follows: (a) First six months - Full Pay (b) Second six months - Half Pay (c) Third six months - Without Pay (3) Thereafter, if the staff is still unfit for duty, her service may be terminated on medical grounds. (4) A staff who is medically boarded out will be accorded a further 12 months medical benefits from the date of the medical boarding out provided that: (a) she has at least 10 years of service before commencement of prolonged illness leave; (b) she is not receiving any other medical benefits from the other employers either as staff or dependant; (c) she seeks medical treatment from Government restructured healthcare institutions; (d) the medical benefits shall only cover specialist treatment and consultation under sub-clause 37(3) and hospitalisation under clause 38 of this Agreement; (e) the medical benefits shall only be applicable to treatment in relation to the specific medical condition(s) that led to the medical boarding out. Any claim for treatment of other associated medical conditions shall be considered on a case-by-case basis. (5) For the purpose of this clause, Government restructured healthcare institutions shall refer to healthcare institutions under the clusters: National Healthcare Group, Singapore Health Services, Alexandra Health and National University Health System, and any other institution(s) that may be so declared by the Minister for Health.

PROLONGED ILLNESS LEAVE. (1) A confirmed staff with at least 1 year of service shall be eligible for the benefit under this clause if she has contracted tuberculosis, cancer, leprosy, mental illness, cardiac ailments, or any other chronic disease which is verified by a Medical Board as a long term illness. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) not contracted during work is also covered under this clause. AIDS contracted in the course of work shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Work Injury Compensation Act (WIC), subject that where the provisions of the WIC are less favourable than this clause, the staff shall be entitled to the benefit under this clause. (2) Subject to sub-clause (1) above, the leave entitlement is as follows: (a) First six months - Full Pay (b) Second six months - Half Pay (c) Third six months - Without Pay (3) Thereafter, if the staff is still unfit for duty, her service may be terminated on medical grounds. (4) A staff who is medically boarded out will be accorded a further 12 months medical benefits from the date of the medical boarding out provided that:that- (a) she has at least 10 years of service before commencement of prolonged illness leavemedically boarded out; (b) she is not receiving any other medical benefits from the other employers either as staff or dependant; (c) she seeks medical treatment from Government restructured healthcare institutions; (d) the medical benefits shall only cover hospitalisation, specialist treatment and consultation under sub-clause 37(3) and hospitalisation under clause 38 of this Agreementreceived from Government restructured hospitals based on the benefits schemes pertaining to the individual staff prior to medical boarding out; (e) the medical benefits shall only be applicable to treatment in relation to the specific medical condition(s) that led to the medical boarding out. Any claim for treatment of other associated medical conditions shall be considered on a case-by-case basis. (5) For the purpose of this clause, Government restructured healthcare institutions shall refer to healthcare institutions under the clusters: National Healthcare Group, Singapore Health Services, Alexandra Health, Eastern Health Alliance and National University Health System, and any other institution(s) that may be so declared by the Minister for Health.