Recurring Disabilities. Team members who return to work after being absent because of illness or injury, and within 30 consecutive scheduled days of work again become unable to work because of the same illness or injury are considered to still be within the original short-term plan period as defined in Section 2, 1.2(a). Where a team member is returning to work after a period of illness or injury and where Joint Committee has approved such return on a trial basis for assessment and/or rehabilitation purposes, the short-term plan period shall continue to be as defined in Section 1.2(a). Such trial period must be approved during the period the team member is receiving short-term benefits, however, the end of the trial period can go beyond the short-term plan benefit period. Team members who return to work after a period of illness or injury and who do not work the same number of hours that were scheduled prior to the illness or injury shall receive prorated benefits under this plan, however, not beyond seven calendar months from the initial date of absence as defined in Section 1.2(a), if absence is due to the same illness or injury.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Recurring Disabilities. Team members who return to work after being absent because of illness or injury, and within 30 thirty (30) consecutive scheduled days of work again become unable to work because of the same illness or injury are considered to still be within the original short-term plan Short Term Plan period as defined in Section 2, 1.2(a). Where a team member is returning to work after a period of illness or injury and where Joint Committee has approved such return on a trial basis for assessment and/or rehabilitation purposes, the short-term plan Short Term Plan period shall continue to be as defined in Section 1.2(a). Such trial period must be approved during the period the team member is receiving short-term benefits, however, the end of the trial period can go beyond the short-term plan Short Term Plan benefit period. Team members who return to work after a period of illness or injury and who do not work the same number of hours that were scheduled prior to the illness or injury shall receive prorated benefits under this plan, however, not beyond seven (7) calendar months from the initial date of absence as defined in Section 1.2(a), if absence is due to the same illness or injury.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement