Reinstatement of Benefits. If an employee after collecting benefits has returned to active employment for three (3) months or less and becomes disabled due to the same disability, they will be eligible to claim for benefits under the same disability for the duration of the claim without the requirement of a further waiting period for duration of the maximum benefit period. After the three (3) month period, the employee will be entitled to file for a new claim for benefits for the same disability for up to the maximum benefit period. If the employee after collecting benefits has returned to active employment and becomes disabled due to a new disability, the employee will be entitled to file for a new claim for benefits for up to the maximum benefit period. If an employee is either on vacation or is scheduled for vacation and becomes either sick or receives a non-occupational injury, he/she will be entitled to apply for benefits and the waiting period as specified in this article will commence at the time the employee advises the Company of such sickness and/or non-occupational injury. Vacation will then be rescheduled to a time mutually agreeable to both the employee and the Company. An employee who is recalled from layoff or is scheduled to return from a leave of absence but is not employed because he/she is unable to return due to a sickness and/or injury, shall be for the purpose of benefits, be deemed to be actively at work on the day on which the employee would have returned had he/she not be sick and/or injured. An employee who becomes disabled while at work, will be entitled to continue to collect benefits for the duration of their disability regardless of their seniority status in the plant. When the employee is no longer disabled he/she will be returned to work providing he/she has the requisite seniority.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Reinstatement of Benefits. If an employee after collecting benefits has returned to active employment for three (3) months or less and becomes disabled due to the same disability, they will be eligible to claim for benefits under the same disability for the duration of the claim without the requirement of a further waiting period for duration of the maximum benefit period. After the three (3) month period, the employee will be entitled to file for a new claim for benefits for the same disability for up to the maximum benefit period. If the employee after collecting benefits has returned to active employment and becomes disabled due to a new disability, the employee will be entitled to file for a new claim for benefits for up to the maximum benefit period. If an employee is either on vacation or is scheduled for vacation and becomes either sick or receives a non-occupational injury, he/she will be entitled to apply for benefits and the waiting period as specified in this article will commence at the time the employee advises the Company of such sickness and/or non-occupational injury. Vacation will then be rescheduled to a time mutually agreeable to both the employee and the Company. An employee who is recalled from layoff or is scheduled to return from a leave of absence but is not employed because he/she is not employed because he/she is unable to return due to a sickness and/or injury, shall be for the purpose of benefits, be deemed to be actively at work on the day on which the employee would have returned had he/she not be sick and/or injured. An employee who becomes disabled while at work, will be entitled to continue to collect benefits for the duration of their disability regardless of their seniority status in the plant. When the employee is no longer disabled he/she will be returned to work providing he/she has the requisite seniority.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Reinstatement of Benefits. If an employee after collecting benefits has returned to active employment for three (3) months or less and becomes disabled due to the same disability, they will be eligible to claim for benefits under the same disability for the duration of the claim without the requirement of a further waiting period for duration of the maximum benefit period. After the three (3) month period, the employee will be entitled to file for a new claim for benefits for the same disability for up to the maximum benefit period. If the employee after collecting benefits has returned to active employment and becomes disabled due to a new disability, the employee will be entitled to file for a new claim for benefits for up to the maximum benefit period. If an employee is either on vacation or is scheduled for vacation and becomes either sick or receives a non-occupational injury, he/she will be entitled to apply for benefits and the waiting period as specified in this article will commence at the time the employee advises the Company of such sickness and/or non-non- occupational injury. Vacation will then be rescheduled to a time mutually agreeable to both the employee and the Company. An employee who is recalled from layoff or is scheduled to return from a leave of absence but is not employed because he/she is not employed because he/she is unable to return due to a sickness and/or injury, shall be for the purpose of benefits, be 85 deemed to be actively at work on the day on which the employee would have returned had he/she not be sick and/or injured. An employee who becomes disabled while at work, will be entitled to continue to collect benefits for the duration of their disability regardless of their seniority status in the plant. When the employee is no longer disabled he/she will be returned to work providing he/she has the requisite seniority.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Reinstatement of Benefits. If an employee after collecting benefits has returned to active employment for three (3) months or less and becomes disabled due to the same disability, they will be eligible to claim for benefits under the same disability for the duration of the claim without the requirement of a further waiting period for duration of the maximum benefit period. After the three (3) month period, the employee will be entitled to file for a new claim for benefits for the same disability for up to the maximum benefit period. If the employee after collecting benefits has returned to active employment and becomes disabled due to a new disability, the employee will be entitled to file for a new claim for benefits for up to the maximum benefit period. If an employee is either on vacation or is scheduled for vacation and becomes either sick or receives a non-occupational injury, he/she will be entitled to apply for benefits and the waiting period as specified in this article will commence at the time the employee advises the Company of such sickness and/or non-non- occupational injury. Vacation will then be rescheduled to a time mutually agreeable to both the employee and the Company. An employee who is recalled from layoff or is scheduled to return from a leave of absence but is not employed because he/she is unable to return due to a sickness and/or injury, shall be for the purpose of benefits, be deemed to be actively at work on the day on which the employee would have returned had he/she not be sick and/or injured. An employee who becomes disabled while at work, will be entitled to continue to collect benefits for the duration of their disability regardless of their seniority status in the plant. When the employee is no longer disabled he/she will be returned to work providing he/she has the requisite seniority.
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Samples: Collective Agreement