Robbery or Holdup. (a) In the event of a robbery or holdup, the Employer shall continue to provide, through its employee assistance program, at no cost to the employee, access to professional counselling to employees suffering from post-traumatic stress, in accordance with the terms of the Program. (b) The Employer agrees that requests from employees for time off due to post-traumatic stress resulting directly from involvement in robbery or holdup will be considered by the Employer for the balance of the day on which the incident occurred plus the following day without loss of pay. Refusal of such requests will not be unreasonably withheld. (c) Additional time off, if required, shall be deemed a medical absence for the purposes of the Agreement if substantiated by a medical certificate.
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Robbery or Holdup. (a) In the event of a robbery or holdup, the Employer shall continue to provide, through its employee assistance programEmployee Assistance Program, at no cost to the employee, access to professional counselling to employees suffering from post-traumatic stress, in accordance with the terms of the Program.
(b) The Employer agrees that requests from employees for time off due to post-traumatic stress resulting directly from involvement in robbery or holdup will be considered by the Employer for the balance of the day on which the incident occurred plus the following day without loss of pay. Refusal of such requests will not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) Additional time off, if required, shall be deemed a medical absence for the purposes of the Agreement if substantiated by a medical certificate.
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Robbery or Holdup. (a) In the event of a robbery or holdup, the Employer shall continue to provide, through its employee assistance program, at no cost to the employee, access to professional counselling to employees suffering from post-traumatic stress, in accordance with the terms of the Program.
(b) The Employer agrees that requests from employees for time off due to post-traumatic stress resulting directly from involvement in robbery or holdup will be considered by the Employer for the balance of the day on which the incident occurred plus the following day without loss of pay. Refusal of such requests will not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) Additional time off, if required, shall be deemed a medical absence for the purposes of the Agreement agreement if substantiated by a medical certificate.
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Samples: Collective Agreement