Salary Insurance Plan 5-3. 31
A) Subject to the provisions of the agreement, an employee shall be entitled, for every period of disability during which he or she is absent from work, to:
i) up to the lesser of the number of sick-leave days accumulated to his or her credit or of five (5) working days1: the payment of a benefit equal to the salary he or she would have received had he or she been at work;
ii) upon termination of the payment of the benefit provided for in paragraph i), if applicable, but in no event before the expiry of a waiting period of five (5) working days1 from the beginning of the period of disability and for a period of up to fifty-two (52) weeks from the beginning of the period of disability: the payment of a benefit equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of his or her salary;
iii) upon the expiry of the above-mentioned period of fifty-two (52) weeks and for a further period of up to fifty-two (52) weeks: the payment of a benefit equal to sixty-six and two thirds percent (66 2/3%) of his or her salary. For the purpose of computing the benefits, the employee’s salary is the salary rate he or she would receive if he or she were at work in accordance with Chapter 6-0.00.
B) During the disability period, the board and a regular employee who has a full-time position, and who is absent for at least twelve (12) weeks, may agree to a return to work on a gradual basis. The period of disability already begun shall then continue without extending the maximum period of one hundred and four (104) weeks of benefits. In this case:
1) The employee’s request shall include a medical certificate from his or her physician attesting that he or she may return to work on a gradual basis; the board shall forward a copy of the request to the union as soon as it receives it.
2) The medical certificate must not contain any restriction as regards the performance of duties related to the position.
3) The board and the employee shall agree on the period of gradual return to work and its schedule; such period cannot exceed twelve (12) consecutive weeks.
4) The gradual return to work shall apply to the position held by the employee.
5) During the period of gradual return to work, the employee shall be entitled to his or her salary for the proportion of time worked and to the benefit payable to him or her for the proportion of time not worked.
6) At the end of the period of gradual return to work agreed to, the employee shall resume his or her work on a full-time basis.
Salary Insurance Plan 5-3. 34
A) Subject to the provisions herein, every employee shall be entitled, for every period of disability during which he or she is absent from work, to:
a) up to the lesser of the number of sick-leave days accumulated to his or her credit or of seven (7) working days: the payment of a benefit equal to the salary he or she would have received had he or she been at work;
b) upon termination of the payment of the benefit prescribed in subparagraph a), where applicable, but in no event before the expiry of a waiting period of seven (7) working days from the beginning of the period of disability and for a period of up to three (3) months from the expiry of the waiting period: the payment of a benefit equal to eighty percent (80%) of the salary he or she would have received had he or she been at work;
c) upon the expiry of the abovementioned period of three (3) months up to twenty-four
Salary Insurance Plan 5-3. 31
a) Subject to the provisions herein, every employee shall be entitled, for every period of disability during which he is absent from work, to:
1) up to the lesser of the number of sick-leave days accumulated to his credit or of seven (7) working days: the payment of a benefit equal to the salary he would have received had he been at work;
2) upon termination of the payment of the benefit prescribed in subparagraph 1), if applicable, but in no event before the expiry of a waiting period of seven (7) working days from the beginning of the period of disability and for a period of up to three (3) months from the expiry of the waiting period: the payment of a benefit equal to eighty percent (80%) of the salary he would have received had he been at work;
3) upon the expiry of the abovementioned period of three (3) months up to twenty-four (24) months from the beginning of the disability period: the payment of a benefit equal to seventy percent (70%) of the salary he would have received had he been at work;
4) upon the expiry of the abovementioned period of twenty-four (24) months, the employee becomes an insured person under the long-term salary insurance plan and shall be entitled to payment of a benefit equal to seventy percent (70%) of his salary until the age of sixty-five (65). An insurer or a government agency shall pay the benefits prescribed in subparagraph 4) of paragraph a) of this clause and the premiums due under the long-term salary insurance plan shall not be payable by the employee, even if he is on a leave without salary or on a sabbatical leave with deferred salary, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the agreement. For the purpose of calculating the benefit prescribed in subparagraphs 1), 2) and 3) of paragraph a) of this clause, the employee’s salary shall be based on the salary he would be receiving if he were at work in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 6-0.00. At the end of the period prescribed in subparagraph 3) of paragraph a) of this clause, the salary applicable for the purpose of establishing the benefit prescribed in subparagraph 4) of paragraph a) of this clause is that prescribed in clause 1-2.32 of the agreement. The benefit shall be indexed, where applicable, on January 1 of each year according to the indexation rate determined under the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (R.S.Q., c. R-9) to a maximum of five percent (5%).
