Common use of SHORT TERM SICKNESS PLAN Clause in Contracts

SHORT TERM SICKNESS PLAN. 71.1 An employee who is unable to attend to his or her duties due to sickness or injury is entitled in each calendar year to leave of absence with pay as follows: (a) at regular salary for the portion of six (6) days that the ratio of the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment, (b) at seventy-five percent (75%) of regular salary for an additional period of that portion of one hundred and twenty- four (124) days that the ratio of the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment. 71.2 An employee is not entitled to leave of absence with pay under Article 71.1 until he or she has completed all of his or her regularly scheduled hours of work within a period of four (4) consecutive weeks. 71.3 An employee on a sick leave of absence which commences on a regularly scheduled working day in one (1) calendar year and continues to include a regularly scheduled working day in the following calendar year, is not entitled to leave of absence with pay under Article 71.1 for more than the number of days provided in Article 71.1 in the two (2) years until he or she has returned to work and again completed the service requirement described in Article 71.2. 71.4 An employee who has used the total number of days available under Article 71.1 in a calendar year must complete the service requirement described in Article 71.2 before he or she is entitled to further leave under Article 71.1 in the next calendar year. 71.5 The pay of an employee under this article is subject to deductions for insurance coverage and pension contributions that would be made from his or her regular weekly rate of pay. The Employer-paid portion of all payments and subsidies will continue to be made. USE OF ACCUMULATED CREDITS 71.6 An employee on leave of absence under Article 71.1(b) may, at his or her option, have sufficient credits deducted from his or her accumulated credits (attendance, vacation or overtime) to receive his or her regular weekly rate of pay. 71.7 An employee who is absent from his or her duties due to sickness or injury beyond the total number of days provided for in Article 71.1 shall have his or her accumulated attendance credits reduced by the number of days equal to such absence and he or she shall receive his or her regular weekly rate of pay for that period. 71.8 Article 71.7 does not apply to an employee when he or she qualifies for and elects to receive benefits under the Long Term Income Protection plan. 71.9 Where, for reasons of health, an employee is frequently absent or unable to perform his or her duties, the Employer may require him or her to submit to a medical examination at the expense of the Employer. 71.10 Where an employee’s absence caused by sickness exceeds a calendar week, no leave with pay shall be allowed unless a certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner is forwarded to the employee’s manager, certifying that the employee is unable to attend to his or her official duties. Notwithstanding this provision, the employee’s manager may require an employee to submit a medical certificate for a period of absence of less than a calendar week. 71.11 Employees returning from Long Term Income Protection plan to resume employment must complete the service requirement described in Article 71.2 to qualify for benefits under the Short Term Sickness Plan. 71.12 For the purposes of this article the service requirement described in Article 71.2 shall not include vacation leave of absence or any leaves without pay, but days worked before and after such leave shall be considered consecutive. Notwithstanding the above, where an employee is unable to attend to his or her duties due to sickness or injury, the days worked before and after such absence shall not be considered consecutive.

SHORT TERM SICKNESS PLAN. 71.1 An employee who is unable to attend to his or her duties due to sickness or injury is entitled in each calendar year to leave of absence with pay as follows: (a) at regular salary for the portion of six (6) days that the ratio of the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment, (b) at seventy-five percent (75%) of regular salary for an additional period of that portion of one hundred and twenty- twenty-four (124) days that the ratio of the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment. 71.2 An employee is not entitled to leave of absence with pay under Article Article 71.1 until he or she has completed all of his or her regularly scheduled hours of work within a period of four (4) consecutive weeks. 71.3 An employee on a sick leave of absence which commences on a regularly scheduled working day in one (1) calendar year and continues to include a regularly scheduled working day in the following calendar year, is not entitled to leave of absence with pay under Article 71.1 for more than the number of days provided in Article 71.1 in the two (2) years until he or she has returned to work and again completed the service requirement described in Article 71.2. 71.4 An employee em ployee who has used the total number of days available under Article 71.1 in a calendar year must complete the service requirement described in Article 71.2 before he or she is entitled to further leave under Article 71.1 in the next calendar year. 71.5 The pay of an employee under this article is subject to deductions for insurance coverage and pension contributions that would be made from his or her regular weekly rate of pay. The Employer-paid portion of all payments and subsidies will continue to be made. USE OF ACCUMULATED CREDITS 71.6 An employee on leave of absence under Article 71.1(b) may, at his or her option, have sufficient credits deducted from his or her accumulated credits (attendance, vacation or overtime) to receive his or her regular weekly rate of pay. 71.7 An employee em ployee who is absent from his or her duties due to sickness or injury beyond the total number of days provided for in Article 71.1 shall have his or her accumulated attendance credits reduced by the number of days equal to such absence and he or she shall receive his or her regular weekly rate of pay for that period. 71.8 Article 71.7 does not apply to an employee when he or she qualifies for and elects to receive benefits under the Long Term Income Protection plan. 71.9 Where, for reasons of health, an employee is frequently absent or unable to perform his or her duties, the Employer may m ay require him or her to submit to a medical examination at the expense of the Employer. 71.10 Where an employeeem ployee’s absence caused by sickness exceeds a calendar week, no leave with pay shall be allowed unless a certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner is forwarded to the employee’s manager, certifying that the employee em ployee is unable to attend to his or her official duties. Notwithstanding this provision, the employee’s manager may require an employee em ployee to submit a medical m edical certificate for a period of absence of less than a calendar week. 71.11 Employees returning from Long Term Income Protection plan to resume employment must complete the service requirement described in Article 71.2 to qualify for benefits under the Short Term Sickness Plan. 71.12 For the purposes of this article the service requirement described in Article 71.2 shall not include vacation leave of absence or any leaves without pay, but days worked before and after such leave shall be considered consecutive. Notwithstanding the above, where an employee is unable to attend to his or her duties due to sickness or injury, the days worked before and after such absence shall not be considered consecutive.Article

SHORT TERM SICKNESS PLAN. 71.1 An employee who is unable to attend to his or her duties due to sickness or injury is entitled in each calendar year to leave of absence with pay as follows: (a) at regular salary for the portion of six (6) days that the ratio of the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment, (b) at seventy-five percent (75%) of regular salary for an additional period of that portion of one hundred and twenty- twenty-four (124) days that the ratio of the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment. 71.2 An employee is not entitled to leave of absence with pay under Article Article 71.1 until he or she has completed all of his or her regularly scheduled hours of work within a period of four (4) consecutive weeks. 71.3 An employee on a sick leave of absence which commences on a regularly scheduled working day in one (1) calendar year and continues to include a regularly scheduled working day in the following calendar year, is not entitled to leave of absence with pay under Article 71.1 for more than the number of days provided in Article 71.1 in the two (2) years until he or she has returned to work and again completed the service requirement described in Article 71.2. 71.4 An employee who has used the total number of days available under Article 71.1 in a calendar year must complete the service requirement described in Article 71.2 before he or she is entitled to further leave under Article 71.1 in the next calendar year. 71.5 The pay of an employee under this article is subject to deductions for insurance coverage and pension contributions that would be made from his or her regular weekly rate of pay. The Employer-paid portion of all payments and subsidies will continue to be made. USE OF ACCUMULATED CREDITS 71.6 An employee on leave of absence under Article 71.1(b) may, at his or her option, have sufficient credits deducted from his or her accumulated credits (attendance, vacation or overtime) to receive his or her regular weekly rate of pay. 71.7 An employee who is absent from his or her duties due to sickness or injury beyond the total number of days provided for in Article 71.1 shall have his or her accumulated attendance credits reduced by the number of days equal to such absence and he or she shall receive his or her regular weekly rate of pay for that period. 71.8 Article 71.7 does not apply to an employee when he or she qualifies for and elects to receive benefits under the Long Term Income Protection plan. 71.9 Where, for reasons of health, an employee is frequently absent or unable to perform his or her duties, the Employer may require him or her to submit to a medical examination at the expense of the Employer. 71.10 Where an employee’s absence caused by sickness exceeds a calendar week, no leave with pay shall be allowed unless a certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner is forwarded to the employee’s manager, certifying that the employee is unable to attend to his or her official duties. Notwithstanding this provision, the employee’s manager may require an employee to submit a medical certificate for a period of absence of less than a calendar week. 71.11 Employees returning from Long Term Income Protection plan to resume employment must complete the service requirement described in Article 71.2 to qualify for benefits under the Short Term Sickness Plan. 71.12 For the purposes of this article the service requirement described in Article 71.2 shall not include vacation leave of absence or any leaves without pay, but days worked before and after such leave shall be considered consecutive. Notwithstanding the above, where an employee is unable to attend to his or her duties due to sickness or injury, the days worked before and after such absence shall not be considered consecutive.Article

SHORT TERM SICKNESS PLAN. 71.1 An 42.1 A full-time employee who is unable to attend to his or / her duties due to sickness or injury is entitled entitled, in each calendar year year, to leave of absence with pay as follows:absence, (a) at with regular salary for the portion of first six (6) days that the ratio of the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment,working days; and (b) at with seventy-five percent (75%) of regular salary for an additional period of that portion of one hundred and twenty- twenty-four (124) working days. 42.2 A part-time employee who is unable to attend to his/her duties due to sickness or injury is entitled, in each calendar year, to leave of absence, a) with regular salary for that portion of six (6) working days that equal to the ratio of portion the employee’s weekly regularly scheduled hours of work bear to fullfull employment; and b) with seventy-time five percent (75%) of regular salary for that portion of an additional one hundred and twenty-four (124) working days equal to the portion the employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work bear to full employment. 71.2 42.3 An employee is not entitled to a leave of absence with pay under this Article 71.1 until he or she has completed after completion of, in the case of a full-time employee, twenty (20) consecutive working days of employment, and in the case of a part-time employee, all of his or her the employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work within a period of four (4) consecutive weeks. 71.3 42.4 An employee who is on a sick leave of absence which with pay under this Article that commences on a regularly scheduled working day in one (1) calendar year and continues to include a regularly scheduled working day in the next following calendar yearyear is not entitled to leave of absence with pay for a greater number of working days than are permitted under Article 42.1 or 42.2, as the case may be, in the two (2) years until the employee has again completed the service requirement described in Article 42.3. 42.5 An employee who was on leave of absence with pay under this Article for the number of days in a year permitted under Article 42.1 or 42.2, as the case may be, is not entitled to leave of absence with pay under this Article 71.1 for more than the number of days provided in Article 71.1 in the two (2) years year next following until he or she the employee has returned to work and again completed the service requirement described in Article 71.242.3. 71.4 An employee who has used the total number of days available under Article 71.1 in a calendar year must complete the service requirement described in Article 71.2 before he or she is entitled to further leave under Article 71.1 in the next calendar year. 71.5 42.6 The pay of an employee under this article Article is subject to to, a) all deductions for insurance coverage coverages referred to in this Part of the Agreement and pension under the Public Service Pension Plan that would otherwise be made from the pay; and b) all contributions that would otherwise be made from his or her by the Employer in respect of the pay, and such deductions and contributions shall be made as though the employee were receiving the employee’s regular weekly rate of pay. The Employer-paid portion of all payments and subsidies will continue to be madesalary. USE OF ACCUMULATED CREDITSCREDITS Accumulated credits include vacation credits, compensation option credits, and attendance credits. 71.6 An 42.7.1 Effective July 28, 2013, an employee who is on leave of absence and receiving pay under Article 71.1(b42.1.2(b), 42.1.2(c) mayor 42.2.2(b) is entitled, at his or her the employee’s option, to have sufficient credits deducted from his or her the employee’s accumulated credits (attendancefor each day to which Article 42.1.2(b), vacation 42.1.2(c) or overtime42.2.2(b) applies in order to receive his or her regular weekly rate of paysalary for each such day. 71.7 42.7.2 An employee who is absent from his or her duties employment due to sickness or injury beyond the total number of days leave of absence with pay provided for in Article 71.1 42.1 or 42.2 shall have his or / her accumulated attendance credits reduced by the a number of days equal to the number of days of such absence and he or she shall receive his or her regular weekly rate is entitled to leave of absence with pay for that period. 71.8 on each such day. 42.7.3 Article 71.7 42.7.2 does not apply to an employee when he or she who qualifies for and elects to receive benefits under the Long Term Income Protection planPlan instead of using his / her accumulated attendance credits. 71.9 Where, for reasons of health, an employee is frequently absent or unable to perform his or her duties, the Employer may require him or her to submit to a medical examination at the expense of the Employer. 71.10 Where an employee’s absence caused by sickness exceeds a calendar week, no leave with pay shall be allowed unless a certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner is forwarded to the employee’s manager, certifying that the employee is unable to attend to his or her official duties. Notwithstanding this provision, the employee’s manager may require an employee to submit a medical certificate for a period of absence of less than a calendar week. 71.11 Employees returning from Long Term Income Protection plan to resume employment must complete the service requirement described in Article 71.2 to qualify for benefits under the Short Term Sickness Plan. 71.12 For the purposes of this article the service requirement described in Article 71.2 shall not include vacation leave of absence or any leaves without pay, but days worked before and after such leave shall be considered consecutive. Notwithstanding the above, where an employee is unable to attend to his or her duties due to sickness or injury, the days worked before and after such absence shall not be considered consecutive.