SICK BENEFIT. 14.01 Employees are required, as a condition of continued employment, to attend work regularly and as scheduled. When unable to attend, the employee will contact the Department Head or his designate as soon as possible in advance of his scheduled starting time, giving the reason he is unable to attend, the date of his expected return and details of where he can be reached. 14.02 An employee who has passed his or her probation period and who is prevented from working due to bona fide illness or injury shall be reimbursed at one hundred percent (100%) of his or her regular rate of pay less deductions required by law for a period of two (2) weeks beginning on the first day of absence. An Employee in the hourly rated group shall receive daily benefits based on his average daily pay in the twelve (12) weeks preceding the week in which the absence occurs. 14.03 In order to be eligible for benefits under this provision: (a) An employee must cooperate with all efforts of the Employer to return the employee to work with or without reasonable accommodation as appropriate. Moreover, an employee must take all proper steps to ensure the earliest possible return to work including attendance at a qualified physician and the following a prescribed treatment program. (b) An employee must not have otherwise been absent for work as a result of layoff, strike, suspension, discharge, scheduled vacation or holiday, or scheduled leave of absence under any of the provisions of the collective agreement. (c) An employee must submit a physician's medical report satisfactory to the Employer where reasonable, and in any event, on the third (3rd) day of an absence. (d) The bona fide illness or injury must not be as a result of self-inflicted injuries or illnesses, medical or surgical care which is cosmetic or the committing or the attempt to commit an assault or a criminal offence. 14.04 There shall be no entitlement to sick benefits if it is subsequently determined that the Employee was absent from work as a result of the same illness or injury for which the employee is receiving Workplace Safety and Insurance Act benefits. Any resultant overpayment shall be recovered from the employee's pay. 14.05 Employees shall be required to reimburse the Employer on the settlement or judgment of any legal action (respecting damages for lost income) arising of the employees injury or illness when amounts paid out under the Employer's sick leave plan in conjunction with 14.06 Employees may draw upo...

SICK BENEFIT. 42.1 Any employee, who in any port outside of Canada, has to be signed off a vessel owing to an illness, or owing to injury for which compensation is payable, except for the period during which the injury comes under the benefits of the compensation laws of Canada, shall, in addition to medical care and maintenance to which he is entitled under the Canada Shipping Act, also be entitled to two thirds of his basic pay until he is declared medically fit for duty and offered employment in a rank similar to that which he held when becoming sick or has been repatriated to a proper return port, whichever first happens, provided that in any event such sick pay shall not continue after twelve weeks from the date the employee was signed off Articles. Only such operations as in the opinion of competent medical authority are immediately necessary shall be performed away from Canada. Where an employee has an allotment payable to a dependent as defined under the Canada Shipping Act, the Company undertakes to continue such allotment up to the amount of the sick pay due the employee under the conditions stated above.

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SICK BENEFIT. 1. When a regular (not part-time or temporary) hourly paid employee is unable to work for a period of two (2) consecutive working days on account of illness, exclusive of illness or disability due to occupational accidents, he shall receive sick benefits at the rate of ninety-five percent (95%) of his basic rate of pay for forty (40) hours per week, up to a maximum of two hundred twenty (220) work days whether within a single calendar year or during periods encompassing more than a single calendar year if the inability to work arises from, out of or in connection with a single, common or related illness, accident or event. Sick leave benefits will not be allowed, in any case, for the first two (2) working days of such illness excepting that in case an illness extends five (5) or more consecutive working days the two (2) day waiting period shall then be included in the sick benefit payments. Doctor's appointments related to a major illness (FMLA qualifying), hospitalization, or outpatient surgery will be allowed under the sick leave provisions of the Agreement. Vacation hours (increments allowed per the contract) taken for these appointments only may be considered towards the sick waiting time. An employee will be eligible for another period of disability for the same single, common or related illness, accident or event after being released by a physician and performs his normal full-time duties (light duty excluded), for a period of six (6) months. In calculating the said six (6) month period, the employee must actually return to work, and time such as vacation period, holidays, and any other absence from work (whether excused or not) will not count in computing the required six (6) months of regular full-time duties required before an employee is eligible for another period of disability as herein set forth. If an employee is allowed to return to work on a light-duty basis and remains on that light-duty work for nine (9) months, he will be eligible for another period of disability for the same single, common or related illness, accident or event. In calculating the said nine (9) month period, the employee must actually return to work, and time such as vacation period, holidays, and any other absence from work (whether excused or not) will not count in computing the required nine (9) months of light-duty work required before an employee is eligible for another period of disability as herein set forth. 2. Employees must complete six (6) months’ service befo...

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SICK BENEFIT. (a) In any full calendar year of employment a full-time regular employee may be absent from work for reasons of personal illness for up to fifteen (15) days, less any Sick Benefit Bank assessments, without loss of pay. To comply with subsection 21(b) of the Employment Insurance Regulations, at least one (1) day per month must be available for use only in the case of the employee's personal illness or injury. In any partial calendar year of employment, an employee may be absent from work for reasons of personal illness for up to one and one-quarter (1-1/4) days per month, less any Sick Benefit Bank assessments, without loss of pay. This provision shall apply on a prorated basis to regular employees working less than full time. Subject to Article 25, Section E (Termination Pay), unused sick benefit provision shall be accumulated annually. (b) Employees may use up to three (3) personal sick leave days per year for illness of a dependent. This provision is subject to the employee maintaining a personal annual accumulation of sick leave in excess of twelve (12) days to comply with the Employment Insurance Regulations. (c) Employees must make every reasonable effort to contact their supervisor (or manager) directly at the earliest opportunity, and must notify the supervisor that they are unable to work due to illness or injury, and provide an expected date of return to work. 23.02 The provision for sick benefit for regular employees shall be computed from the date of appointment, posted annually on January 1st, and submitted to the Union by January 31st. Employees who leave the service of the University shall be required to pay back any sick benefit taken in excess of their accumulated sick benefit as at December 31st of the previous year plus one and one-quarter (1-1/4) days per month worked during the current calendar year. For regular employees subject to anticipated layoff periods, the provision for annual sick benefit shall be computed from January 1st to the anticipated date of layoff and from the date the employee returns from layoff to December 31st. Any recoveries from an employee made up to the date of layoff will be repaid to the employee on return from layoff up to the limit of the employee's then unused provision. 23.03 No provision for sick benefit shall be made in respect of a period of layoff or leave of absence without pay, but the employee shall retain any provision for sick benefit which existed prior to such layoff or leave. 23.04 During an e...

SICK BENEFIT. 57.1 All employees covered under this agreement become eligible for sick benefits starting on the first of the month following the effective hire date. Paid sick benefit shall be accrued at sixty-four (64) hours per year at the rate of 2.46 hours per bi-weekly pay period. Regular part-time employees shall accrue sick benefit on a prorated basis. These credits may accrue to a maximum of 520 hours of sick benefits for a full-time employee and a prorated amount for employees working less than full-time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, new employees in their first three months of employment may borrow up to 30 hours of sick time benefit, even if they have not accrued enough hours to cover the necessary leave. Thereafter, normal accrual rates (to be paid at 2.46 hours per bi-weekly pay period) will resume beginning in the fourth month of employment. All employees who have at least five (5) years’ service will be advanced their full yearly sick benefit allotment on July 1st if in the preceding fiscal year such employee: (a) has not received any discipline related to attendance issues, and (b) has not been repeatedly granted Leave Without Pay due to exhaustion of sick time. Nothing in this section is intended to limit employee rights under the FMLA or PFML or penalize employees for the exercise of FMLA or PFML rights. Any employee who uses advanced sick time and who separates, voluntarily or involuntarily, from employment prior to earning the sick benefit shall repay the deficit to the Agency. Employees hereby authorize the Agency to deduct any such deficits from their final paycheck. Accrued Sick Leave may be used for the absence from duty of any employee due to: the employee’s own physical or mental illness, injury, or medical condition that requires home care, professional medical diagnosis or care, or preventative medical or dental care. to care for the employee’s child, spouse/domestic partner, parent, or parent of a spouse, who is suffering from a physical or mental illness, injury, or medical condition that requires home care, professional medical diagnosis or care, or preventative medical or dental care. to attend a routine medical appointment or a routine medical appointment for the employee’s child, spouse/domestic partner, parent, or parent of spouse. to address the psychological, physical or legal effects of domestic violence. to travel to and from an appointment, a pharmacy, or other location related to the purpose for which the time was taken. In ord...

SICK BENEFIT. 1. When a regular (not part-time or temporary) hourly paid employee is unable to work for a period of two (2) consecutive working days on account of illness, exclusive of illness or disability due to occupational accidents, he shall receive sick benefits at the rate of ninety-five percent (95%) of his basic rate of pay for forty (40) hours per week, up to a maximum of two hundred twenty (220) work days whether within a single calendar year or during periods encompassing more than a single calendar year if the inability to work arises from, out of or in connection with a single, common or related illness, accident or event. Sick leave benefits will not be allowed, in any case, for the first two (2) working days of such illness excepting that in case an illness extends five (5) or more consecutive working days the two (2) day waiting period shall then be included in the sick benefit payments. Doctor's appointments related to a major illness (FMLA qualifying), hospitalization, or outpatient surgery will be allowed under the sick leave provisions of the Agreement. Vacation hours (increments allowed per the contract) taken for these appointments only may be considered towards the sick waiting time. Employees may use up to 80 hours per calendar year of their current sick leave bank, if available, for leave from work to care for a family member who has a medical condition ("Paid Family Medical Leave"). Caring for a family member includes transporting the family member to and from a medical appointment related to the medical condition. The use of this Paid Family Medical Leave will be administered per current sick leave language. Medical documentation related to the family member's medical condition must be provided when requested. Failure to provide the medical documentation when requested will result in the Paid Family Medical Leave being denied. For purposes of this provision, "family member" exclusively includes the employee's: parent, biological or adopted child, spouse, domestic partner, biological or adopted grandchild, or grandparent. This Paid Family Medical Leave will run concurrent with FMLA leave, to the extent FMLA is applicable to the need for the leave, but will not run concurrent with any other paid leave for family members (i.e., Local 702 hospitalization). This Paid Family Medical Leave, a benefit to the employees, has been negotiated and duly bargained with the Unions representing the employees and shall be the full amount of paid leave availabl...

SICK BENEFIT. 9.01 Employees having at least three hundred and twenty (320) hours of service shall be eligible for sick leave in accordance with the following: (a) Part Time employees shall receive sick leave payable at 100% of their hourly rate for any scheduled time missed, days to be taken in whole, as follows: (i) Class 1 – 1 day (ii) Class 2 – 2 days (iii) Class 3 – 4 days (b) Full Time Employees shall receive up to six (6) days sick leave to be paid at 100% of their hourly rate and up to sixty-nine (69) days at 66 2/3% of their hourly rate. (c) Full Time Employees with one (1) year of service but less than five (5) years of service shall receive up to ten (10) days of sick leave to be paid at 100% of their hourly rate and up to sixty-five (65) days at 66 2/3% of their hourly rate. (d) Full Time Employees with five (5) years of more of service shall receive up to fifteen (15) days sick leave to be paid at 100% of their hourly rate and up to sixty (60) days at 66 2/3% of their hourly rate. (e) Employees may carry forward any unused 100% sick leave credits in the event time off is required in the next year for medical confinement for treatment or convalescence. Unused credits carried forward under this provision shall expire in the next year if not utilized. (a) An employee claiming sick leave is required to notify the Local Office of the Property at which he/she is based by 8:00 a.m. on the first day of such illness, and every day thereafter provided he/she is medically able. The employee may also provide an estimated time of return, and shall not be required to call in daily under this provision. (b) Prior to issuing sick pay, the Employer may require such employee to produce a doctor’s certificate substantiating the illness to its satisfaction. The cost of such certification shall be paid by the Employer. 9.03 The short term sick leave plan shall be registered with the Employment Insurance Commission. The employees’ share of the Employer’s EI premium reduction shall be retained by the Employer to offset the cost of benefit improvements contained in this Agreement. (a) An employee who returns to work after a period of absence due to illness or injury extending over five (5) days may be required to produce a medical certificate from his/her physician substantiating fitness for duty. In the event an employee is requesting modified work, the employee may be required to provide a duly completed fitness for work certificate on a form provided by the Employer and shall c...

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