Sick Credit Accumulation Bank. (a) Permanent employees in the active employ of the University who have successfully completed the probationary period and temporary full-time employees with more than twelve (12) months of employment shall accumulate sick leave credits at the rate of 1.5 days per completed month of work to a maximum of 120 days, based on the employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work. Accordingly, for part-time employees, their sick leave credit accumulation shall be pro-rated based on their regularly scheduled hours of work. Subject to the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000, as amended, and other statutory requirements, eligible employees must work at least ten (10) days in a given month to accrue sick leave.
(b) Where a permanent employee, or a temporary full-time employee with more than twelve (12) months of employment, is absent from work due to legitimate illness, the employee shall not lose the employee’s regular straight time earnings from the employee’s regularly scheduled hours but shall draw from her Sick Credit Accumulation Bank until the employee’s credits have been exhausted.
(c) An employee shall be required to submit a physician's certificate with respect to any period of time that the employee is absent due to illness for more than three days or with respect to any accommodation requested by an employee for medical reasons, other than leave with or without pay. The University shall cover 50% of the certificate’s cost. It is understood that the University may request doctor's certificates from employees to cover any absence due to illness, where the frequency, circumstances and pattern of the absences so warrant. In such circumstance, the University shall pay for a medical examination by a mutually agreed doctor.
(d) Every effort shall be made by employees to schedule personal medical/dental appointments outside of their scheduled work hours. Where it is not possible to do so, an employee may attend to such appointments during working hours, provided that permission is received from the employee’s supervisor as far in advance as possible. The period of absence required for such attendance shall be deducted from the employee’s Sick Credit Accumulation Bank.
Sick Credit Accumulation Bank. (a) Sick leave is the granting of time off with pay for absences from regularly scheduled hours due to legitimate illness. There shall be a Sick Credit Accumulation Bank for each full-time employee in the active employ of the Institute. Such employees shall accumulate sick credits at the rate of 1.5 days per completed month of active full-time work to a maximum of 60 days.
(b) Where a full-time employee is absent from work due to legitimate illness, the employee shall not lose regular straight time earnings from the employeeís regularly scheduled hours but shall draw from the employeeís Sick Credit Accumulation Bank to the extent of the employeeís credits in the Bank.
(c) An employee shall be required to submit a physician's certificate with respect to any period of time that the employee is absent due to illness for more than three days. It is understood that the Institute may require doctor's certificates from employees to cover any absence due to illness, where the frequency, circumstances, and pattern of the absences so warrant.
(d) There shall be no cash out of the sick credit accumulation bank.
Sick Credit Accumulation Bank.
a) Xxxx leave is the granting of time off with pay for absences from regularly scheduled hours due to personal illness, injury or medical emergency. Personal Emergency Leave can be used for death, illness, injury, medical emergency or urgent matter relating to family members (see Article 10.05 Personal Emergency Leave). Only ten (10) days can be used for Personal Emergency Leave.
b) There shall be a Sick Credit Accumulation Bank for each full-time employee in the active employ of the Association. Full-time employees shall accumulate sick credits at the rate of 1.75 days per completed month of full-time work to a maximum of forty-five (45) days. An employee shall accumulate all unused sick leave at the end of each year up to a maximum of forty-five (45) days. There shall be a Sick Credit Accumulation Bank for each part-time employee in the active employ of the Association. Regular part-time employees shall accumulate sick leave credits on the basis of one half (1/2) day per completed month of part- time service to a maximum of twenty-four (24) days.
c) Where an employee is absent from work due to personal illness, injury or medical emergency or Personal Emergency Leave relating to family members, the employee shall not lose the employee’s regular straight time earnings from the employee’s regularly scheduled hours but shall draw from the employee’s Sick Credit Accumulation Bank to the extent of ten days for Personal Emergency Leave and the remainder of the days can be used for the employee’s personal illness, injury or medical emergency to the extent of the employee’s credits in the Bank.
d) The prohibition in the ESA against requiring a note from a physician, registered nurse or psychologist applies only with respect to providing evidence that the employee is entitled to personal emergency leave/sick time. There may be some situations outside of the scope of personal emergency leave/sick leave where an Employer may need medical documentation in order to, for example, accommodate an employee, satisfy return to work obligations. The ESA does not prohibit Employers from requiring a note for these sorts of other purposes. The Employer can ask the employee to provide from an individual who is not a physician, registered nurse or psychologist, which can provide the following information: • The duration or expected duration of the absence • The date the employee was seen by a health care professional • Whether the patient was examined in person by the health ca...
