Common use of Sick Leave - Full-Time Employees Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave - Full-Time Employees. A full-time employee shall be eligible for paid sick leave for up to one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days when he/she is unable to perform his/her regular duties as a result of illness, injury or becoming disabled. Time spent on modified hours shall be counted as sick leave. Time spent on modified duties may be counted as sick leave, depending on the severity of the modifications. It is important that the modified duties not present a hazard to the employee’s health and safety. In the event that an employee provides a medical certificate requesting modified hours or modified duties the University reserves the right to request that the employee provide a Workplace Capabilities Form completed by the employee’s physician. Where an employee provides a medical certificate requesting modified duties or modified hours of work for a period greater than four (4) weeks, the employee will be required to supply a Workplace Capabilities Form completed by his/her physician. The Workplace Capabilities Form will be submitted to Human Resource Services who will consult with the Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator and appropriate medical consultants used for this purpose. Where a modified duties or modified hours of work arrangement is implemented, progress towards a full return to regular duties will be reviewed by the Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator, the appropriate manager and the employee. Employees are entitled to have the Grievance Chairperson and the CAW Health and Safety representative present at meetings to discuss modified duties or modified hours programs and progress towards a full return to regular duties. Modified hours and/or modified duty arrangements shall not normally exceed three (3) months in duration. 8.2.1 Where it is determined that the employee is able to return to regular duties and has a reoccurrence of the same or related injury, illness or disability, then the following shall apply: (i) if the return is for at least forty (40) consecutive working days, then the one hundred and eighty (180) calendar day count shall be reset, and the employee shall be eligible for one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days of sick leave in the event of illness, injury or becoming disabled; or (ii) if the return is for less than forty (40) consecutive working days then the employee shall return to sick leave and the one hundred and eighty (180) calendar day count shall continue from the point at which it was suspended by the employee=s return to regular duties.

Sick Leave - Full-Time Employees. A full-time employee shall be eligible for paid sick leave for up to one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days when he/she is unable to perform his/her regular duties as a result of illness, injury or becoming disabled. Time spent on modified hours shall be counted as sick leave. Time spent on modified duties may be counted as sick leave, depending on the severity of the modifications. It is important that the modified duties not present a hazard to the employee’s health and safety. In the event that an employee provides a medical certificate requesting modified hours or modified duties the University reserves the right to request that the employee provide a Workplace Capabilities Form completed by the employee’s physician. Where an employee provides a medical certificate requesting modified duties or modified hours of work for a period greater than four (4) weeks, the employee will be required to supply a Workplace Capabilities Form completed by his/her physician. The Workplace Capabilities Form will be submitted to Human Resource Services who will consult with the Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator and appropriate medical consultants used for this purpose. Where a modified duties or modified hours of work arrangement is implemented, progress towards a full return to regular duties will be reviewed by the Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator or the Disability Case Coordinator, the appropriate manager and the employee. Employees are entitled to have the Grievance Chairperson and the CAW Union Health and Safety representative present at meetings to discuss modified duties or modified hours programs and progress towards a full return to regular duties. Modified hours and/or modified duty arrangements shall not normally exceed three (3) months in duration. 8.2.1 Where it is determined that the employee is able to return to regular duties and has a reoccurrence of the same or related injury, illness or disability, then the following shall apply: (ia) if the return is for at least forty (40) consecutive working days, then the one hundred and eighty (180) calendar day count shall be reset, and the employee shall be eligible for one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days of sick leave in the event of illness, injury or becoming disabled; or (iib) if the return is for less than forty (40) consecutive working days then the employee shall return to sick leave and the one hundred and eighty (180) calendar day count shall continue from the point at which it was suspended by the employee=s 's return to regular duties.

Sick Leave - Full-Time Employees. A full-time employee shall be eligible for paid sick leave for up to one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days when he/she is unable to perform his/her regular duties as a result of illness, injury or becoming disabled. Time spent on modified hours shall be counted as sick leave. Time spent on modified duties may be counted as sick leave, depending on the severity of the modifications. It is important that the modified duties not present a hazard to the employee’s health and safety. In the event that an employee provides a medical certificate requesting modified hours or modified duties the University reserves the right to request that the employee provide a Workplace Capabilities Form completed by the employee’s physician. Where an employee provides a medical certificate requesting modified duties or modified hours of work for a period greater than four (4) weeks, the employee will be required to supply a Workplace Capabilities Form completed by his/her physician. The Workplace Capabilities Form will be submitted to Human Resource Services who will consult with the Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator and appropriate medical consultants used for this purpose. Where a modified duties or modified hours of work arrangement is implemented, progress towards a full return to regular duties will be reviewed by the Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator or the Disability Case Coordinator, the appropriate manager and the employee. Employees are entitled to have the Grievance Chairperson and the CAW Health and Safety representative present at meetings to discuss modified duties or modified hours programs and progress towards a full return to regular duties. Modified hours and/or modified duty arrangements shall not normally exceed three (3) months in duration. 8.2.1 Where it is determined that the employee is able to return to regular duties and has a reoccurrence of the same or related injury, illness or disability, then the following shall apply: (i) if the return is for at least forty (40) consecutive working days, then the one hundred and eighty (180) calendar day count shall be reset, and the employee shall be eligible for one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days of sick leave in the event of illness, injury or becoming disabled; or (ii) if the return is for less than forty (40) consecutive working days then the employee shall return to sick leave and the one hundred and eighty (180) calendar day count shall continue from the point at which it was suspended by the employee=s return to regular duties.