Sick Leave/Wellness Leave Sample Clauses

Sick Leave/Wellness Leave. (a) Employees are entitled to fifteen (15) days per calendar year sick leave/wellness leave with full pay. Such sick leave/wellness leave will be cumulative from year to year, up to a maximum of sixty (60) days. (b) As part of the sick leave/wellness leave entitlement, up to a maximum of three (3) of the sick leave/wellness leave days can be taken annually as wellness leave days, if the Employee informs the Employer that these wellness days are needed to proactively prevent ill health, consistent with the guidance of a health professional. (c) As a part of the sick leave/wellness leave entitlement, sick leave/wellness leave can be taken for illness or injury related to a disaster, which includes but is not limited to pandemics, epidemics, or natural disasters. Such leave shall include caring for a spouse or family member due to illness or injury. (d) Employees who commence their employment during the calendar year shall have the sick leave/wellness leave outlined in (a) above pro-rated by their date of employment. (e) A physician’s certificate may be required by the Employer at any time in case of any sick leave/wellness leave lasting longer than three (3) working days. Where such a certificate is required and on submission of a physician’s receipt, the Employer will reimburse the Employee for the fee, if any, levied by a physician for providing such a certificate. (f) Wherever possible, an Employee will try to schedule medical or dental appointments outside their normal working hours. However, when this is not possible, absences totalling less than three (3) hours in a day, due to such appointments will not be charged as sick leave/wellness leave. Where such absences are in excess of three (3) hours in a day due to such appointments, they shall be charged as sick leave/wellness leave at the minimum rate of 1/2 day. (g) Family responsibility leave, as defined in the Employment Standards Act, can be taken with pay through use of the sick leave/wellness leave days allotted in this article. (h) It is expressly recognized by both the Employee and the Employer that unused sick leave/wellness leave shall not be paid out to an Employee. Furthermore, sick leave/wellness leave cannot be used toward time to retirement. Sick leave/wellness leave days are to be used only for the purposes as defined in this Article.
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Related to Sick Leave/Wellness Leave

  • Sick Leave Benefits Sick leave is an indemnity benefit and not an acquired right. A Nurse who is absent from a scheduled shift on approved sick leave shall only be entitled to sick leave pay if the Nurse is not otherwise receiving pay for that day, and providing the Nurse has sufficient sick leave credits.

  • Vacation; Sick Leave During the Employment Term, the Executive shall be entitled to not less than four (4) weeks of vacation during each calendar year and sick leave in accordance with the Company’s policies and practices with respect to its executives.

  • Vacations; Leave The Employee shall be entitled to annual paid vacation in accordance with the policies established by the Board of Directors for executive employees and to voluntary leave of absence, with or without pay, from time to time at such times and upon such conditions as the Board of Directors may determine in its discretion.

  • Illness Leave Employees on an illness leave shall use all of their available entitlement time (i.e., vacation and paid or unpaid personal days) prior to using excused unpaid time.

  • Sick Leave Pay A Nurse granted sick leave shall be paid for the period of such leave at her or his regular hourly rate of pay and the number of hours thus paid shall be deducted from the accumulated sick leave credits of the Nurse.

  • Sick Leave Allowance Faculty with a full-time assignment shall accrue sick leave at the rate of eight

  • Sick Leave 1. Employees will be granted one (1) day for each month of their contract year. The days granted will be available as of the first official day of the school year or the contract, whichever is applicable. 2. Sick leave may be accrued to the amount earned which shall be shown on each salary check. 3. The Board may require proof of illness whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that an absence is not due to a bona fide illness. 4. Days of accrued sick leave may be used to assist in the health care of persons who live in the employee's household, or to care for a parent, spouse, or a child regardless of their residence or for other relatives requested in writing and approved by the Superintendent/Designee prior to the leave. The Board may require proof of illness under the same requirements as the employee’s illness. 5. The absences in excess of available sick leave, deductions from salary shall be at the rate of 1/182 for Food Services Employees and 1/189 for Food Services Managers in excess of the number provided. 6. Employees hired prior to July 1, 1997: Employee will be paid for unused sick days in the following manner: a. Payment for unused sick days will be made to the employee upon that employee’s early or full service retirement or, upon the employee’s death, to the employee’s estate. Employees eligible for early or full service retirement who resign from employment and do not receive a retirement benefit, shall forfeit all rights to payment for unused sick days. b. Employees, who have a balance of less than 250 unused sick days as of June 30, 2002, will receive payment for 50% of the employee’s accumulated unused sick days up to a maximum of 250 unused days at their average daily rate*. c. Employees who have a balance of unused sick days greater then 250 days as of June 30, 2002, will receive payment for 50% of the employee’s accumulated unused sick days up to their June 30, 2002, unused sick leave balance, at their average daily rate*. d. Payments for unused sick days in amounts greater than $5,000 will be paid in equal amounts over five consecutive years beginning with the year of retirement. e. Payments for unused sick days in the amount at $5,000 or less or for the death of an employee will be paid in a lump sum to the employee or the employee’s estate in the year of retirement or death.

  • Sick Leave Use An employee shall be granted sick leave with pay to the extent of the employee's accumulation for absences necessitated by the following conditions:

  • Vacation Leave 11.1 Employees will retain and carry forward any eligible and unused vacation leave that was accrued prior to the effective date of this Agreement.

  • Vacations and Sick Leave The Executive shall be entitled to paid annual vacation leave in accordance with the policies as established from time to time by the Board of Directors, which shall in no event be less than four weeks per annum. The Executive shall also be entitled to an annual sick leave benefit as established by the Board for senior management employees of the Bank. The Executive shall not be entitled to receive any additional compensation from the Bank for failure to take a vacation or sick leave, nor shall he be able to accumulate unused vacation or sick leave from one year to the next; provided, however, such Executive may carry forward from year to year a maximum of ten days of unused vacation leave.

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