Sickness and Accident Benefit. Members of the Bargaining Unit will be provided a Sickness and Accident Benefit at the rate of seventy-four percent (74%) of their basic hourly rate in effect at the commencement of absence. This benefit will commence on:
(a) First day of non-occupational accident/injury;
(b) First day of admittance to a hospital as an In-patient;
(c) Third calendar day of absence due to sickness, and in all cases will be payable for a maximum period of twenty-six (26) weeks. The value of the benefit will be offset fully by Canada Pension Plan or Workplace Safety Insurance Board benefits and provisions will be included for the maintenance of Pension Benefit during such period of disability based on the disabled member’s basic earnings and the provisions of the Pension Plan in effect immediately prior to the member becoming disabled.
Sickness and Accident Benefit. 30:01 The Employer shall, during the life of this Agreement, provide and maintain a group insurance program which provides benefits for loss of pay due to sickness or accidental injury, including provision for payment of death benefits, in accordance with the terms of Schedule “C” of this Agreement, for those employees deemed eligible by the insurer. The full cost of the said plan to be borne by the Employer.
30:02 In the event that an employee reports to work but becomes legitimately ill and as a consequence receives permission to absent themselves from the workplace, the Employer shall pay to that employee one hundred percent (100%) of the employee’s wages for the remaining hours that the employee would have been at work that day unless the person has been absent the day before due to illness, in which case only hours worked that day will be paid.
30:03 In the event that an employee is unable to report for work due to legitimate illness or injury for up to three (3) consecutive days or portion thereof, the Employer shall pay to that employee one hundred percent (100%) of the employee’s wages lost per day for those days or portion thereof while off work for each and every occasion of legitimate illness or injury to a maximum of sixty-four (64) hours paid sick days per contract year.
30:04 Where an employee is unable to report to work or who has left work due to legitimate illness or injury for a total of twenty-four (24) hours for the Distribution Centre, and twenty two and a half (22.5) hours for the Office within a period of seventy-two (72) hours the terms of Article 31:03 shall apply for the first twenty-four (24) hours absent for the Distribution Centre and twenty two and a half (22.5) hours absent for the office, and the employee if they so qualify, shall receive one hundred percent (100%) of their lost daily wages for each consecutive days off work; thereafter in accordance with the group insurance plan to a maximum benefit equal to the current EI weekly benefits on the date of disability. A medical certificate may be requested if the circumstances warrant.
30:05 An employee absent from work due to illness or injury may be required to provide to the Employer a medical certificate from a qualified medical practitioner attesting to the nature of the illness, validity, confirmation that the employee is on a treatment plan and length of illness; as well as indicating any modifications that will be required when the employee returns to work.. The Employ...
Sickness and Accident Benefit. Each regular employee shall receive the following coverage:
a) Sickness – Seventy (70) per cent of his straight time hourly rate for work days one (1), two (2) and three (3) and eighty (80) per cent of his straight time hourly rate beginning on the fourth work day to a maximum of twenty-six (26) weeks for employees with less than ten (10) years service and thirty-nine (39) weeks for employees with more than ten (10) years service.
b) It is agreed that any treatment prescribed by a medical doctor and administered as an outpatient in a hospital or group health clinic shall be considered as sickness under this Article.
Sickness and Accident Benefit. Each regular employee shall receive the following coverage:
(a) Sickness – Seventy (70) per cent of his straight time hourly rate for work days one (1), two (2) and three (3) and eighty (80) per cent of his straight time hourly rate beginning on the fourth work day to a maximum of twenty-six (26) weeks for employees with less than ten (10) years service and thirty-nine (39) weeks for employees with more than ten (10) years service.
(b) It is agreed that any treatment prescribed by a medical doctor and administered as an outpatient in a hospital or group health clinic shall be considered as sickness under this Article.
(c) Accident - (Other Than Those Covered by Workplace Safety and Insurance Board) Eighty (80) per cent of his straight time hourly rate beginning on the first working day to a maximum of twenty-six (26) weeks for employees with less than ten (10) years service and thirty-nine (39) weeks for employees with more than ten (10) years service.
(d) The cost of providing the above coverage shall be borne entirely by the Employer. The Employer will pay its contribution and that of the employee during the four
Sickness and Accident Benefit. Each regular employee shall receive the following coverage:
a) Sickness
1) Seventy (70) per cent of his straight time hourly rate for work days one (1), two (2) and three (3) and eighty (80) per cent of his straight time hourly rate beginning on the fourth work day to a maximum of twenty-six
Sickness and Accident Benefit. This Section 22.03 applies to Operations employees only and remains in effect beyond September 1, 2001. Members of the bargaining unit will be provided a Sickness and Accident Benefit at the rate of seventy-four percent (74%) of their basic hourly rate in effect at the commencement of absence. This benefit will commence on:
(a) First day of non-occupational accident/injury;
(b) First day of admittance to a hospital as an In-patient;
(c) Third calendar day of absence due to sickness, and in all cases will be payable for a maximum period of twenty-six (26) weeks. The value of the benefit will be offset fully by Canada Pension Plan or Workplace Safety Insurance Board benefits and provisions will be included for the maintenance of Pension Benefit during such period of disability based on the disabled member's basic earnings and the provisions of the Pension Plan in effect immediately prior to the member becoming disabled.
Sickness and Accident Benefit. The Sickness and Accident benefit shall be ----------------------------- for a maximum period of twenty-six (26) weeks.
(a) For employees actively at work who go out on Sickness and Accident Benefits after February 1, 1996, increase the Sickness and Accident benefits from $260 to $270.
(b) For employees actively at work who go out on Sickness and Accident Benefits after February 1, 1997, increase the Sickness and Accident benefit from $270 to $280.
(c) For employees actively at work who go out on Sickness and Accident Benefits after February 1, 1998, increase the Sickness and Accident benefit from $280 to $290.
(d) For employees actively at work who go out on Sickness and Accident Benefits after February 1, 1999, increase the Sickness and Accident benefit from $290 to $300.
(e) For employees actively at work who go out on Sickness and Accident Benefits after February 1, 2000, increase the Sickness and Accident benefit from $300 to $310.
Sickness and Accident Benefit. 113.1 Employees shall be allowed one and one-half (1½) days sick leave with pay for each month worked, such leave to be cumulative from year to year. If requested by the Employer, a Doctor’s Certificate must be supplied by the Employee in respect of any illness extending beyond three (3) working days.
113.2 Upon severance or retirement, an Employee shall receive accumulated sick leave, maximum of ninety (90) days’ pay will be paid.
113.3 Employees shall be granted extended sick leave of absence without pay of up to six (6) months with up to one (1) year of service, and twelve (12) months if over one (1) year of service beyond the paid sick leave entitlement provided in Article 113.1 during periods of lengthy illness or disability as certified by a medical doctor. During that period of leave beyond the paid sick leave entitlement, seniority shall accumulate for up to one (1) year.
113.4 Employees disabled during the period of their annual vacation may, if capable of performing their regular duties, return to work and take the remaining days of their vacation at the mutual convenience of the Employer and the Employee. Employees fully disabled or unable to return to work due to distance or other valid excuse or sick during the period of their annual vacation shall, upon presentation of a doctor's certificate, be considered on sick leave for the duration of the disability or sickness (subject to Article 113.01) and the remaining days of their vacation shall be taken at a time mutually convenient to the Employer and the Employee.
113.5 Where no other than the Employee can provide for the needs during illness of an immediate member of the Employee’s family residing in the same household, an Employee shall be entitled, after notifying their Employer, to use a maximum of five (5) accumulated sick days per year for this purpose. Should additional time off be required, it shall be mutually agreed between the Employer and the Employee.
Sickness and Accident Benefit. Nurses with at least six (6) months of continuous employment with the Hospital who become disabled by reason of accident not covered by Worker’s Compensation, or sickness shall receive sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2/3%) of their pay at the Straight Time Hourly Rate, commencing from the first (1st) day of disability by reason of accident not covered by Worker’s Compensation or from the eighth (8th) day of disability by reason of sickness, for a maximum of twenty-six (26) weeks for Full-Time Nurses and WIN Nurses and for a maximum of thirteen (13) weeks for Part-Time Eligible Nurses. Nurses may, at their option, utilize PTO in order to receive one hundred percent (100%) of their regular earnings. Under no circumstances, however, can a Nurse receive more than one hundred percent (100%) of her/his regular earnings through a combination of the Sickness and Accident Benefits and other benefits payable to the Nurse. With respect to maternity-related disabilities, the certification period of assumed disability established under the Hospital’s sickness and accident benefit coverage shall be six (6) weeks in the case of vaginal delivery and eight (8) weeks in the case of Caesarian delivery.
Sickness and Accident Benefit. (Not applicable to Retirees)
