Common use of Sickness Scheme Clause in Contracts

Sickness Scheme. All colleagues who are unable to work because of illness are entitled, subject to the Logistics Absence Policy, to be paid sick pay for the following periods of sickness absence in any rolling 12 month period based on a 40 hour per week contract (pro- rata for part-time hours): - Less than 6 months 0 Less than 6 months (in event of an accident at work–3 day waiting does not apply here) 40 6 Months but less than 2 years 120 2 years but less than 5 years 240 5 years but less than 8 years 480 8 years but less than 10 years 600 10 years but less than 15 years 800 15 years plus 1200 Length of service is calculated at the beginning of any period of absence. Any SSP entitlement will count towards the amount of contractual sick pay. 3 waiting days, when no contractual sick pay will be paid, and normal SSP rules will apply to any absence in the first 6 months of employment. After 6 months, the first occasion of any absence in a rolling 12 month period will be paid from day 1. Any subsequent absences in the rolling 12 months will have 3 waiting days applied. All colleagues under this agreement are entitled to sick pay in accordance with the agreement with the exception of absence caused by or through the following circumstances: - 1. Participation in war, riot or civil commotion 2. Participation in a strike or other industrial action whether official or unofficial 3. Participation in professional / extreme sports or games 4. Any paid occupation other than with the Co-op 5. Incapacity during holiday periods for which the employee received holiday pay. * *Note a colleague can only be in receipt of EITHER holiday pay or sick pay, but not both at the same time. Any employee incapable of working due to sickness or accident must notify their supervisor or arrange for their supervisor to be notified on the first day of absence from work prior to their normal work starting time. Unless there are exceptional circumstances failure to do so may lead to the non-receipt of pay for that day. In the case of absences of seven calendar days duration or less the employee is required to complete a simple form of self-certification on return to work. This certificate forms part of the absence record. In the case of absences of more than seven days duration to qualify for payment the employee must be under the care of a doctor. No payment of benefit will be made unless this absence is covered by medical certificates. Certificates must be submitted for the eighth day of the incapacity and throughout the duration of the absence. The Co-op may require a colleague on sick leave, or who has a pattern of absences, to undergo medical examinations by a doctor nominated by the Co-op. Contractual sick pay shall be calculated based upon basic salary, without any premiums related to the shifts not worked. The Co-op shall be entitled to deduct from sickness payments any contributions to the colleague’s pension. Co-op will also be entitled to deduct any payment authorised by the colleague to be deducted from their wages e.g. union fees, cycle to work or credit union payments etc. Colleagues who are in receipt of sick pay shall not take any other employment or do anything that would prejudice their recovery. Any colleague abusing the scheme shall be dealt with as a disciplinary matter. Where there is a marked and sustained increase in absenteeism by any individual colleague then the Co-op, in consultation with the trade union, may take the following action; • Request the production of a medical certificate before any payment is made regardless of the length of absence. • Withdraw that individual colleague from cover by the scheme. Should there be any major changes in the present legislation in respect of statutory sickness and accident benefits then the scheme may be reviewed.

Sickness Scheme. All colleagues who are unable to work because of illness are entitled, subject to the Logistics Sickness Absence Policy, to be paid sick pay for the following periods of sickness absence in any rolling 12 month period based on a 40 37.5 hour per working week contract (pro- pro-rata for part-time hoursworking patterns): - Less than 6 months 0 Less than 6 months (Only in the event of an accident at work–3 day waiting does not apply herework) 40 Nil (5 days) 0 (37.5) 6 Months months but less than 2 years 120 15 days 112.5 2 years but less than 5 years 240 30 days 225 5 years but less than 8 years 480 60 days 450 8 years but less than 10 years 600 75 days 562.5 10 years but less than 15 years 800 100 days 750 15 years plus 1200 + 150 days 1125 Length of service is calculated at the beginning of any period of absence. Any SSP entitlement will count towards the amount of contractual sick pay. 3 waiting days, when no contractual sick pay will be paid, and normal SSP rules will apply to any absence in the first 6 months of employment. After 6 months, the first occasion of any absence in a rolling 12 month period will be paid from day 1. Any subsequent absences in the rolling 12 months will have 3 waiting days applied. All colleagues under this agreement are entitled to sick pay in accordance with the agreement with the exception of absence caused by or through the following circumstances: - 1. Participation in war, riot or civil commotion 2. Participation in a strike or other industrial action whether official or unofficial 3. Participation in professional / extreme sports or games 4. Any paid occupation other than with the Co-op 5. Incapacity during holiday periods for which the employee received holiday pay. * *Note a colleague can only be in receipt of EITHER holiday pay or sick pay, but not both at the same time. Any employee incapable of working due to sickness or accident must notify their supervisor or arrange for their supervisor to be notified on comply with the first day of notification requirements in the absence from work prior to their normal work starting timepolicy. Unless there are exceptional circumstances failure to do so may lead to the non-receipt of circumstances, company sick pay will not be paid for that day. In the case of absences of seven calendar days duration or less the employee is required to complete a simple form of self-certification on return to work. This certificate forms part of the absence record. In the case of absences of more than seven days duration to qualify for payment the employee must be under the care of a doctor. No payment of benefit will be made unless this absence is covered by medical certificates. Certificates must be submitted for the eighth any day of the incapacity and throughout the duration of the absencewhere notification requirements are not met. The Co-op may require a colleague on sick leave, or who has a pattern of absences, to undergo medical examinations by a doctor nominated by the Co-op. Contractual sick pay shall be calculated based upon on basic salary, without any premiums related to the shifts not worked. The Co-op shall be entitled to deduct from sickness payments any contributions to the colleague’s pension. Co-op will also be entitled to deduct any payment authorised by the colleague to be deducted from their wages behalf e.g. union fees, cycle to work or credit union payments etc. Colleagues who are in receipt of sick pay shall not take any other employment or do anything that would prejudice their recovery. Any colleague abusing the scheme shall be dealt with as a disciplinary matter. Where there In cases where a colleague is awarded any sum by way of damages or compensation against a marked and sustained increase in absenteeism by any individual colleague then the Co-op, in consultation with the trade union, may take the following action; • Request the production of a medical certificate before any payment is made regardless of the length of absence. • Withdraw that individual colleague from cover by the scheme. Should there be any major changes in the present legislation third party in respect of statutory sickness or injury, any payment received under the terms of this scheme shall be repayable up to an amount not exceeding that of the damages or compensation. Where damages are awarded and accident benefits then repaid, the scheme may relevant period of absence shall not be reviewedcounted towards the colleague’s entitlement to paid sickness absence for the purposes of this section of the agreement.

Sickness Scheme. All colleagues who are unable to work because of illness are entitled, subject to the Logistics Absence Policy, to be paid sick pay for the following periods of sickness absence in any rolling 12 month period based on a 40 hour per week contract (pro- rata for part-time hours): - Less than 6 months 0 Less than 6 months (in event of an accident at work–3 day waiting does not apply here) 40 6 Months but less than 2 years 120 2 years but less than 5 years 240 5 years but less than 8 years 480 8 years but less than 10 years 600 10 years but less than 15 years 800 15 years plus 1200 Length of service is calculated at the beginning of any period of absence. Any SSP entitlement will count towards the amount of contractual sick pay. 3 waiting days, when no contractual sick pay will be paid, and normal SSP rules will apply to any absence in the first 6 months of employment. After 6 months, the first occasion of any absence in a rolling 12 month period will be paid from day 1. Any subsequent absences in the rolling 12 months will have 3 waiting days applied. All colleagues under this agreement are entitled to sick pay in accordance with the agreement with the exception of absence caused by or through the following circumstances: - 1. Participation in war, riot or civil commotion 2. Participation in a strike or other industrial action whether official or unofficial 3. Participation in professional / extreme sports or games 4. Any paid occupation other than with the Co-op 5. Incapacity during holiday periods for which the employee received holiday pay. * *Note a colleague can only be in receipt of EITHER holiday pay or sick pay, but not both at the same time. Any employee incapable of working due to sickness or accident must notify their supervisor or arrange for their supervisor to be notified on the first day of absence from work prior to their normal work starting time. Unless there are exceptional circumstances failure to do so may lead to the non-receipt of pay for that day. In the case of absences of seven calendar days duration or less the employee is required to complete a simple form of self-certification on return to work. This certificate forms part of the absence record. In the case of absences of more than seven days duration to qualify for payment the employee must be under the care of a doctor. No payment of benefit will be made unless this absence is covered by medical certificates. Certificates must be submitted for the eighth day of the incapacity and throughout the duration of the absence. The Co-op may require a colleague on sick leave, or who has a pattern of absences, to undergo medical examinations by a doctor nominated by the Co-op. Contractual sick pay shall be calculated based upon basic salary, without any premiums related to the shifts not worked. The Co-op shall be entitled to deduct from sickness payments any contributions to the colleague’s pension. Co-op will also be entitled to deduct any payment authorised by the colleague to be deducted from their wages e.g. union fees, cycle to work or credit union payments etc. Colleagues who are in receipt of sick pay shall not take any other employment or do anything that would prejudice their recovery. Any colleague abusing the scheme shall be dealt with as a disciplinary matter. Where there is a marked and sustained increase in absenteeism by any individual colleague then the Co-op, in consultation with the trade union, may take the following action; •  Request the production of a medical certificate before any payment is made regardless of the length of absence. •  Withdraw that individual colleague from cover by the scheme. Should there be any major changes in the present legislation in respect of statutory sickness and accident benefits then the scheme may be reviewed.

Sickness Scheme. All colleagues who are unable to work because of illness are entitledeligible, subject to the Logistics Absence Policysickness absence procedures, to be paid sick pay for the following periods of sickness absence in any rolling 12 month period based on a 40 hour per week contract (pro- rata for part-time hours): period: - Less than 6 months 0 Less than 6 months (( in event of an accident at work–3 day waiting does not apply herework) 40 48 (40)* 6 Months but less than 2 years 120 144 (120)* 2 years but less than 5 years 240 288 (240)* 5 years but less than 8 years 480 576 (480)* 8 years but less than 10 years 600 720 (600)* 10 years but less than 15 years 800 960 (800)* 15 years plus 1200 1440 (1200)* *Figures in brackets indicate 40 hour contract entitlements. Length of service is calculated at the beginning of any period of absence. Any SSP entitlement will count towards the amount of contractual sick pay. 3 waiting days, when no contractual sick pay will be paid, and normal SSP rules will apply to any absence in the first 6 months of employment. After 6 months, the first occasion of any absence in a rolling 12 month period will be paid from day 1. Any subsequent absences in the rolling 12 months will have 3 waiting days applied. All colleagues Colleagues under this agreement are entitled to sick pay Sick Pay in accordance with the agreement with the exception of absence caused by or through the following circumstances: - 1. -  Participation in war, riot or civil commotion 2. commotion  Participation in a strike or other industrial action whether official or unofficial 3. unofficial  Participation in professional / extreme sports or games 4. games  Any paid gainful occupation other than with the Co-op 5. outside normal working hours  Incapacity during holiday periods for which the employee received holiday pay. * pay *Note a colleague can only be in receipt of EITHER either holiday pay or sick pay, but not both at the same time. Any employee colleague incapable of working due to sickness or accident must notify their supervisor his/her manager or arrange for their supervisor his/her manager to be notified on the first day of absence from work prior to their normal work starting time. Unless there are exceptional circumstances failure to do so may lead to the non-receipt of pay for that day. In the case of absences of seven calendar days duration or less the employee colleague is required to complete a simple form of self-certification on return to work. This certificate forms part of the absence record. In the case of absences of more than seven days duration to qualify for payment the employee colleague must be under the care of a doctor. No payment of benefit will be made unless this absence is covered by medical certificates. Certificates must be submitted for the eighth day of the incapacity and throughout the duration of the absence. The Co-op may require a colleague on claiming sick leave, or who has a pattern of absences, pay to undergo medical examinations by a doctor nominated by the Co-op, but in this event the fee for such examination will be paid by the Co-op. Contractual Colleagues unable to work because of any incapacity covered by this scheme shall receive from the Co-op by way of sick pay their Average Earnings as determined by the annual P60 figure or an average of the previous 12 weeks wages if the P60 figure is not available. Odd days of entitlement shall be calculated based upon basic salary, without any premiums related to the shifts not workedon a pro rata weekly rate of benefit. The Co-op shall be entitled to deduct from sickness payments any colleague contributions to the colleague’s pension. Co-op will also be entitled to deduct any payment authorised by the colleague to be deducted from their wages behalf e.g. union fees, cycle to work or credit union payments etc. All sickness hours will relate to the appropriate rota schedules on an individual basis. All above entitlements are non-accumulating i.e. they are fixed maximum annual entitlements. Sickness entitlement will be calculated on a ‘rolling’ year basis, which will commence at the point that entitlement is achieved. Colleagues who are in receipt of sick pay shall not take any other employment or do anything that would prejudice their recovery. Any A case of any colleague abusing the scheme shall be dealt with as a disciplinary matter. Where there is a marked and sustained increase in absenteeism by any individual colleague then the Co-op, in consultation with the trade union, may take the following action; •  Introduce three waiting days (regardless of hours) where payment will not be made  Request the production of a medical certificate before any payment is made regardless of the length of absence. •  Withdraw that individual colleague from cover by the scheme. Should there be any major changes in the present legislation in respect of statutory sickness and accident benefits then the scheme may be reviewed. Membership of the scheme will automatically terminate as follows: -  Upon the termination of the scheme,  Upon a colleague leaving the Co-op’s employment  If a colleague makes willful or fraudulent misrepresentations in order to claim sick pay.

Sickness Scheme. All colleagues who are unable to work because of illness are entitled, subject to the Logistics Sickness Absence Policy, to be paid sick pay Co-op Sick Pay for the following periods of sickness absence in any rolling 12 month period based on a 40 hour per week contract (pro- rata for part-time hours): period: - Less than 6 months 0 Less than 6 months (Only in the event of an accident at work–3 day waiting does not apply herework)* Nil (5 days) 40 0 (37.5) 6 Months months but less than 2 years 120 15 days 112.5 2 years but less than 5 years 240 30 days 225 5 years but less than 8 years 480 60 days 450 8 years but less than 10 years 600 75 days 562.5 10 years but less than 15 years 800 100 days 750 15 years plus 1200 Length + 150 days 1125 *this is at management discretion and does not constitute any acceptance of service is calculated at the beginning of any period of absence. Any SSP entitlement will count towards the amount of contractual sick pay. 3 waiting days, when no contractual sick pay will be paid, and normal SSP rules will apply to any absence in the first 6 months of employment. After 6 months, the first occasion of any absence in a rolling 12 month period will be paid from day 1. Any subsequent absences in the rolling 12 months will have 3 waiting days applied. All colleagues under this agreement are entitled to sick pay in accordance with the agreement with the exception of absence caused by or through the following circumstances: - 1. Participation in war, riot or civil commotion 2. Participation in a strike or other industrial action whether official or unofficial 3. Participation in professional / extreme sports or games 4. Any paid occupation other than with the Co-op 5. Incapacity during holiday periods for which the employee received holiday pay. * *Note a colleague can only be in receipt of EITHER holiday pay or sick pay, but not both at the same time. Any employee incapable of working due to sickness or accident must notify their supervisor or arrange for their supervisor to be notified on the first day of absence from work prior to their normal work starting time. Unless there are exceptional circumstances failure to do so may lead to the non-receipt of pay for that day. In the case of absences of seven calendar days duration or less the employee is required to complete a simple form of self-certification on return to work. This certificate forms part of the absence record. In the case of absences of more than seven days duration to qualify for payment the employee must be under the care of a doctor. No payment of benefit will be made unless this absence is covered by medical certificates. Certificates must be submitted for the eighth day of the incapacity and throughout the duration of the absence. The Co-op may require a colleague on sick leave, or who has a pattern of absences, to undergo medical examinations by a doctor nominated by the Co-op. liability Contractual sick pay shall be calculated based upon on basic salary, without any premiums related to the shifts not worked. The CoAll above entitlements are non-op shall accumulating i.e. they are fixed maximum annual entitlements. Sickness entitlement will be entitled calculated on a rolling year basis, looking back from the start of a period of absence. If a colleague is absent on sick leave on the date that they achieve the length of service to deduct from sickness payments any contributions increase their entitlement, their entitlement will increase when they return to the colleague’s pension. Co-op will also be entitled to deduct any payment authorised by the colleague to be deducted from their wages e.g. union fees, cycle to work or credit union payments etcwork. Colleagues who are in receipt of sick pay shall not take any other employment or do anything that would prejudice their recovery. Any A case of any colleague abusing the scheme shall be dealt with as a disciplinary matter. Where there is a marked and sustained increase in absenteeism by any individual colleague then the The Co-op, op will operate an attendance management policy as outlined in consultation with the trade union, may take the following action; • Request the production of a medical certificate before any payment is made regardless of the length of absence. • Withdraw that individual colleague from cover by the schemeLogistics Sickness Absence Policy. Should there be any major changes in the present legislation in respect of statutory sickness and accident benefits then the scheme may be reviewed. Membership of the scheme will automatically terminate as follows: -  Upon the termination of the scheme  Upon an employee leaving the Co-op’s employment  If an employee makes willful or fraudulent misrepresentations in order to claim sick pay. In cases where an employee is awarded any sum by way of damages or compensation against a third party in respect of sickness or injury, any payment received under the terms of this scheme shall be repayable up to an amount not exceeding that of the damages or compensation. Where damages are awarded and repaid, the relevant period of absence shall not be counted towards the colleague’s entitlement to paid sickness absence for the purposes of this section of the agreement.