Union Business Leave of Absence. H.1 No more than five (5) nurses at one time may be absent on Union business leave. Normally, only one (1) nurse from any area or department may be absent on Union business, however, subject to staffing requirements, appropriate advance notice and availability of replacement personnel, a second nurse may be allowed time off. The number of days off in one (1) year by nurses in the full-time and part-time Bargaining Units will not exceed fifty (50) working days in total. Except where circumstances do not permit, six (6) weeks advance notice for a leave will be required. In the event members of the Bargaining Unit are elected to Provincial Committees, including any nurses elected to the position of Local Co-ordinator, additional time off as necessary to attend meetings will be granted. Such leave will be in addition to the fifty (50) days allocated to the Bargaining Unit. Such leave will be restricted to a maximum of two (2) nurses at one time from different departments and such two (2) nurses will be in addition to the maximum number of nurses outlined in paragraph 1 above. Where a Union leave day is cancelled with forty-eight (48) or more hours’ notice, the nurse whose leave was cancelled will be given back her or his tour to work.
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