Unpaid Union Leave. (a) Subject to operational requirements such as the Employer’s ability to obtain a replacement and at no additional cost in premium pay and provided the Nurse has given reasonable advance notice of the request, the Employer shall grant leaves of absence without pay for Union Business Leaves as follows : (i) A member of the Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union Board of Directors, or Provincial Committee, serving in any official capacity with the Union, other than the President of the Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union, may be granted leave in order to attend such Board or Committee meetings; (ii) The Provincial President of the Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union in order to conduct Union Business; (iii) any other Union business. (b) Subject to operational requirements such as the Employer’s ability to obtain a replacement and at no additional cost in premium pay, the Employer will make every reasonable effort not to cancel Unpaid Union Leave once it has been approved.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
