Common use of WORKPLACE INSURANCE Clause in Contracts

WORKPLACE INSURANCE. If a full-time nurse is absent due to accident or injury occurring while on duty or illness inherent to occupation and is covered by Workplace Insurance, the nurse shall have the option of (where applicable): i) Passing in their Workplace Insurance cheque to the Employer and receiving a cheque from the Employer out of the nurse’s balance contained in the STD Plan. The value of the WI cheque shall be considered as an offset to the draw upon the STD Plan. OR ii) Retain Workplace Insurance cheque and receive no draw on the STD Plan. Regardless of which option a nurse chooses, all of the nurse’s benefits which are normally paid by the Employer will continue to be paid for a period of one (1) year in accordance with the provision of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Act, at which time the nurse will become responsible for full payment of any subsidized employee benefits in which she is entitled to participate. The nurse may arrange with the Employer to prepay the full premium of any applicable subsidized benefits. The nurse is responsible for the nurse’s portion of OMERS payments if applicable until the first day of the fifth month of absence, at which time the nurse is eligible to apply to OMERS for a "Disability Waiver" of premium with regards to her/his OMERS pension.

WORKPLACE INSURANCE. If a full-time nurse is absent due to accident or injury occurring while on duty or illness inherent to occupation and is covered by Workplace Insurance, the nurse shall have the option of (where applicable): i) Passing in their Workplace Insurance cheque to the Employer and receiving a cheque from the Employer out of the nurse’s balance contained in the STD Plan. The value of the WI cheque shall be considered as an offset to the draw upon the STD Plan. OR ii) Retain Workplace Insurance cheque and receive no draw on the STD Plan. Regardless of which option a nurse chooses, all of the nurse’s benefits which are normally paid by the Employer will continue to be paid for a period of one one (1) year in accordance with the provision of the Workplace Safety & Insurance Act, at which time the nurse will become responsible for full payment of any subsidized employee benefits in which she is entitled to participate. The nurse may arrange with the Employer to prepay the full premium of any applicable subsidized benefits. The nurse is responsible for the nurse’s portion of OMERS payments if applicable until the first day of the fifth month of absence, at which time the nurse is eligible to apply to OMERS for a "Disability Waiver" of premium with regards to her/his OMERS pension.