Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. (a) The Employer shall provide coverage for nurses under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. (b) If a nurse is entitled to sick leave and elects to take WSIB benefits, she may in her discretion continue to draw her full salary, and the WSIB benefits shall be paid to the Employer and the Employer in such cases shall charge against her accumulated sick leave benefits an amount equal to the difference between WSIB benefits and the nurse’s salary until her sick leave credit is exhausted.
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. (a) The Employer shall provide coverage for nurses under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.the
(b) If a nurse is entitled to paid sick leave, the nurse may request in writing that the Employer maintain salary while awaiting approval of a Worker Safety and Insurance Claim. The Employer will pay the nurse the amount the nurse would receive from Worker Safety and Insurance benefits, in the case that the WSIB claim is not approved the nurse will be paid sick leave and elects to take WSIB benefits, she may in her discretion continue to draw her full salary, and the WSIB benefits shall be paid to the Employer and the Employer in such cases shall charge against her accumulated sick leave benefits an amount equal to the difference between WSIB benefits and the nurse’s salary until her sick leave credit is exhausted.
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Samples: Collective Agreement