House Next Door Society Collective Agreement 2012-2026

Article 13: Illness Leave

1.  
   1. “Illness Leave” means the period of time an Employee is absent from work with full pay by virtue of being ill or disabled, exposed to a contagious disease, or under examination or treatment of a physician, chiropractor, or dentist, or because of an accident for which compensation is not payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act.
   2. The Employer recognizes that alcoholism, drug addiction, emotional/ psychological disorder and/or distress, and/or mental illness, are illnesses which can respond to therapy and treatment and that absence from duty due to such therapy or treatment shall be considered as illness leave.
2. 1. After a Regular full-time Employee has completed their probation period, they shall accumulate a credit for sick leave from the date of employment at the rate of one (1) working day for each full month of employment on the basis of eight (8) hours for each work day up to a maximum credit of forty- sixty (60) working days provided, however, that an Employee shall not be entitled to apply sick leave credit prior to the completion of their probationary period.

   2. In the case of:

      1. illness;
      2. injury;
      3. layoff;
      4. leave of absence;
      5. unpaid leave while in receipt of long-term disability insurance plan;
      6. periods while in receipt of compensation from the Workers’ Compensation Board,

      sick leave shall not accrue during the period of any such absence in excess of thirty (30) calendar days.

   3. Part-Time Employees and Temporary Employees of 3 months or more
      All of the foregoing provisions apply, except that a Part-Time Employee working a minimum of 0.5 Full Time Equivalency, twenty (20) hours a week shall accumulate sick leave credits on the basis of one (1) working days per month pro-rated on the basis of Full Time Equivalency contracted hours.
   4. Temporary and Casual Employees
      This Article shall have no application to Casual or Temporary Employees who are scheduled to work less than three (3) months.
3. The Employer may require satisfactory medical proof in the form of a medical certificate to substantiate any claim for illness leave or to confirm an Employee’s fitness to return to work from an illness. Where the Employee must pay a fee for such proof, the fee shall be reimbursed by the Employer to a maximum fifty dollars ($50.00) upon submission of the original receipt.
4. Should an Employee demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Employer that they were ill and receiving medical care during their vacation, they shall be considered on illness leave for the period of their illness, subject to other conditions of eligibility in this Article.  Vacation time not taken as a result shall be taken at a later date.  Under no circumstances shall an Employee be entitled to both illness leave and vacation pay for the same day.