Alberta Health Services Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Local Conditions Applicable to EMS

ARTICLE 23: SICK LEAVE

Amend Article 23 as follows:

“23.02 An Employee shall be allowed a credit for sick leave computed from the date of employment at the rate of twelve (12) hours for each full month of employment up to a maximum credit of nine hundred and sixty (960) working hours.

23.03 In a facility where there is no Short-Term Disability plan in effect, an Employee who continues to be off work but who has exhausted their sick leave credits, shall be deemed to be on a leave of absence without pay or benefits for up to nine hundred and sixty (960) working hours from the first day of absence from work, or until the Employee becomes eligible to apply for Long-Term Disability benefits, whichever occurs first (1st).

23.07 When an Employee has accrued the maximum sick leave credit of nine hundred and sixty (960) working hours, they shall no longer accrue sick leave credits until such time as their total accumulation is reduced below the maximum. At that time, they shall recommence accumulating sick leave credits.”