Common use of Accident and Sickness Clause in Contracts

Accident and Sickness. ‌ 8.1 Employees off duty as a result of an accident or illness shall receive full salary during such periods off duty and the employee's sick leave accumulation shall be deducted one day for each day of such absence. (a) For Employees in suppression division one sick day equals 12 hours, however, if an employee leaves work sick, such hours will be pro-rated for those hours worked. (b) An employee who books off for more than one (1) twenty-four (24) hour shift shall be required to provide the City’s medical certificate of disability (Dates Clause Changed: 78, 2019) 8.2 Effective August 1, 2000 employees shall accumulate 1 ½ days each calendar month. Unused sick leave shall be cumulative 100%. (Dates Clause Changed: 79, 99) 8.3 Length of service is to be calculated from the day the employee first joined the Department; provided that this service has been continuous since that date. Days counted to be working days only. (Dates Clause Changed: 78) 8.4 Upon retirement as per Municipal Pension Plan, death or release from employment of the Brantford Fire Department for medical reasons or disability, the employee shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to his/her salary for one half (½) the number of days standing to his/her credit, and in any event, not in excess of the amount of one half (½) year's earnings at the rate received by him/her immediately prior to the termination of employment. (Dates Clause Changed: 78) 8.5 Sick allowance will not accumulate when an employee is sick for an entire calendar month. (Dates Clause Changed: 78) 8.6 Where the Corporation requires a member to obtain a certificate or report from a medical practitioner, the Corporation shall pay any cost incurred in relation to the preparation of the certificate or report. (Dates Clause Changed: New 99) 8.7 Employees off duty temporarily due to an accident or occupational disease compensable under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act shall be paid 15% top up for 5 weeks paid by the Corporation and thereafter shall be paid from the employee’s sick leave bank such that their net take home pay will be neither more nor less than the employee’s pre-injury pay. When the monies are received from the W.S.I.B. they will be converted into hours and credited back into the employee’s sick leave bank. Effective Jan 1, 2023, the top-up will be maintained at 15% but will be extended for up to a ten (10) week period. (Dates Clause Changed: 78, 87, 99, 2019)