Common use of Sick Leave Certificates Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Certificates. If the Employer requires a sick leave certificate in accordance with past practice or the Collective Agreement and the doctor charges the employee for such certificate outside the Employer will pay for the certificate. In the alternative, the Employer may require an employee to attend an independent physician other than the employee's own physician to provide a sick leave certificate. In such circumstances the Employer shall pay for any medical fees charged beyond in relation thereto. Employees who have accumulated sick leave credits and are entitled to cash-out shall have their sick leave cash-out credits fifty percent (50%) of the total accumulated sick leave credits for employees with five or more years of service) converted to the dollar value of those credits as of the date of ratification. Those converted cash-out credits shall then be frozen and shall be retained for pay-out when the employee resigns or retires. The balance of the current sick leave bank, and the sick leave banks of those employees who are not eligible for cash- out, shall be retained for use by the employee to a maximum bank of seven hundred and fifty (750) hours. Notwithstanding the above, an employee may use the frozen bank to top up Workplace Safety and Board payment or to pay for any unpaid sick days to the extent of the credits available in the frozen bank. "Frozen credits" so used cannot be replaced.

Sick Leave Certificates. If the Employer requires a sick leave certificate in accordance with past practice or the Collective Agreement and the doctor charges the employee for such certificate outside the Employer will pay for the certificate. In the alternative, the Employer may require an employee to attend an independent physician other than the employee's employee‘s own physician to provide a sick leave certificate. In such circumstances the Employer shall pay for any medical fees charged beyond in relation thereto. Employees who have accumulated sick leave credits and are entitled to cash-out shall have their sick leave cash-out credits (i.e. fifty percent (50%) of the total accumulated sick leave credits for employees with five or more years of service) converted to the dollar value of those credits as of the date of ratification. Those converted cash-out credits shall then be frozen and shall be retained for pay-out when the employee resigns or retires. The balance of the current sick leave bank, and the sick leave banks of those employees who are not eligible for cash- cash-out, shall be retained for use by the employee to a maximum bank of seven hundred and fifty (750) hours. Notwithstanding the above, an employee may use the frozen bank to top up Workplace Safety and Insurance Board payment or to pay for any unpaid sick days to the extent of the credits available in the frozen bank. "Frozen credits" !! so used cannot be replaced.