Common use of SICK LEAVE PROGRAM Clause in Contracts

SICK LEAVE PROGRAM. (a) Every regular employee who has completed one or more years of continuous employment with the Company shall be entitled, in each calendar year to payment at their regular rate of pay for up to forty- eight (48) hours of absence due to bona fide illness, In the event that an employee commences work but becomes ill during the course of the day and does not complete their scheduled shift, such part day of absence will, for the purpose of this clause 18.02, be counted as one-half (½) day of absence due to illness. Any unused credits shall be paid to the employee within thirty (30) days of the end of that year at one hundred percent (100%) of the employees’ regular rate of pay. (b) The sick pay credit of a regular employee, who has not completed a full year of continuous employment with the Company, shall be computed on the basis of a four (4) hours credit for each completed month of continuous employment. These sick days shall be available for use as they are earned. (c) No payment shall be made under this Article for any day of absence in respect of which the employee is eligible for full or partial payment under any other clause of this Agreement or from any plan or fund to which the Company contributes (e.g. the Group Insurance Plan, Workers Compensation, Employment Insurance, Government Pension Plan, etc.). (d) There will be no payment of bonus for sick days not used upon termination of employment. There will be no payout of bonus for sick days for employees who have missed more than six (6) weeks work for any reason other than vacation. The bonus payout for sick days not used is intended to be an award for attendance and to eliminate abuse of the sick day entitlements. (e) As sick leave is designed to augment wages that would otherwise have been earned, there shall be no sick leave coverage when an employee is off work due to suspension, layoff, leave of absence, Workers’ Compensation, scheduled day off, vacation or paid holiday. (f) An employee injured while on duty and having to leave their job because of an injury received at work shall receive their regular day’s pay provided they report for medical treatment to the local hospital or to a medical practitioner and return to work immediately following treatment (if so authorized by the attending physician) or at a time designated by the attending physician. The employee shall notify the Company of when they will be returning. If requested by the Company, the employee shall provide a medical certificate completed by the employee’s doctor in order to be eligible for pay under this Article and the Company will be responsible for the cost of the medical certificate. (g) Where the Company has concerns about an employee’s attendance record, the Company may require the employee to provide documented proof of illness prior to the payment of sick leave credits, as herein provided. The Company shall pay the cost of obtaining such doctors note.

SICK LEAVE PROGRAM. (a) Every regular full-time employee who has completed one or more years of continuous employment with the Company shall be entitled, in January 1 of each calendar year year, to payment at their regular rate of pay for up to forty- six (6) days, each day equivalent to eight (8) hours to a total of forty-eight (48) hours hours, of absence due to bona fide illness, In (in the event that an employee commences work but becomes ill during the course of the day and does not complete their scheduled shift, such part day of absence will, for the purpose of this clause 18.02, be counted as one-half (½) day of absence due to illness. Commencing in 2023 any employee who, at the conclusion of the contract year, who has all six (6) days remaining will be paid for the six (6) remaining days at one hundred and twenty-five (125%) percent of the regular rate of pay that was in effect for them on the first day of the contract year. Any unused credits shall be paid to the employee within thirty (30) days of the end of that year at one hundred percent (100%) of the employees’ regular rate of payyear. (b) The sick pay credit of a regular employee, full-time employee who has not completed a full year of continuous employment with the Company, Company shall be computed on the basis of a four one-half (41/2) hours day credit for each completed month of continuous employment. These sick days shall be available for use as they are earned. (c) No sick leave payment shall be made under this Article clause 18.02 for any day of absence in respect of which the employee is eligible for full or partial payment under any other clause of this Agreement or from any plan or fund to which the Company contributes (e.g. e.g the Group Insurance Plan, Workers Compensation, Employment Insurance, Government Pension Plan, etc.). (d) There will be no payment of bonus for sick days not used upon termination of employment. There will be no payout of bonus for sick days for employees who have missed more than six (6) weeks work for any reason other than vacation. The bonus payout for sick days not used is intended to be an award for attendance and to eliminate abuse of the sick day entitlements. (e) As sick leave is designed to augment wages that would otherwise have been earned, there shall be no sick leave coverage when an employee is off work due to suspension, layoff, leave of absence, Workers’ Compensation, scheduled day off, vacation or paid holiday. (f) An employee injured while on duty and having to leave their job because of an injury received at work shall receive their regular day’s pay provided they report for medical treatment to the local hospital or to a medical practitioner and return to work immediately following treatment (if so authorized by the attending physician) or at a time designated by the attending physician. The employee shall notify the Company of when they will be returning. If requested by the Company, the employee shall provide a medical certificate completed by the employee’s doctor in order to be eligible for pay under this Article and the Company will be responsible for the cost of the medical certificate. (g) Where the Company has concerns about an employee’s attendance record, the Company may require the employee to provide documented proof of illness prior to the payment of sick leave credits, as herein provided. The Company shall pay the cost of obtaining such doctors note.

SICK LEAVE PROGRAM. (a) Every regular employee who has completed one or more years of continuous employment with the Company Full-time employees hired prior to June 8, 1998 shall be entitled, in each calendar year entitled to payment at their regular rate of pay for up to forty- eight (48) hours of absence due to bona fide illness, In the event that an employee commences work but becomes ill during the course of the day one and does not complete their scheduled shift, such part day of absence will, for the purpose of this clause 18.02, be counted as one-one half (½1.5) days (10.5 hours) of sick leave credits per calendar Month. Full-time employees hired after June 8, 1998 shall be entitled to one (1) day of absence due to illness. Any unused credits shall be paid to the employee within thirty (30) days of the end of that year at one hundred percent (100%7 hours) of the employees’ regular rate of paysick leave credits per calendar month starting January 1, 2008. (b) The sick pay credit of a regular employee, who has not completed a full year of continuous employment with the Company, Sick leave shall be computed on the basis cumulative and may be drawn by full-time employee in case of a four (4) hours credit for each completed month of continuous employment. These sick days shall be available for use as they are earnedillness. (c) No payment An employee calling in sick shall be made under this Article for any day notify their immediate Supervisor prior to the commencement of absence in respect of which the employee is eligible for full or partial payment under any other clause of this Agreement or from any plan or fund to which the Company contributes (e.g. the Group Insurance Plan, Workers Compensation, Employment Insurance, Government Pension Plan, etc.)shift. (d) There No claim for sick leave shall be allowed unless at the time the claim is made the employee has sufficient sick leave credit(s) to cover the absence. (e) Sick leave with pay shall cease when an employee’s sick leave bank has expired. (f) In the event a claim relates to an absence of two (2) or more consecutive days, the Department Head or their designate, may request that the claim be verified by a medical certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner. The Employer shall have the right to request a medical certificate after one (1) day’s absence if the Employer has reason to believe that sick leave is being abused. Medical notes requested after one (1) day’s absence will be no payment at the Employer’s expense. (g) Absences of bonus less than one full day shall be deducted on an hourly basis. (h) No sick leave credit shall be given to an employee in any month who, in that month, was absent from duty without authorized leave, or who is absent for sick days not used upon termination of employment. There will be no payout of bonus for sick days for employees who have missed more than six (6) weeks work days for any reason other than vacationvacation or banked overtime. The bonus payout for For WSIB absences and maternity leave, sick days not used is intended leave credits will continue to be an award for attendance and to eliminate abuse of the sick day entitlementsaccrue. (e) As sick leave is designed to augment wages that would otherwise have been earned, there shall be no sick leave coverage when an employee is off work due to suspension, layoff, leave of absence, Workers’ Compensation, scheduled day off, vacation or paid holiday. (f) An employee injured while on duty and having to leave their job because of an injury received at work shall receive their regular day’s pay provided they report for medical treatment to the local hospital or to a medical practitioner and return to work immediately following treatment (if so authorized by the attending physician) or at a time designated by the attending physician. The employee shall notify the Company of when they will be returning. If requested by the Company, the employee shall provide a medical certificate completed by the employee’s doctor in order to be eligible for pay under this Article and the Company will be responsible for the cost of the medical certificate. (gi) Where the Company qualifying period for LTD has concerns about an employee’s attendance recordexpired, the Company may require and the employee to provide documented proof of illness qualifies for LTD, sick leave credits shall be utilized until they are exhausted prior to the payment of sick leave credits, as herein provided. The Company shall pay the cost of obtaining such doctors noteemployee receiving LTD benefits.

SICK LEAVE PROGRAM. (a) Every regular full-time employee who has completed one or more years of continuous employment with the Company shall be entitled, in January 1 of each calendar year year, to payment at their regular rate of pay for up to forty- eight six (486) hours days of absence due to bona fide illness, In (in the event that an employee commences work but becomes ill during the course of the day and does not complete their scheduled shift, such part day of absence will, for the purpose of this clause 18.0219.02, be counted as one-half (½) day of absence due to illness. Any unused credits shall be paid to the employee within thirty (30) days of the end of that year at one hundred percent (100%) of the employees’ regular rate of payyear. (b) The sick pay credit of a regular full-time employee, who has not completed a full year of continuous employment with the Company, Company shall be computed on the basis of a four one-half (41/2) hours day credit for each completed month of continuous employment. These sick days shall be available for use as they are earned. (c) No sick leave payment shall be made under this Article clause 19.02 for any day of absence in respect of which the employee is eligible for full or partial payment under any other clause of this Agreement or from any plan or fund to which the Company contributes (e.g. e.g the Group Insurance Plan, Workers Compensation, Employment Insurance, Government Pension Plan, etc.). (d) There will be no payment of bonus for sick days not used upon termination of employment. There will be no payout of bonus for sick days for employees who have missed more than six (6) weeks work for any reason other than vacation. The bonus payout for sick days not used is intended to be an award for attendance and to eliminate abuse of the sick day entitlements. (e) As sick leave is designed to augment wages that would otherwise have been earned, there shall be no sick leave coverage when an employee is off work due to suspension, layoff, leave of absence, Workers’ Compensation, scheduled day off, vacation or paid holiday. (f) An employee injured while on duty and having to leave their job because of an injury received at work shall receive their regular day’s pay provided they report for medical treatment to the local hospital or to a medical practitioner and return to work immediately following treatment (if so authorized by the attending physician) or at a time designated by the attending physician. The employee shall notify the Company of when they will be returning. If requested by the Company, the employee shall provide a medical certificate completed by the employee’s doctor in order to be eligible for pay under this Article and the Company will be responsible for the cost of the medical certificate. (g) Where the Company has concerns about an employee’s attendance record, the Company may require the employee to provide documented proof of illness prior to the payment of sick leave credits, as herein provided. The Company shall pay the cost of obtaining such doctors note.

SICK LEAVE PROGRAM. SECTION 1 Sick leave shall be considered to be absent from duty with pay for the following reasons: (a) Every regular employee who has completed one Illness or more years injury, except where directly traceable to employment by employer other than the Town of continuous employment with the Company shall be entitled, in each calendar year to payment at their regular rate of pay for up to forty- eight (48) hours of absence due to bona fide illness, In the event that an employee commences work but becomes ill during the course of the day and does not complete their scheduled shift, such part day of absence will, for the purpose of this clause 18.02, be counted as one-half (½) day of absence due to illness. Any unused credits shall be paid to the employee within thirty (30) days of the end of that year at one hundred percent (100%) of the employees’ regular rate of payEast Hartford. (b) The sick pay credit of a regular employeeWhen the employee is required to undergo medical, who has optical or dental treatment and only when this cannot completed a full year of continuous employment with the Company, shall be computed accomplished on the basis of a four (4) hours credit for each completed month of continuous employment. These sick days shall be available for use as they are earnedoff-duty hours. (c) No payment When the serious illness of a member of the employee’s immediate family requires personal attendance, such member shall have a reasonable amount of time to arrange for such care. SECTION 2 Employees may be absent from duty without loss of sick time and with pay for the following reasons: (a) If employees lose time because of illness for which they are entitled to compensation chargeable to the Town of East Hartford under the Workers’ Compensation Act, they shall receive benefits equal to normal full pay for the time of disability, with the Town making up the difference in the amount of such compensation received and the normal amount of weekly salary. This benefit shall be made limited to two (2) years. (b) If employees lose time because of an injury sustained in the line of duty for which they are entitled to compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act, they shall receive benefits equal to normal full time pay for the time of disability, with the Town making up the difference in the amount of compensation received and the normal amount of weekly pay. This benefit shall be limited to two (2) years. (c) When employees, in the performance of their duty, are exposed to contagious disease and contract this Article for any day of absence in respect of which the employee is eligible for full or partial payment under any other clause of this Agreement or from any plan or fund to which the Company contributes (e.g. the Group Insurance Plan, Workers Compensation, Employment Insurance, Government Pension Plan, etc.)disease. (d) There will If an employee is absent for a job-related illness or injury beyond two (2) years, they shall be no payment paid wages which, together with Workers’ Compensation payments, do not exceed their regular weekly wage, to the extent of bonus for their accumulated sick days not used upon termination leave. Thereafter, the employee shall receive only Workers’ Compensation payments. SECTION 3 Sick leave shall accrue on the basis of employment. There will be no payout of bonus for sick one and one-quarter (1¼) days for employees who have missed each month of service, totaling fifteen (15) days per year. SECTION 4 The amount of each employee’s accumulated sick leave credited to him/her on the day prior to the effective date of this contract shall be credited towards his/her accumulated sick leave under this contract. SECTION 5 Unused sick leave credited to each employee may accumulate indefinitely. SECTION 6 Sick leave shall continue to accumulate during leaves of absence with pay and during the time an employee is on authorized sick leave or vacation time. SECTION 7 No sick leave shall accrue during a leave of absence without pay. SECTION 8 A medical certificate (as set forth in Appendix D) signed by a licensed physician, or other practitioner whose method of healing is recognized by the State authorities, may be required in the following circumstances: (a) For periods of absence of more than six three (63) weeks work for any reason other than vacation. The bonus payout for sick days not used is intended to be an award for attendance and to eliminate abuse of the sick day entitlements.consecutive working days; (eb) As supporting evidence when sick leave is designed to augment wages that would otherwise have been earned, there shall be no sick leave coverage requested during a period when an employee is off work due to suspension, layoff, leave of absence, Workers’ Compensation, scheduled day off, on an accrued vacation or paid holiday.leave; or (fc) An employee injured while on duty and having to leave their job because of an injury received at work shall receive their regular day’s pay provided they report for medical treatment to the local hospital or to a medical practitioner and return to work immediately following treatment (if so authorized by the attending physician) or at a time designated by the attending physician. The employee shall notify the Company of when they will be returning. If requested by the Company, the employee shall provide a medical certificate completed by the employee’s doctor in order to be eligible for pay under this Article and the Company will be responsible for the cost of the medical certificate. (g) Where the Company has concerns about When an employee’s attendance recordshows frequent or habitual absence because of claimed sickness. SECTION 9 The Town may provide a physician or nurse to make any necessary examinations or investigations of any alleged abuses of sick leave. The cost of such examination or investigation shall be paid by the Town. (a) Any permanent employee of the Police Department who has accumulated sick leave as of the effective date of this contract, the Company may require the employee and who continues to provide documented proof of illness accumulate sick leave in compliance with this contract shall, prior to the actual date of his/her retirement, meet with the Chief of Police, and, in writing, advise the Chief of his/her intention to retire from Town Service. The total accumlated sick days credited and due such employee shall be computed and determined, and the employee shall be paid for the actual number of approved accredited sick leave days, not to exceed twenty-three (23) weeks for employees hired before January 1, 2004 or eighteen (18) weeks for employees hired on or after January 1, 2004, in a lump sum payment upon separation from Town service for the reason of retirement. Such payment shall be included in the computation of the employee’s final average earnings for the purpose of pension benefits in accordance with the pension agreement. (b) In the event of an employee’s death, his/her spouse and/or minor children shall receive, on the basis of the employee’s current wages full compensation for any of the employee’s unused accumulation of sick leave creditsup to a maximum of twenty-three (23) weeks for employees hired before January 1, as herein provided. The Company shall pay the cost of obtaining such doctors note2004 or eighteen (18) weeks for employees hired on or after January 1, 2004.

SICK LEAVE PROGRAM. (a) Every regular Each full-time employee who has completed one or more years of continuous employment with the Company hired prior to April 1, 1996 shall be entitledentitled to one and one half day (1.5) days (10.5 hours) of sick leave credits per calendar month. Each full-time employee hired after April 1, in each calendar year 1996 shall be entitled to payment at their regular rate of pay for up to forty- eight one (48) hours of absence due to bona fide illness, In the event that an employee commences work but becomes ill during the course of the day and does not complete their scheduled shift, such part day of absence will, for the purpose of this clause 18.02, be counted as one-half (½1) day of absence due to illness. Any unused credits shall be paid to the employee within thirty (30) days of the end of that year at one hundred percent (100%7 hours) of the employees’ regular rate of paysick leave credits per calendar month starting January 1, 2008. (b) The sick pay credit of a regular employee, who has not completed a full year of continuous employment with the Company, Sick leave shall be computed on the basis cumulative and may be drawn by full-time employee in case of a four (4) hours credit for each completed month of continuous employment. These sick days shall be available for use as they are earnedillness. (c) No payment An employee calling in sick shall be made under this Article for any day notify their immediate Supervisor a minimum of absence in respect one (1) hour prior to the commencement of which the employee is eligible for full or partial payment under any other clause of this Agreement or from any plan or fund to which the Company contributes (e.g. the Group Insurance Plan, Workers Compensation, Employment Insurance, Government Pension Plan, etc.)shift. (d) There No claim for sick leave shall be allowed unless at the time the claim is made the employee has sufficient sick leave credit(s) to cover the absence. (e) Sick leave with pay shall cease when an employee’s sick leave bank has expired. (f) In the event a claim relates to an absence of two (2) or more consecutive days, the Department Head or their designate, may request that the claim be verified by a medical certificate from a duly qualified medical practitioner which includes dentists and chiropractors. The Employer shall have the right to request a medical certificate after one (1) day’s absence if the Employer has reason to believe that sick leave is being abused. Medical notes requested after one (1) day’s absence will be no payment at the Employer’s expense. (g) Absences of bonus less than one full day shall be deducted on an hourly basis. (h) No sick leave credit shall be given to an employee in any month who, in that month, was absent from duty without authorized leave, or who is absent for sick days not used upon termination of employment. There will be no payout of bonus for sick days for employees who have missed more than six (6) weeks work days for any reason other than vacationvacation or banked overtime. The bonus payout for For WSIB absences and pregnancy/parental leave, sick days not used is intended leave credits will continue to be an award for attendance and to eliminate abuse of the sick day entitlementsaccrue. (e) As sick leave is designed to augment wages that would otherwise have been earned, there shall be no sick leave coverage when an employee is off work due to suspension, layoff, leave of absence, Workers’ Compensation, scheduled day off, vacation or paid holiday. (f) An employee injured while on duty and having to leave their job because of an injury received at work shall receive their regular day’s pay provided they report for medical treatment to the local hospital or to a medical practitioner and return to work immediately following treatment (if so authorized by the attending physician) or at a time designated by the attending physician. The employee shall notify the Company of when they will be returning. If requested by the Company, the employee shall provide a medical certificate completed by the employee’s doctor in order to be eligible for pay under this Article and the Company will be responsible for the cost of the medical certificate. (gi) Where the Company qualifying period for LTD has concerns about an employee’s attendance recordexpired, the Company may require and the employee to provide documented proof of illness qualifies for LTD, sick leave credits shall be utilized until they are exhausted prior to the payment of sick leave credits, as herein provided. The Company shall pay the cost of obtaining such doctors noteemployee receiving LTD benefits.