15.01

Where an employee is absent by reason of an injury or an occupational disease for which a claim is made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, the employee’s salary shall continue to be paid for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days. If an award is not made, any payments made under the foregoing provisions in excess of that to which the employee is entitled under Articles 12.01 and 12.08 (Short Term Sickness Plan) shall be an amount owed by the employee to the Employer and may be repaid by the employee by having a corresponding deduction made from the employee’s bank of accumulated attendance credits.

15.02

Up to and including August 31, 2019, where an employee is absent by reason or an injury of an occupational disease for which an award is made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, the employee’s salary shall continue to be paid without loss of credits for a period not exceeding one (1) year. This period may be continuous or an accumulation of several absences.

Effective September 1, 2019, where an employee is absent by reason of an injury or occupational disease for which an award is made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, the employee’s salary shall continue to be paid without loss of credits for the duration of the member’s receipt of WSIB benefits.

15.03

Effective November 1, 2016 salary payments under Article 15.02 shall be reduced to the extent necessary to provide that an employee’s net earnings equals one hundred percent (100%) of their net earnings prior to the commencement of their absence.

15.04

Up to and including August 31, 2019, where an employee is absent by reason of an injury or an occupational disease for which an award is made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, that is less than the employee’s regular salary and where the award continues to apply for longer than the periods set out in Article 15.02 and the employee has accumulated credits, the employee’s regular salary may be paid and the difference between the regular salary of the employee and the award shall be converted to its equivalent time and deducted from the employee’s accumulated credits.

15.05

Up to and including August 31, 2019, where an employee is absent by reason of an injury or an occupational disease for which an award is made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, that is less than the employee’s regular salary and where the award continues to apply for longer than the periods set out in 15.02 the employee may, at the employee’s option, elect to receive benefits under the Short Term Sickness Plan as described in Articles 12.01 and 12.08, including the right to use any accumulated credits to supplement the seventy-five percent (75%) benefit to one hundred percent (100%).

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