View the CUPE Local 133 Agreement - Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

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reason for such absence and that the employee is unable to report for work.
25.02 Where an employee is returning to work after sick leave for three (3) days or longer, he
shall produce a certificate from a qualified Medical Practitioner certifying that he is fit
to return to duty. The employee must have advised his Medical Practitioner of his duties.
25.03 An employee who has been incapacitated at his work by injury or compensable
occupational disease, or by illness and who is unable to perform his regular duties, will
be employed in other work if available.
25.04 A permanent employee on a seniority list shall be entitled to twenty (20) days’ sick leave
per calendar year. The employee is eligible to use one sick leave day to attend to a
family member who is sick or to attend medical appointments.
25.05 A permanent employee who commences or terminates his service with the Corporation
during any calendar year, shall be entitled to two (2) days sick leave for each complete
calendar month worked during such year to a maximum of twenty (20) days. Sick leave
shall not be available to a new regular employee until he has been placed on the seniority
list.
25.06 A seasonal employee and a casual employee on a seniority list other than a student shall
be entitled to one-quarter (1/4) day’s sick leave for each complete calendar week
worked, to a maximum of one (1) day per month.
25.07 Ninety percent (90%) of the unused sick leave up to a maximum of eighteen (18) days
per year may be accumulated.
25.08 A permanent employee who is given leave of absence without pay for any reason for two
(2) weeks or longer, shall have deducted from annual sick leave credits, one (1) sick
leave day for each two (2) weeks so absent.
25.09 An employee who is laid off due to lack of work for a period of two (2) weeks or longer,
shall cease to accumulate sick leave. During this period of absence, no sick leave is
payable. The balance of sick leave, if any, shall again be available upon his return to
work.
25.10 An employee shall, on the first day of illness, report or cause to report such illness to a
designated person at least one (1) hour prior to his normal shift starting time except an
office employee who shall so report within thirty (30) minutes following his/her normal
starting time. In the case of employees working rotating shifts, at least four (4) hours
notice shall be given before the start of their shift, whenever possible.