From your first day of service at the College, you are covered by the Short-Term Disability (STD) plan, in a benefit year extending from September 1 to August 31.
Each September, twenty (20) days are added to your sick-leave bank.
If you are absent from the College because of illness or injury, you’ll receive full pay up to the number of days accumulated in your bank. Full pay includes any co-ordinator’s allowance and/or scheduled overtime. (Article 17.01 F1). The employer covers the cost of this plan.
If you are injured and receiving payments under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (formerly Workers’ Compensation), you can use your sick leave to “top up” payments to full salary. If your “regular pay” includes, for example, a coordinator’s step, that amount should be included in the calculation.
If you are still ill once your “sick days” are used up, you shall be paid 75% of your “regular pay” for the period between the date your STD eligibility ends and the date at which you would normally qualify for LTD (Article 17.01 F2). (If your “regular pay” includes, for example, a coordinator’s step, that amount should be included in the calculation.) If the qualifying period for LTD expires while you still have STD sick-leave credits, you may elect to use up these credits before claiming your LTD benefits.
The college requires medical evidence to support your claim for STD if your absence from work is for five or more days, however, they may require supporting medical evidence for periods of less than five days. You may wish to speak with a union officer about the amount and nature of information your doctor should provide.