(a) Where a teacher is sick he/she shall be entitled to sick leave during his/her illness and to be paid his/her salary during his/her sick leave but subject to subsection (b), the leave shall not exceed twenty (20) teaching days in any school year.
(b) Where the employment of a teacher is continued for more than one (1) year the unused portion of the sick leave in any year(s) shall be carried forward and accumulated from year to year to a maximum of:
40 teaching days in the second year;
60 teaching days in the third year;
80 teaching days in the fourth year;
100 teaching days in the fifth year;
124 teaching days in the sixth year;
Effective Fall Term 2015: 126 days in the seventh and subsequent years;
Effective Fall Term 2016: 128 days in the seventh and subsequent years;
Effective Fall Term 2017: 130 days in the seventh and subsequent years.
(c) The teachers covered by this collective agreement agree to have their portion of the Reduced Premiums realized from the Employment Insurance Commission as the result of this extended sick leave coverage paid to the Lakeshore Teachers' Association during each January for the preceding year to be used for educational purposes.
(d) Teachers may be required, after three (3) consecutive days, to provide a medical note while away on sick leave. For extended sick leave, teachers may be required to provide medical updates to the employer on a regular basis to the Superintendent’s Department. All medical information will be safeguarded and kept confidential.
Upon returning to work after an extended sick leave, teachers shall be required to provide medical clearance to the Division which demonstrates their ability to return to their duties.
(e) Family Medical Leave
Effective date of signing:
Each teacher shall be entitled to use up to five (5) days of his/her sick leave per school year to attend to the serious illness or injury or medical appointments of an emergent nature of that teacher's spouse, pre-school age or school age children, or parents. Where such cases occur, and both parents of a particular child are teachers within the scope of this Agreement, both parents may not access the provisions of this paragraph concurrently.