a) i. Where a teacher is sick, he or she shall be entitled to sick leave during his or her sickness and be paid his or her salary during such sick leave; but such leave shall not exceed twenty (20) teaching days in any school year.
Effective the Fall Term 2016
ii) Where the employment of a teacher is continued for more than one year, the non-used portion of the sick leave in any year(s) shall be carried forward and accumulated from year to year to a maximum of forty (40) days in the second year; sixty (60) days in the third year; eighty (80) days in the fourth; one hundred (100) in the fifth, and one hundred and twenty days (120) (Effective September 2017 increase to one hundred and twenty five days (125)) in the sixth and subsequent year.
b) Teachers employed on a part-time basis with the Division shall be granted sick leave with pay prorated based on full-time equivalents.
c) Teachers employed on a fixed term contract shall be entitled to sick leave during the term of the contract under the same terms and conditions as a teacher regularly employed by the Division. Sick leave shall accrue to a maximum of one hundred ten (110) days, when a teacher is employed by the Division on successive term contracts. Contracts shall be deemed to be successive when:
i. a teacher is employed under separate fixed term contracts in successive school years;
ii. the interruption between term contracts is less than a school year.
d) Sick Leave is not payable to a teacher:
i. who, while receiving sick leave benefits, is engaged in employment for wage or profit with another employer, except when such employment occurs as a result of a program of rehabilitative employment approved by the Disability Benefits Plan; or
ii. who, in respect of injury resulting from a motor vehicle accident, is receiving wage-loss replacement benefits from the Manitoba Public Insurance (“M.P.I.”) to the extent that such benefits and paid sick leave exceed the teacher’s normal salary and up to the maximum number of sick leave days accumulated by the teacher. In such cases, the teacher shall reimburse the Division the amount of benefit received from M.P.I.
e) The Unemployment Insurance Commission rebate shall be shared between the Division and the Association with the Division receiving 7/12 and the Association receiving 5/12 effective January 1, 1978.
f) The Division shall provide sick leave entitlement to a pregnant teacher who, as a result of her condition either before or after delivery, is unable to be at work and perform her regular duties for a valid health related reason(s). The pregnant teacher shall follow claim procedures for sick leave entitlement as determined by the Division.
g) The Division may require teachers to produce reports from a duly qualified health care practitioner(s) on matters related to their sickness or injury and absence from the workplace.
d) Sick Leave is not payable to a teacher:
i. who, while receiving sick leave benefits, is engaged in employment for wage or profit with another employer, except when such employment occurs as a result of a program of rehabilitative employment approved by the Disability Benefits Plan; or
ii. who, in respect of injury resulting from a motor vehicle accident, is receiving wage-loss replacement benefits from the Manitoba Public Insurance (“M.P.I.”) to the extent that such benefits and paid sick leave exceed the teacher’s normal salary and up to the maximum number of sick leave days accumulated by the teacher. In such cases, the teacher shall reimburse the Division the amount of benefit received from M.P.I.
e) The Unemployment Insurance Commission rebate shall be shared between the Division and the Association with the Division receiving 7/12 and the Association receiving 5/12 effective January 1, 1978.
f) The Division shall provide sick leave entitlement to a pregnant teacher who, as a result of her condition either before or after delivery, is unable to be at work and perform her regular duties for a valid health related reason(s). The pregnant teacher shall follow claim procedures for sick leave entitlement as determined by the Division.
g) The Division may require teachers to produce reports from a duly qualified health care practitioner(s) on matters related to their sickness or injury and absence from the workplace.