When a teacher is sick, that teacher shall be entitled to a leave of absence called sick leave, and shall be entitled to be paid full salary during such leave.
Each teacher shall be credited with twenty (20) teaching day’s sick leave with full salary at the beginning of each year of continuous employment as a teacher with this School Division.
All unused sick leave in each year shall accumulate from year to year to a maximum of one hundred and twenty-five (125)teaching days.
Each teacher shall be notified in November of each year of their total accumulation of sick leave.
After an absence of three (3) consecutive teaching days a teacher may be required to produce a certificate from a duly qualified practitioner for any illness certifying that such teacher was unable to carry out duties due to illness.
The Board may grant, at its discretion, additional sick leave with pay.
No teacher shall suffer a loss of sick leave due to injuries sustained on the job and/or school sponsored extra curricular activities and related supervision. The teacher injured shall be placed on sick leave, short term and/or long term disability insurance until they are able to return to work. When the teacher returns to work, the Board will re-instate their sick leave entitlement accumulated prior to the injury.
The Division may reimburse out of pocket expenses incurred by the teacher as a result of an on-the job injury to a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per school year where the teacher has certain expenses beyond the maximum coverage provided for in the Extended Health Plan or incurs certain expenses related to medical items not covered by the Extended Health Plan and where such expenses are not covered by another Party or Plan.
In accordance with administrative guidelines and within the maximum set out above, the Division shall reimburse teachers for the above-mentioned expenses (e.g. drug costs, physiotherapy, etc.) for a period of up to twelve (12) months following the injury or accident.
“On-the-job-injury” means a disability resulting from an accident or injury occurring in the course of performing duties arising out of employment under contract with the Division.
Any teacher, who for reason of illness or injury exhausts their sick leave allocation and is placed on short term and/or long term disability, shall receive:
a pro rata share, or 5 days of the 20 day sick leave allocation, whichever is greater, if returning during the school year, or
20 days of sick leave if returning at the beginning of the succeeding school year.