It is agreed by the parties that sick leave entitlement shall be granted by the Institute only where a teacher is unable to be at work and perform regular duties as a result of illness or injury.
There shall be no accumulation of sick leave credited for periods of leave of absence.
Sick leave shall be accumulated at a rate not to exceed 20 teaching days per year to a maximum of 130 days to be determined as follows:
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:
Unless otherwise entitled under paragraph 10.03 and except as hereinafter provided, each teacher shall be permitted to use twenty (20) sick leave teaching days in any Institute year after at least one day of active teaching service during that Institute year.
The provision of twenty (20) sick leave teaching days in any Institute year shall be prorated in the following circumstances:
No. of days of actual teaching service (including paid sick leave teaching days) x 20 Total No. of teaching days in the school year.
A teacher will furnish a medical certificate when requested by the President of the Institute, or designate. Where such certificate is required and such costs are not covered by the Manitoba Health Insurance Commission the Institute shall be responsible for that cost.
Sick Leave is not payable to a teacher:
Teachers shall be allowed to use up to five (5) days sick leave accumulation per year to attend to the illness or injury of that teacher’s spouse, 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.
When a teacher suffers a physical on-job injury and is absent from work as a result of that injury, the Institute shall continue to pay the salary of that teacher during such absence limited to the extent of the accumulated sick leave balance at the time of suffering the physical on-job injury. The period of time absent from work as a consequence of the physical on-job injury shall not be charged against the accumulated sick leave balance.