PART VII .8 COMMUNICABLE DISEASE EMERGENCY LEAVE — Entitlement to leave
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(1) An employee, having been employed with the same employer for a continuous period of 30 days, is entitled to a leave of absence from employment without pay of up to 27 weeks in a 52-week period to receive extended medical care or to recover from a long-term illness, a long-term injury or an organ donation where a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner issues a certificate stating
43.43(a)
that the employee requires extended medical care or recovery time in relation to ( i ) a long-term illness, (ii) a long-term injury, or (iii) organ donation; and a medical practitioner or nurse practitioner issues a certificate stating ( i ) that the employee requires extended medical care or recovery time in relation to (A) a long-term illness, or (B) a long-term injury, and (ii) the start date and the estimated end date of the leave required; and
43.43(b)
the start date and the estimated end date of the leave required. the employee provides proof satisfactory to the employer that the employee suffers from a long-term injury or long-term illness as a result of a criminal offence.
43.43(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), an employee, having been employed with the same employer for a continuous period of 30 days, is entitled to a leave of absence from employment without pay of up to 104 weeks in a 104-week period to receive extended medical care or to recover from a long-term illness or a long-term injury where
43.43(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply where the employee was a party to the criminal offence or contributed to the long-term injury or long-term illness by gross negligence.
43.43(4)
A leave of absence under this Part shall be taken in periods of at least 2 weeks in duration.
43.43(5)
Where an employee returns to work during a week, the week counts as an entire week for the purposes of this Part.
43.43(6)
An employee who has taken 27 weeks of leave under subsection (1) in a period of 52 weeks is not entitled to an additional period of leave under this Part unless at least 6 months has elapsed since the date the employee returned to work from the most recent leave of absence granted under this Part.
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