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Coverage
- Generally, sick leave of less then 5 days will not require a medical certificate, but may be requested at AMS’s discretion.
- Sick leave after 5 days will be unpaid sick leave.
- Paid sick days after 5 consecutive days of absenteeism, is at AMS’s discretion. In times of sickness, AMS will support the employee and will require a doctor’s note describing the condition and diagnosis treatment.
- AMS may allow their employees to use part of their sick leave for certain family obligations. This requires management approval before sick leave or absenteeism occurs.
- Given adequate notice, AMS will allow an employee time off to accommodate unavoidable personal business appointments, including medical and dental appointments for dependent persons. Such time off will subsequently be made up at a time mutually agreeable to AMS and the employee.
- If the employee needs to take a longer sick leave because of health reasons, he/she may be entitled to take longer unpaid sick leave. He/she may then be eligible for Employment Insurance sickness benefits or benefits from other compensation plans for work-related illness or injury.
