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After Air Canada introduced a new policy requiring medical certificates for absences of 5 days or more, CUPE grieved the blanket application of the policy, as well as the inclusion of days of rest in the calculation of the 5-day period and the deduction but non-payment of sick leave credits on those days of rest. Arbitrator Kaplan allowed the grievances, finding that the blanket application of the policy was unreasonable and that the collective agreement did not permit Air Canada to deduct sick leave credits without paying them.
2025 CanLII 106386 (CA LA) | Air Canada v CUPE | CanLII
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