Short Term Illness and Injury Plan

The Short Term Illness and Injury Plan (STIIP) is a benefit for employees who are unable to work due to illness or injury.

Eligibility

All regular employees are covered. Contact us to find out about specific eligibility requirements for other groups – such as auxiliary or part-time employees. Employees on sick leave must:

• Submit a doctor’s certificate when asked.
• Remain under the care of a medical doctor and fully participate in any treatment they recommend.
• Participate and cooperate with rehabilitation planning and return-to-work planning.
• Not be engaged in any work for profit. 

Length of Leave and Pay

STIIP benefits are set according to your length of service and employee type.

Regular Employees and Benefited Auxiliary Employees

• With less than 3 months of service (Stage 1) - maximum of 6 days per calendar year at 75% regular rate of pay
• With 3 to 6 months of service (Stage 2) - maximum 15 weeks* at 75% regular rate of pay for first 6 days (or remaining portion of the 6 days listed above), 66% for days thereafter
• With 6 months or more of active service (Stage 3) - maximum 6 calendar months** at 75% regular rate of pay

* Cannot exceed maximum weekly sickness benefit set by Employment Insurance
** Maximum benefit period for auxiliary employees who qualify for benefits is 7 months. 

Employees unable to return to work after the maximum benefit period has expired will need to apply for general leave without pay or long term disability benefits. 

A sick leave is considered to be one continuous leave if the employee has been off for the same illness/injury without returning to work for 15 consecutive scheduled work days before taking another day for the same illness or injury.

Unbenefited Auxiliary Employees

Unbenefited auxiliary employees with at least 400 hours working in the same ministry without loss of seniority receive 60% of normal average earnings from the 15^th day of the illness or injury to a maximum of 15 weeks.

Top-up Pay

Stage 3 STIIP benefit may be supplemented – or topped up to 100% of regular pay – by using other available time allotments such as vacation credits, exclusion supplementary credit or compensatory time off. Enter your top-up option directly in the STIIP module of Time On Line or submit a leave management transaction. 

A full-time regular employee only earns vacation credits for a given month if they have received at least ten days (70 hours) pay at straight time rates in that month. To prevent miscalculations and unnecessary overpayments from occurring, take into account that your vacation will be prorated. 

Other Benefits

Existing benefits – like MSP, extended health and dental – and pension contributions continue without interruption, as if you were still working.
 

Reporting Other Income

Please contact us if you have taken sick leave and also have a claim with WorkSafeBC, ICBC, CPP, or any other disability income provider.