7.13. If an employee is absent from work because of an accident or sickness during the reference year and if his annual vacation pay is reduced because of such absence, he is then entitled to the highest amount between the annual vacation pay or the compensation calculated as follows:(1) up to 5 years of uninterrupted service: twice the weekly average of the wages earned during the period worked;
(2) from 5 to 15 years of uninterrupted service: 3 times the weekly avarage of the wages earned during the period worked;
(3) after 15 years of uninterrupted service: 4 times the weekly average of the wage earned during the period worked.
An employee with less than 1 year of service whose annual leave is less than 2 weeks is entitled to that amount in proportion to the days of leave credited to his account.
O.C. 1998-88, s. 7; O.C. 354-92, s. 13; O.C. 1712-94, s. 11.