ASSIGNMENT ON RETURN FROM DISABILITY LEAVE. 1 Upon return from disability leave, an employee shall be assigned to work in his/her r egular classification, or to the classification in which he/she would then be working, except for such absence, provided he/she is capable of performing such work. 2 In case an employee becomes incapable of performing his/her work through accident or sickness, the Company will, if in its judgment proper work is available, provide such work as the employee is capable of performing. If such an employee returns from disability leave to work in a lower rated job because of physical inability to handle his/her regular job prior to the time he/she has exhausted the schedule of full pay benefits under the Tesoro Short-Term Disability Plan and the rate for the work, which is provided in accordance with the above, is less than the disability full pay rate which he/she was receiving immediately prior to returning to work, he/she shall be continued at that disability pay rate until such time as (1) the period of such full pay benefits under the Tesoro Short-Term Disability Plan would have been exhausted, or (2) he/she returns to his/her regular rate, or (3) he/she leaves the payroll for any cause, whichever first occurs.
ASSIGNMENT ON RETURN FROM DISABILITY LEAVE. Disability Leave Upon return from disability leave, an employee shall be assigned to work in his/her regular classification, or to the classification in which he/she would then be working, except for such absence, provided he/she is capable of performing such work. In case an employee becomes incapable of performing his/her work through accident or sickness, the Company will, if in its judgment proper work is available, provide such work as the employee is capable of performing. If such an employee returns from disability leave to work in a lower rated job because of physical inability to handle his/her regular job prior o the time he/she has exhausted the schedule of full pay benefits under the “Tesoro Short- Term Disability Plan” and the rate for the work, which is provided in accordance with the above, is less than the disability full pay rate which he/she was receiving immediately prior to returning to work, he/she shall be continued at that disability pay rate until such time as the period of such full pay benefits under the Tesoro Short-Term Disability Plan would have been exhausted, or (2) he/she returns to his/her regular rate, or (3) he/she leaves the payroll for any cause, whichever occurs first. When such employee is capable of returning to his/her former duties, he/she shall be placed in the classification in which he/she would then be working, except for such absence. Promotions, demotions, and layoffs of such employee shall be governed by the provisions of Article 22 (Promotions, Demotions, Layoffs, Re-Employment, General). Continuity of service for purposes of this Agreement shall not be affected by any temporary absence of the nature contemplated in this Article.
