Critical Incident Leave Clause Samples

Critical Incident Leave. A critical incident is defined as any event that, in both the employee and department manager’s assessment, has a stressful impact sufficient enough to overwhelm the usually effective coping skills of the employee. Such abrupt, powerful events are ones that fall outside the range of ordinary workplace experiences. Following a critical incident, as defined above, employees are allowed an adequate amount of paid time off during the shift in which the incident arises. The amount of time necessary is to be determined by agreement between the employee and their manager.

Critical Incident Leave. ‌ Any employee who, during the performance of their work, is directly involved in an incident of on-duty violence, shall be allowed reasonable time off immediately after the incident to recover from any physical or psychological impairment or disability caused by the action. Directly involved means physically attacked or physically intervening in an attack of a staff member.

Critical Incident Leave. (1) As from date of certification of this Agreement, staff members subject to this Agreement will be entitled to a maximum of 3 days paid “Critical Incident Leave” when the staff member has been involved in a critical incident.

Critical Incident Leave a. For the purposes of this Article, a traumatic event is a sudden and unexpected event which is considered uncommon with respect to the inherent risks of the occupation and is usually horrific, or has elements of actual or potential violence. Examples of traumatic events include, but are not limited to: i. witnessing a fatality or a horrific injury; ii. being the victim of an armed robbery or hostage-taking; iii. being subjected to physical violence; and iv. being subjected to threats of physical violence when there is reason to believe the threat is serious and harmful to self or others (e.g. bomb threat or confronted with a weapon). b. Critical incident stress defusing shall be provided to employees who have experienced a work-related, traumatic event. The Employer will make best efforts to ensure that Employees who have experienced a work related, traumatic event can at their or their manager’s discretion, be relieved of their duties for the remainder of their shift, up to a maximum of 48 hours without loss of pay. Critical incident stress debriefing and appropriate support shall be made available for all employees who require it. Appropriate resources will be made available as soon as possible following the incident.

Critical Incident Leave. An employee who has been involved in an incident resulting in the death or serious injury to another individual may, at the discretion of the Chief of Police or his designee, be placed on Critical Incident Leave pending his return to full duty. An employee placed on this status shall accrue benefits as set forth in Section 15.7 of this Agreement. All Critical Incident Leave shall be with pay. If the Employer requires a fitness for duty examination for an employee to return to duty, the employee shall obtain the clearance from a physician as selected by the Employer. The affected employee, when required to travel to a physician outside of a 20 mile radius from Police headquarters, shall either be provided with a Department vehicle for transportation or reimbursed for any expenses associated with travel, at the Department’s discretion. A Union representative shall be allowed to accompany the employee at the request of the employee, however, the representative will be restricted from attending the actual fitness for duty examination. The representative shall be considered on duty and shall be paid accordingly.

Critical Incident Leave. For the purposes of this Article, a traumatic event is a sudden and unexpected event which is considered uncommon with respect to the inherent risks of the occupation and is usually horrific, or has elements of actual or potential violence. Examples of traumatic events include, but are not limited to: (1) witnessing a fatality or a horrific injury; (2) being the victim of an armed robbery or hostage-taking; (3) being subjected to physical violence; and (4) being subjected to threats of physical violence when there is reason to believe the threat is serious and harmful to self or others (e.g. bomb threat or confronted with a weapon). Critical incident stress defusing shall be provided to employees who have experienced a work-related, traumatic event. The Employer will make best efforts to ensure that employees who have experienced a work related, traumatic event can at their or their manager’s discretion, be relieved of their duties for the remainder of their shift, without loss of pay. Critical incident stress debriefing and appropriate support shall be made available for all employees who require it. Appropriate resources will be made available as soon as possible following the incident. Accessing support will be without loss of pay.

Critical Incident Leave. Employees involved in a traumatic incident and/or involved in the debriefing process may be placed on critical incident leave. The length of the critical incident leave shall be determined by the City after consultation with the debriefer, or physician/psychologist concerning their findings and recommendations with respect to the employee's fitness for duty. For purposes of this section, Critical Incident Leave is defined as time off for or reassignment of an employee, without loss of pay or benefits to the employee.

Critical Incident Leave. (a) Where a Bus Operator is involved in a critical incident in the course of their duties, they will be entitled to up to three (3) consecutive working days of paid critical incident leave (exclusive of RDOs). (b) For the purposes of this clause, a ‘critical incident’ means: (i) the death of a pedestrian, passenger or other road user; (ii) a serious injury to a pedestrian, passenger or other road user which results in immediate treatment as an in-patient in a hospital; or (iii) a significant and targeted missile event. This means a missile which impacts the front driver’s windscreen, and which causes a collapse or partial collapse of the windscreen (for example, where a large missile goes through or is embedded in the driver’s windscreen). (c) Bus Operators will be paid critical incident leave as per their roster, including penalty rates they would have been entitled to (excluding overtime). (d) Bus Operators are to make themselves available for interviews by Metro management following the 3 days of critical incident leave (or earlier if agreed). However, Bus Operators may be required to participate in interviews with external parties earlier if required (e.g. Tasmania Police). (e) Employees involved in a critical incident may be referred to Metro’s Employee Assistance Program.

Critical Incident Leave. For the purpose of this Article, a traumatic event is a sudden and unexpected event which is considered uncommon with respect to the inherent risks of the occupation and is usually horrific or has elements of actual or potential violence. Examples of traumatic events include, but are not limited to: (a) being subjected to physical violence; (b) being subjected to threats of physical violence when there is reason to believe the threat is serious and harmful to self or others; (c) loss of a patient or resident after rescue attempts; (d) witnessing a fatality or horrific injury; (e) serious or life-threatening injury to oneself or to co-workers; (f) death or suicide of a co-worker, either in the line-of-duty or other workplace incident; (g) a near miss that threatens the health and safety of oneself of co-workers; (h) death of or critical incident involving children; (i) violence inflicted on oneself or on a co-worker; (j) violent crime in or near the workplace; (k) being the victim of an armed robbery or hostage-taking; Critical incident stress defusing shall be provided to employees who have experienced a work-related, traumatic event. The Employer will provide appropriate support through the Employer’s EAP program to employees who have experienced a traumatic event. Such support may include being relieved of their duties for the remainder of their shift, without loss of pay, at the discretion of one of the Directors. For clarity, discretion allows management to determine whether the particular circumstances and employee’s reaction requires being sent home for the remainder of their shift. This takes into account that everybody reacts differently to such situations.