Common use of DISABILITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT Clause in Contracts

DISABILITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT. (a) Worker's Compensation: Injuries or disabilities arising out of and in the course of employment with Agency are and will continue to be within the application of the Worker's Compensation and Insurance Chapters of the State Labor Code. (b) When an employee is absent by reason of injury or illness, he/she shall be eligible for sick leave for the duration of temporary disability. The amount of sick leave payable for each day of absence shall be one hundred percent (100%) of an employee's basic wage rate less the sum of any payments to which he may be entitled under Workers’ Compensation and/or State Disability Insurance. Sick leave is payable from and only insofar as an employee has accrued sick leave credits as provided in Article 14, but will be reduced by the amount of Workers’ Compensation and/or State Disability Insurance paid.