Common use of Duration of Leave and Compensation Clause in Contracts

Duration of Leave and Compensation. 1. A medical evaluation conducted by a physician approved by the Office of Risk and Benefits Management will be the determining factor as to when the employee is able to return to duty. If the physician indicates that the employee is not able to assume his/her regular duties, but is able to return to a less strenuous work assignment, the employee may be directly appointed to the Workers' Education and Rehabilitation Compensation (W.E.R.C.) Program or to a job commensurate with his/her medical and educational capabilities. Such placement will be based upon the employee's medical condition, as well as job placement availabilities. If offered, the employee must accept a work assignment in the W.E.R.C. Program at any reasonable location; refusal to accept such an assignment may result in the discontinuance of statutory workers' compensation benefits, as well as Board-provided benefits. All W.E.R.C. Program participants shall receive the same salary improvements as all other participants for the same bargaining unit in which the W.E.R.C. Program participant is placed, effective July 1, 1989.