Common use of Employment of Workers with Disabilities Clause in Contracts

Employment of Workers with Disabilities. The Employer agrees to offer every pregnant employee a suitable job and every disabled employee a suitable job, upon the disabled employee’s return to work, which shall continue as long as the disability or pregnancy lasts and shall do so according to the process which follows. The Employer agrees that any accommodation of pregnant or disabled employees will be facilitated by a joint accommodation committee consisting of equal numbers of Union and Management representatives. (a) The Employer shall modify the employee’s job to accommodate the employee’s disability or pregnancy. The employee’s return to work plan will be written by the joint accommodation committee. (b) If the joint committee agrees that it is physically or technically impossible or financially prohibitive or not in the best interest of the employee to modify the employee’s job, the Employer shall offer the employee an alternate job or modified alternate job within the bargaining unit considered suitable by the Union and the employee. (c) If the joint committee agrees that reduced hours of work are in the best interests of the employee, the Employer shall accommodate the reduced hours of work modification with a letter of understanding pertaining to the employee. Wage replacement benefits for the time not worked may be paid by the Workers’ Compensation Board, the Employer’s insurance carrier or the Employer (or a combination thereof), but in no case shall the employee receive less than ninety percent (90%) of their net income for the hours not worked.