Enhanced Industrial Disability Leave (EIDL) State Special Schools. A. An employee who loses the ability to work for more than 22 workdays as the result of an injury incurred in the official performance of his/her duties may be eligible for financial augmentation to the existing Industrial Disability Leave Benefits. Such injury must have been directly and specifically caused by a student.
B. The EIDL benefits will be equivalent to the injured employee's net take home salary on the date of occurrence of the injury. EIDL eligibility and benefits may continue for no longer than one year after the date of occurrence of injury. For the purposes of this Section, "net salary" is defined as the amount of salary received after Federal income tax, State income tax, and the employee's retirement contribution have been deducted from the employee's gross salary. The EIDL benefit will continue to be subject to miscellaneous payroll deductions.
C. IDL will apply only to serious physical injuries and any complications directly related medically and attributable to the assault, as determined by the department director or designee. This benefit shall not be applied to either presumptive, stress-related disabilities, or physical disability having mental origin.
D. The final decision as to whether an employee is eligible for, or continues to be eligible for EIDL shall rest with the department director or designee. The Department may periodically review the employee's condition by any means necessary to determine an employee's continued eligibility for EIDL.
E. Other existing rules regarding the administration of IDL will be followed in the administration of EIDL.
F. This Section relating to EIDL will not be subject to the arbitration procedure of this Contract.
