Common use of Extended Disability Leave Clause in Contracts

Extended Disability Leave. ‌ Union members who are absent from work due to illness or injury and have exhausted all of their sick leave and vacation benefits shall be eligible to receive one hundred percent (100%) salary for the first two (2) months after the paid leave has been exhausted; if still unable to work, the employee shall then receive seventy five percent (75%) if full salary for a two (2) month period and then if still disabled, shall receive fifty percent (50%) of salary for another two (2) month period. The employee shall be required to present to the County Human Resources Director a certificate from a County-designated physician indicating an opinion that the employee can reasonably be expected to recover sufficiently to return to work. The physician’s certificate may be obtained through a medical examination at County expense or through consultation between a County-designated physician and the employee’s personal physician.

Extended Disability Leave. ‌ Union members who are absent from work due to illness or injury and have exhausted all of their sick leave and vacation benefits shall be eligible to receive one hundred percent (100%) salary for the first two (2) months after the paid leave has been exhausted; if still unable to work, the employee shall then receive seventy five percent (75%) if full salary for a two (2) month period and then if still disabled, shall receive fifty percent (50%) of salary for another two (2) month period. The employee shall be required to present to the County Human Resources Director a certificate from a County-designated physician indicating an opinion that the employee can reasonably be expected to recover sufficiently to return to work. The physician’s certificate may be obtained through a medical examination at County expense or through consultation between a County-designated physician and the employee’s personal physician.