Industrial Accident/Illness Leave. An Agency employee who has sustained an illness or injury within the course and scope of assigned duties shall be granted up to sixty (60) days compensated leave in any one fiscal year for the same illness or accident. This leave shall not be accumulated from year-to-year. Leave shall commence on the first day the employee is absent from service due to an industrial accident or illness. The sixty (60) day leave allowance shall be reduced by one (1) day for each day of authorized absence regardless of whether a temporary disability indemnity award has been provided the employee. If a leave overlaps into the next fiscal year, the employee shall not be entitled to a new sixty (60) days, but shall be entitled to only the amount of unused leave due for the same illness or injury. Industrial accident or illness leave is to be used in lieu of sick leave benefits under Section 10.6. When entitlement to industrial accident or illness leave has been exhausted, entitlement to sick leave under Section 10.6 may then be used. If an employee is receiving workers' compensation, he/she may use only so much of his/her accumulated sick leave under Section 10.6 and vacation leave or comp time which, when added to the workers' compensation award, provides a full day's pay. An employee receiving these benefits shall, during the period of illness or injury, remain within the State of California unless the Board of Directors authorizes travel outside the State. An employee returning to duty following an industrial illness or accident shall provide the Agency with a physician's written verification of the beginning and ending dates of the period of the disability, description of the exact nature of the disability, which certifies the employee's fitness to return to duty without restrictions.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement (Cba)
