Common use of Injury in the Line of Duty Benefit Clause in Contracts

Injury in the Line of Duty Benefit. ‌ Employees injured in the performance of their duties for the Employer and who are unable to work may qualify for Injury in the Line of Duty benefit. To qualify for this income protection benefit, the injury must be police specific. This means the injury resulted from an activity that is unique to police work; in the process of making an arrest, executing a search warrant, responding to an emergency situation, doing patrol work or engaging in job-related physical training (excludes initial MTPD Officer training academy). Employees eligible for Injury in the Line of Duty benefit will be compensated at their base rate of pay (including longevity pay, if applicable) for a standard forty (40) hour work week, with the employee’s payroll deductions, PERA, and other benefit elections remaining in place, for a period not to exceed eighteen (18) weeks per injury. Injury in the Line of Duty is a worker’s compensation supplemental program. Employees injured in the workplace, but not in a line of duty situation, may be eligible for normal workers’ compensation benefits. The Injury in the Line of Duty benefit will be paid at the rate of pay the Employee earned on the last workday before the injury in the line of duty, no change in the rate of pay shall be made while receiving this benefit. All benefits provided for by the Agreement shall remain in effect during the injury in the line of duty benefit period. This income protection benefit will begin on the day of the qualifying injury in the line of duty. Should an employee be unable to return to work at the end of eighteen (18) week period, normal worker’s compensation provisions would apply.