Common use of INJURY LEAVE POLICY Clause in Contracts

INJURY LEAVE POLICY. A. The Director of Public Safety shall pay to any employee who may be injured or disabled while in the discharge of his official duties, his full regular salary for a period of one (1) year or such part thereof, for the duration of the disability up to three (3) years from the date of the injury provided that such injury or disability occurs while responding to, or acting at a call whether actual or false or while performing at a training session, provided the injury is a direct result of training. In addition to the above provisions, employees are eligible for injury leave provided that the injury or disability occurs in the course of duty under circumstances which entail a substantially different and greater risk of injury. Such injured or disabled employee shall perform some other service other than his regular duties if he is physically able. The Director of Public Safety is authorized to provide such other opportunity for service whenever it is possible to do so. In no event, however, shall the salary paid for such other service, together with the salary allowed under this section for disability, exceed the full regular salary such employee was receiving at the time such injury or disability occurred. In the event the individual employee is injured or disabled as provided in this section, there shall be no reduction from that individual employee’s sick leave. B. In order to be eligible for injury leave an employee must first file a claim with the designee of the Administration in accordance with the Workers’ Compensation Law of Ohio and the policies and procedures established by the Administration. The parties agree that the decision of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and/or the Ohio Industrial Commission (OIC) concerning whether an injury is work related shall be controlling, provided that it meets the standards of Section A above. In the event the City commences injury leave payments to an employee prior to a determination by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and/or the Ohio Industrial Commission (OIC) and it is later determined by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and/or the Ohio Industrial Commission (OIC) that the injury is not work related and therefore ineligible for injury leave pay, the employee’s unused sick leave will be charged against any injury leave payments made. In the event the injury leave payments made exceed available unused sick leave, the employee agrees to reimburse the City for the difference immediately. C. Any employee who is paid monthly injury or disability pay shall furnish medical reports to the Director of Public Safety regarding the status of the injury or disability. The Director shall forward the name of the injured or disabled employee, together with his evaluation of the extent and nature of each employee’s status, to the office of the Council, City Auditor and City Law Director, on a monthly basis. D. When or in the event such employee becomes entitled to receive benefits or payments from the Police and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund, the provisions of this section shall not be effective or operative. E. The City shall implement procedures for applying for funding for injury leave benefits; the members of the bargaining unit shall adhere to and follow the procedures in order to receive injury leave benefits. The City will maintain payments to the Police and Fire Disability Fund, and all fringe benefits except for the perfect attendance day benefit that accrue to the employee as though on regular tour of duty. F. If an employee is on injury leave during his/her prescheduled vacation and returns to duty within the same calendar year, the City will reschedule the remaining vacation time within the remainder of that year. If an employee is on injury leave during vacation and will not return to duty within the same calendar year, he/she will be assigned the balance of his/her vacation at the end of the calendar year and his/her injury leave will be extended into the next year by the same amount of work days as the re-scheduled vacation. An employee may always choose the option of banking the vacation if he/she has not reached the annual maximum of weeks permitted under this agreement.

INJURY LEAVE POLICY. A. The Director of Public Safety shall pay to any employee who may be injured or disabled while in the discharge of his official duties, his full regular salary for a period of one (1) year or such part thereof, for the duration of the disability up to three (3) years from the date of the injury provided that such injury or disability occurs while responding to, or acting at a call whether actual or false or while performing at a training session, provided the injury is a direct result of training. In addition to the above provisions, employees are eligible for injury leave provided that the injury or disability occurs in the course of duty under circumstances which entail a substantially different and greater risk of injury. Such injured or disabled employee shall perform some other service other than his regular duties if he is physically able. The Director of Public Safety is authorized to provide such other opportunity for service whenever it is possible to do so. In no event, however, shall the salary paid for such other service, together with the salary allowed under this section for disability, exceed the full regular salary such employee was receiving at the time such injury or disability occurred. In the event the individual employee is injured or disabled as provided in this section, there shall be no reduction from that individual employee’s sick leave. B. In order to be eligible for injury leave an employee must first file a claim with the designee of the Administration in accordance with the Workers’ Compensation Law of Ohio and the policies and procedures established by the Administration. The parties agree that the decision of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and/or the Ohio Industrial Commission (OIC) concerning whether an injury is work related shall be controlling, provided that it meets the standards of Section A above. In the event the City commences injury leave payments to an employee prior to a determination by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and/or the Ohio Industrial Commission (OIC) and it is later determined by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and/or the Ohio Industrial Commission (OIC) that the injury is not work related and therefore ineligible for injury leave pay, the employee’s unused sick leave will be charged against any injury leave payments made. In the event the injury leave payments made exceed available unused sick leave, the employee agrees to reimburse the City for the difference immediately. C. Any employee who is paid monthly injury or disability pay shall furnish medical reports to the Director of Public Safety regarding the status of the injury or disability. The Director shall forward the name of the injured or disabled employee, together with his evaluation of the extent and nature of each employee’s status, to the office of the Council, City Auditor and City Law Director, on a monthly basis. D. When or in the event such employee becomes entitled to receive benefits or payments from the Police Policy and Firemen’s Disability and Pension Fund, the provisions of this section shall not be effective or operative. E. The City shall implement procedures for applying for funding for injury leave benefits; the members of the bargaining unit shall adhere to and follow the procedures in order to receive injury leave benefits. The City will maintain payments to the Police and Fire Disability Fund, and all fringe benefits except for the perfect attendance day benefit that accrue to the employee as though on regular tour of duty. F. If an employee is on injury leave during his/her prescheduled vacation and returns to duty within the same calendar year, the City will reschedule the remaining vacation time within the remainder of that year. If an employee is on injury leave during vacation and will not return to duty within the same calendar year, he/she will be assigned the balance of his/her vacation at the end of the calendar year and his/her injury leave will be extended into the next year by the same amount of work days as the re-scheduled vacation. An employee may always choose the option of banking the vacation if he/she has not reached the annual maximum of weeks permitted under this agreement.