INJURY LEAVE WITH PAY. A. All members upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) calendar days for each service connected injury, provided such injury is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such injury occurs. Injury leave shall not be granted to any member who tests positive on a post-accident drug screening. B. Service connected injuries are defined as injuries received while acting within the scope of and arising out of a member’s employment as a full-time officer with the Township. Injury leave may be granted for all service connected injuries. Injuries occurring other than in the scheduled and paid working hours shall be presumed to be non-service connected unless the member can demonstrate that the member was engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the member’s position on behalf of the Township. C. Pursuant to rules established by the Trustees, the member shall complete and file such forms, applications and reimbursement agreements as may be required by the Township. The member shall also participate in such occupational health, rehabilitation and/or care programs as may, from time to time, be directed by the Township. D. If there is a recurrence of a previous service connected injury, the member upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed an additional one hundred eighty (180) calendar day period, provided that the recurrence is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such recurrence occurs. E. As a condition of receipt of injury leave benefits and unless otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees, the member shall apply for worker’s compensation benefits under the Ohio Workers’ Compensation program as soon as practicable. Copies of all worker’s compensation applications shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees. The member shall endorse over to the Township any and all wage and salary benefits awarded to the member by the Ohio Workers’ Compensation system which extend over the same time period for which the member is granted injury leave. In compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, a member shall execute a written agreement reflecting the provisions of this paragraph prior to an award of injury leave. F. In the event an on duty injury leave claim is disallowed by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation or the Industrial Commission of Ohio, the member shall be charged with all time lost from work, against the member’s accumulated sick leave time. If the member does not have accumulated sick leave to cover either all or part of the time off, then any moneys paid to the member by the Township as injury leave under this Article shall be repaid by the member to the Township, or at the option of member, the absence may be charged to any other accumulated paid leave. G. A member is prohibited from working special duty while on injury leave. In addition, a member on injury leave is prohibited from performing any other work for compensation unless such other work is otherwise permitted to be performed by employees receiving temporary total disability compensation under the laws, rules and/or regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. H. After each thirty (30) days of injury leave, a member shall submit to the Chief of Police a certificate from a licensed practitioner verifying proper use of injury leave and providing an estimated date of return to work, if known.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
INJURY LEAVE WITH PAY. A. All members upon approval by When an employee's absence from work is necessitated because of an illness or injury incurred while on the Employerjob with the City and said illness or injury is compensable under Ohio Workers’ Compensation Law, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may Injury Leave will be granted injury leave with pay for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) calendar days for each service connected after the date of injury. Such leave will be granted by the City Manager, provided such or their designee, based upon the recommendation of the Division/Department Head and upon submittal by the employee of a statement from a licensed physician justifying that the employee is unable to return to modified duty or full work status due to the illness/injury. The physician statement must be a fully completed and signed BWC-Medco 14 (or equivalent). Such leave will not be charged against the employee's Sick Leave balance unless it is determined that the illness or injury is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such injury occurs. Injury leave shall not be granted to any member who tests positive on a post-accident drug screening.
B. Service connected injuries are defined as injuries received while acting within the scope of and arising out of a member’s employment as a full-time officer with the Township. Injury leave may be granted for all service connected injuries. Injuries occurring other than in the scheduled and paid working hours shall be presumed to be non-service connected unless the member can demonstrate that the member was engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the member’s position on behalf of the Township.
C. Pursuant to rules established by the Trustees, the member shall complete work-related illness or injury and file such forms, applications and reimbursement agreements as may be required by the Township. The member shall also participate in such occupational health, rehabilitation and/or care programs as may, from time to time, be directed by the Township.
D. If there is a recurrence of a previous service connected injury, the member upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed an additional one hundred eighty (180) calendar day period, provided that the recurrence is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such recurrence occurs.
E. As a condition of receipt of injury leave benefits and unless otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees, the member shall apply for worker’s compensation benefits compensable under the Ohio Workers’ Compensation program as soon as practicableLaw. Copies In order to be eligible for Injury Leave, the employee must report the illness/injury to his supervisor within three (3) work-days of all worker’s compensation applications shall be submitted the incident giving rise to the Board illness/injury. Simultaneously with the request for Injury Leave, the employee will make application and actively pursue a claim for benefits under Ohio Workers' Compensation Law. If the application for benefits is granted and the claim allowed, the City's obligation under the continued use of TrusteesInjury Leave would be the employee's regular rate of pay. In cases where Injury Leave or medical leave are necessary, the City may employ a limited-duty work program which will provide for the attempted placement of Divisional personnel who are unable to perform in their normal capacity. The member shall endorse over limitations imposed on Injury Leave will be considered as limitations on leave granted as a result of each incident of a work-related illness/injury, rather than limitations on leave to be granted in any one calendar year or other unit of time. A maximum of three (3) hours of Injury Leave will be granted for an absence from work necessitated due to the Township any and all wage and salary benefits awarded to attendance of an Industrial Commission Hearing resulting in the member by the Ohio Workers’ Compensation system which extend over the same time period for which the member is granted injury leave. In compliance with the Rules and Regulations allowance of the Ohio Bureau claim and/or medical diagnosis code being heard. Other forms of Workers’ Compensation, a member shall execute a written agreement reflecting leave taken pending receipt of the provisions of this paragraph prior to an award of injury leave.
F. In the event an on duty injury leave claim is disallowed by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation or final order from the Industrial Commission of Ohio, will not be converted to Injury Leave until 15 days after the member shall be charged with all time lost from work, against the memberCity’s accumulated sick leave time. If the member does not have accumulated sick leave to cover either all or part receipt of the time off, then any moneys paid final order. A maximum of three (3) hours of Injury Leave will be granted for an absence from work necessitated due to the member by the Township as injury leave under this Article shall attendance of a physician’s appointment for an approved condition. Only in circumstances involving additional travel and/or appropriate supporting medical documentation will Injury Leave greater than three hours be repaid by the member to the Township, or at the option of member, the absence may be charged to any other accumulated paid leaveconsidered for an appointment.
G. A member is prohibited from working special duty while on injury leave. In addition, a member on injury leave is prohibited from performing any other work for compensation unless such other work is otherwise permitted to be performed by employees receiving temporary total disability compensation under the laws, rules and/or regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.
H. After each thirty (30) days of injury leave, a member shall submit to the Chief of Police a certificate from a licensed practitioner verifying proper use of injury leave and providing an estimated date of return to work, if known.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
INJURY LEAVE WITH PAY.
A. All members upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed one hundred eighty xxxxxx (18090) calendar days for forty-hour members and one hundred twenty (120) calendar days for fifty-six hour members for each service connected injury, provided such injury is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such injury occurs. Injury leave shall not be granted to any member who tests positive on a post-post- accident drug screening.
B. Service connected injuries are defined as injuries received while acting within the scope of and arising out of a member’s employment as a full-time officer employee with the TownshipGenoa Township Fire Department. Injury leave may be granted for all service connected injuries. Injuries occurring other than in the scheduled and paid working hours shall be presumed to be non-service nonservice connected unless the member can demonstrate that the member was engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the member’s position on behalf of the Township.
C. Pursuant to rules established by the Trustees, the member shall complete and file such forms, applications and reimbursement agreements as may be required by the Township. The member shall also participate in such occupational health, rehabilitation and/or care programs as may, from time to time, be directed by the Township.
D. If there is a recurrence of a previous service connected injury, the member upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed an additional the balance of the, respectively, ninety (90) calendar day or one hundred eighty twenty (180120) calendar day period, provided that the recurrence is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such recurrence occurs.
E. As a condition of receipt of injury leave benefits and unless otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees, the member shall apply for worker’s compensation benefits under the Ohio Workers’ Compensation program as soon as practicable. Copies of all worker’s workers’ compensation applications shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees. The member shall endorse over to the Township any and all wage and salary benefits awarded to the member by the Ohio Workers’ Compensation system which extend over the same time period for which the member is granted injury leave. In compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, a member shall execute a written agreement reflecting the provisions of this paragraph prior to an award of injury leave.
F. In the event an on duty injury leave claim is disallowed by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation or the Industrial Commission of Ohio, the member shall be charged with all time lost from work, against the member’s accumulated sick leave time. If the member does not have accumulated sick leave to cover either all or part of the time off, then any moneys paid to the member by the Township as injury leave under this Article shall be repaid by the member to the Township, or at the option of member, the absence may be charged to any other accumulated paid leave. If the claim is later determined to be allowed, all leave time utilized to cover the time off will be credited to the member’s accumulated respective leave balances.
G. A member is prohibited from working special duty while on injury leave. In addition, a member on injury leave is prohibited from performing any other work for compensation unless such other work is otherwise permitted to be performed by employees receiving temporary total disability compensation under the laws, rules and/or regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.
H. After each thirty (30) days of injury leave, a member shall submit to the Fire Chief of Police a certificate from a licensed practitioner verifying proper use of injury leave and providing an estimated date of return to work, if known.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
INJURY LEAVE WITH PAY. A. All members upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed one hundred eighty ninety (18090) calendar days for forty-hour members and one hundred twenty (120) calendar days for fifty-six hour members for each service connected injury, provided such injury is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such injury occurs. Injury leave shall not be granted to any member who tests positive on a post-post- accident drug screening.
B. Service connected injuries are defined as injuries received while acting within the scope of and arising out of a member’s employment as a full-time officer employee with the TownshipGenoa Township Fire Department. Injury leave may be granted for all service connected injuries. Injuries occurring other than in the scheduled and paid working hours shall be presumed to be non-service nonservice connected unless the member can demonstrate that the member was engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the member’s position on behalf of the Township.
C. Pursuant to rules established by the Trustees, the member shall complete and file such forms, applications and reimbursement agreements as may be required by the Township. The member shall also participate in such occupational health, rehabilitation and/or care programs as may, from time to time, be directed by the Township.
D. If there is a recurrence of a previous service connected injury, the member upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed an additional the balance of the, respectively, ninety (90) calendar day or one hundred eighty twenty (180120) calendar day period, provided that the recurrence is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such recurrence occurs.
E. As a condition of receipt of injury leave benefits and unless otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees, the member shall apply for worker’s compensation benefits under the Ohio Workers’ Compensation program as soon as practicable. Copies of all worker’s workers’ compensation applications shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees. The member shall endorse over to the Township any and all wage and salary benefits awarded to the member by the Ohio Workers’ Compensation system which extend over the same time period for which the member is granted injury leave. In compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, a member shall execute a written agreement reflecting the provisions of this paragraph prior to an award of injury leave.
F. In the event an on duty injury leave claim is disallowed by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation or the Industrial Commission of Ohio, the member shall be charged with all time lost from work, against the member’s accumulated sick leave time. If the member does not have accumulated sick leave to cover either all or part of the time off, then any moneys paid to the member by the Township as injury leave under this Article shall be repaid by the member to the Township, or at the option of member, the absence may be charged to any other accumulated paid leave. If the claim is later determined to be allowed, all leave time utilized to cover the time off will be credited to the member’s accumulated respective leave balances.
G. A member is prohibited from working special duty while on injury leave. In addition, a member on injury leave is prohibited from performing any other work for compensation unless such other work is otherwise permitted to be performed by employees receiving temporary total disability compensation under the laws, rules and/or regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.
H. After each thirty (30) days of injury leave, a member shall submit to the Fire Chief of Police a certificate from a licensed practitioner verifying proper use of injury leave and providing an estimated date of return to work, if known.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
INJURY LEAVE WITH PAY. A. All members upon working an average fifty-six (56) hour work week may, subject to the approval by of the EmployerBoard of Trustees, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed one hundred eighty forty five (18045) calendar (not duty) days for each service service-connected injury, provided such . Such injury is reported by or on behalf of the member, in writing, to the member’s 's immediate supervisor not more than prior to the end of the shift on which the member was purportedly injured and to the Fire Chief within twenty-four (24) hours from of the date such time of the injury occursunless the member is unable to so report due to the severity of the purported injury. Injury If member is unable to report, the report shall be made as soon as practicable. The written report shall fully detail the circumstances under which the injury occurred. The member shall, in the report, specifically request the approval of injury leave. Paid injury leave time for each service-connected injury shall not be granted to any member who tests positive on a post-accident drug screeningexceed three hundred sixty (360) hours for such members.
B. Service Service-connected injuries are defined as injuries received while acting within the scope of and arising out of a the member’s 's employment as a full-time officer firefighter with the Township. Injury leave may be granted for all service service-connected injuries. Injuries occurring other than in the scheduled and paid working hours shall be presumed to be non-service connected unless the member can demonstrate that the member was engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the member’s position on behalf of the Townshipservice- connected.
C. Pursuant to rules established by the Trustees, the member shall complete and file such forms, applications and reimbursement agreements as may be required by the Township. The member shall also participate in such occupational health, rehabilitation and/or care programs as may, from time to time, be directed by the Township.
D. If there is a recurrence of a previous service service-connected injury, the member upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed an additional one hundred eighty the balance of forty-five (18045) calendar day perioddays, provided that the such recurrence is reported to the member’s 's immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from and Fire Chief in the date such recurrence occurs.same manner and method as set forth above in Section 1 A.
E. D. As a condition of receipt of injury leave benefits and unless otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees, the member shall apply for worker’s 's compensation benefits under the Ohio Workers’ Worker's Compensation program as soon as practicablepossible. This condition shall apply to all alleged service-connected injuries and all alleged recurrences of the same. Furthermore, these filings shall include requests for any available compensatory program designed to compensate the member for lost wages, as well as filings with any other compensation fund or insurance company to which the Township contributes. Copies of all worker’s compensation such applications and filings shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees. The member shall file any forms or agreements required to endorse over to the Township any and all wage and salary worker's compensation benefits awarded (as well as proceeds from any other compensation fund or insurance company to which the member by the Ohio Workers’ Compensation system which Township contributes) received that extend over the same time period for which the member is granted injury leave. In compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Worker's Compensation, a member shall on injury leave will be required to execute a written agreement reflecting the provisions of this paragraph prior to an award of injury leaveparagraph.
F. In the event an on duty injury leave claim is disallowed by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation or the Industrial Commission of Ohio, the member shall be charged with all time lost from work, against the member’s accumulated sick leave time. If the member does not have accumulated sick leave to cover either all or part of the time off, then any moneys paid to the member by the Township as injury leave under this Article shall be repaid by the member to the Township, or at the option of member, the absence may be charged to any other accumulated paid leave.
G. A member is prohibited from working special duty while on injury leave. In addition, a member on injury leave is prohibited from performing any other work for compensation unless such other work is otherwise permitted to be performed by employees receiving temporary total disability compensation under the laws, rules and/or regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.
H. After each thirty (30) days of injury leave, a member shall submit to the Chief of Police a certificate from a licensed practitioner verifying proper use of injury leave and providing an estimated date of return to work, if known.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
INJURY LEAVE WITH PAY.
A. All members upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed one hundred eighty ninety (18090) calendar days for forty-hour members and one hundred twenty (120) calendar days for fifty-six hour members for each service connected injury, provided such injury is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such injury occurs. Injury leave shall not be granted to any member who tests positive on a post-post- accident drug screening.
B. Service connected injuries are defined as injuries received while acting within the scope of and arising out of a member’s employment as a full-time officer employee with the TownshipGenoa Township Fire Department. Injury leave may be granted for all service connected injuries. Injuries occurring other than in the scheduled and paid working hours shall be presumed to be non-service nonservice connected unless the member can demonstrate that the member was engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the member’s position on behalf of the Township.
C. Pursuant to rules established by the Trustees, the member shall complete and file such forms, applications and reimbursement agreements as may be required by the Township. The member shall also participate in such occupational health, rehabilitation and/or care programs as may, from time to time, be directed by the Township.
D. If there is a recurrence of a previous service connected injury, the member upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed an additional the balance of the, respectively, ninety (90) calendar day or one hundred eighty twenty (180120) calendar day period, provided that the recurrence is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such recurrence occurs.
E. As a condition of receipt of injury leave benefits and unless otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees, the member shall apply for worker’s compensation benefits under the Ohio Workers’ Compensation program as soon as practicable. Copies of all worker’s workers’ compensation applications shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees. The member shall endorse over to the Township any and all wage and salary benefits awarded to the member by the Ohio Workers’ Compensation system which extend over the same time period for which the member is granted injury leave. In compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, a member shall execute a written agreement reflecting the provisions of this paragraph prior to an award of injury leave.
F. In the event an on duty injury leave claim is disallowed by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation or the Industrial Commission of Ohio, the member shall be charged with all time lost from work, against the member’s accumulated sick leave time. If the member does not have accumulated sick leave to cover either all or part of the time off, then any moneys paid to the member by the Township as injury leave under this Article shall be repaid by the member to the Township, or at the option of member, the absence may be charged to any other accumulated paid leave. If the claim is later determined to be allowed, all leave time utilized to cover the time off will be credited to the member’s accumulated respective leave balances.
G. A member is prohibited from working special duty while on injury leave. In addition, a member on injury leave is prohibited from performing any other work for compensation unless such other work is otherwise permitted to be performed by employees receiving temporary total disability compensation under the laws, rules and/or regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.
H. After each thirty (30) days of injury leave, a member shall submit to the Fire Chief of Police a certificate from a licensed practitioner verifying proper use of injury leave and providing an estimated date of return to work, if known.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
INJURY LEAVE WITH PAY. A. All members upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) calendar days for each service connected injury, provided such injury is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such injury occurs. Injury leave shall not be granted to any member who tests positive on a post-accident drug screening.
B. Service connected injuries are defined as injuries received while acting within the scope of and arising out of a member’s employment as a full-time officer with the Township. Injury leave may be granted for all service connected injuries. Injuries occurring other than in the scheduled and paid working hours shall be presumed to be non-service connected unless the member can demonstrate that the member was engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the member’s position on behalf of the Township.
C. Pursuant to rules established by the Trustees, the member shall complete and file such forms, applications and reimbursement agreements as may be required by the Township. The member shall also participate in such occupational health, rehabilitation and/or care programs as may, from time to time, be directed by the Township.
D. If there is a recurrence of a previous service connected injury, the member upon approval by the Employer, which request shall not be unreasonably denied, may be granted injury leave with pay not to exceed an additional one hundred eighty (180) calendar day period, provided that the recurrence is reported to the member’s immediate supervisor not more than twenty-four (24) hours from the date such recurrence occurs.
E. As a condition of receipt of injury leave benefits and unless otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees, the member shall apply for worker’s compensation benefits under the Ohio Workers’ Compensation program as soon as practicable. Copies of all worker’s compensation applications shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees. The member shall endorse over to the Township any and all wage and salary benefits awarded to the member by the Ohio Workers’ Compensation system which extend over the same time period for which the member is granted injury leave. In compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, a member shall execute a written agreement reflecting the provisions of this paragraph prior to an award of injury leave.
F. In the event an on duty injury leave claim is disallowed by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation or the Industrial Commission of Ohio, the member shall be charged with all time lost from work, against the member’s accumulated sick leave time. If the member does not have accumulated sick leave to cover either all or part of the time off, then any moneys paid to the member by the Township as injury leave under this Article shall be repaid by the member to the Township, or at the option of member, the absence may be charged to any other accumulated paid leave.
G. X. A member is prohibited from working special duty while on injury leave. In addition, a member on injury leave is prohibited from performing any other work for compensation unless such other work is otherwise permitted to be performed by employees receiving temporary total disability compensation under the laws, rules and/or regulations of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation.
H. X. After each thirty (30) days of injury leave, a member shall submit to the Chief of Police a certificate from a licensed practitioner verifying proper use of injury leave and providing an estimated date of return to work, if known.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement