Common use of Injury Pay Clause in Contracts

Injury Pay. An employee who first loses time from work as the result of a work related illness or injury shall receive their normal salary for the duration of the disability or forty-five (45) working days whichever is the lesser. If the employee is disabled for a period in excess of forty-five (45) working days, such excess period shall be compensated by paid benefits pursuant to State Workers’ Compensation laws. The employee shall be entitled to use accrued sick leave, compensatory time or vacation to supplement such Workers’ Compensation benefits. In no case shall the employee be entitled to receive more than 100% of the normal salary. An employee who has returned to work after a period of disability as the result of an original injury and subsequently loses time from work again as the result of an aggravation of or recurrence of the original injury shall in no case receive their normal salary for a period of time to exceed forty-five (45) working days including those days first lost from work as the result of the original injury.

Injury Pay. ‌ An employee who first loses time from work as the result of a work related illness or injury shall receive their normal salary for the duration of the disability or forty-five (45) working days whichever is the lesser. If the employee is disabled for a period in excess of forty-five (45) working days, such excess period shall be compensated by paid benefits pursuant to State Workers’ Compensation laws. The employee shall be entitled to use accrued sick leave, compensatory time or vacation to supplement such Workers’ Compensation benefits. In no case shall the employee be entitled to receive more than 100% of the normal salary. An employee who has returned to work after a period of disability as the result of an original injury and subsequently loses time from work again as the result of an aggravation of or recurrence of the original injury shall in no case receive their normal salary for a period of time to exceed forty-five (45) working days including those days first lost from work as the result of the original injury.