Job Connected Disability. SECTION 1 – Section 440.15(11), Florida Statutes – Full-Pay Status
(A) An employee who sustains a job-connected disability and meets the eligibility requirements provided for in section 440.15(11), Florida Statutes, may be carried in full-pay status.
(B) Any claim by an employee or the Association concerning this section shall not be subject to the grievance procedure of this Agreement.
Job Connected Disability. SECTION 1 – Section 440.15, Florida Statutes, Full-Pay Status
(A) An employee who sustains a job-connected disability and meets the eligibility requirements, as provided for in section 440.15, Florida Statutes, may be carried in full-pay status.
(B) Any claim by an employee or the Union concerning this section shall not be subject to the grievance procedure of this Agreement.
SECTION 2 – Rule 60L-34, Florida Administrative Code, Disability Leave with Pay
(A) An employee who sustains a job-connected disability which is not covered by Section 1 above, is eligible for disability leave with pay under the provisions of Rule 60L-34, Florida Administrative Code. The Agency Head or designee shall not unreasonably refuse to submit a request to carry an employee in full-pay status under the provisions of Rule 60L-34, Florida Administrative Code provided, however, the Secretary of the Department of Management Services or designee shall have the right to determine whether an employee should be carried in full-pay status for more than 26 weeks.
(B) An employee shall not be required to use accrued compensatory or annual leave in order to be eligible to be carried in full-pay status under Rule 60L-34, Florida Administrative Code. However, no employee shall be carried in full-pay status until he has utilized 100 hours of accumulated sick leave, annual leave, compensatory leave, or leave without pay.
Job Connected Disability. A. In the event of an absence of an employee due to a job-connected disability classified by law as compensable, said employee shall be entitled to the following benefits from the Township, upon proper investigation and authentication by the Township medical examiner.
B. During his absence the employee shall be paid the difference between his regular salary as of the date of his injury and the amount paid to him by worker's compensation insurance, for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) working days from the date of his injury or to the termination of his disability, whichever first occurs.
C. For absence exceeding a period of forty-five (45) working days from the date of his injury, the employee shall be paid the difference between the worker's compensation insurance payments received by him and one-half (1/2) his regular salary for a period not to exceed one (1) calendar year from the date of initial disability or to the termination of the disability, whichever first occurs.
D. Compensation awards for permanent disability shall not be deducted from any salary paid by the Township.
E. The Township reserves the right to have any employee claiming a job-connected disability examined by and treated by the Township medical examiner or other physician the Township may choose at any time. Such employee shall not be returned to work except upon certification as being fit for duty by said examiner.
Job Connected Disability. 23.1 Employees shall be entitled to all rights afforded under the Florida Workers' Compensation Law. Furthermore, while on a job connected disability leave, employees shall be entitled to all benefits as described by City Policy and/or OPD Policies and Procedures.
23.2 The Interim Disability Committee will be appointed by the Chief of Police by appropriate departmental order or directive. For the purposes of leave restoration, the Interim Disability Committee’s function shall be to determine whether a bargaining unit employee was injured in the line of duty and to submit these findings to the Chief of Police in accordance with the provided guidelines and current Policies and Procedures. The composition of the Committee shall consist of five (5) or seven (7) representatives of the Department. The Chief of Police shall have the right to remove any member of the Committee that the Chief of Police has chosen. The City agrees that at least two (2) members of the Committee will be bargaining unit members chosen by the Union.
23.3 An Employee may, due to medical incapacity to perform the employee’s regularly assigned job function, request a “restricted duty” assignment in accordance with Orlando Police Department Policy and Procedure. Employees placed on restricted duty assignments shall not be eligible for pay beyond their base pay and shall not continue to receive "extra" pay as provided in this agreement, e.g., differential pay, appropriate to the shift assigned after the first full pay period so assigned. This provision shall not apply to employees injured while on-duty or in the line of duty.
23.4 The City agrees that any bargaining unit employee injured on the job shall be paid a full day's wages for the day of the accident and not be charged any leave time if the treating physician advises that the employee could not or should not return to work that day.
23.5 Employees assigned to restricted duty assignments may, at the Department’s discretion, carry their weapon and ID.
23.6 Employees who are unable to perform the required duties of their rank shall apply to the Police Pension Board for a disability pension within 30 days of the occurrence of any of the following:
1. Reaching maximum medical improvement (MMI), but still unable to perform the required duties of their rank;
2. The passage of twelve calendar months following the onset of reduced or no duty status; or
3. Written notification by a physician that the employee will be permanently unable to retu...
Job Connected Disability. The Parties agree that Job Connected Disability and line of duty death benefits will be administered in accordance with ACSO Directive Number 328.
Job Connected Disability. 23.1 Any employee covered by this Agreement who sustains an injury as a result of and arising within the course and scope of employment by the City shall receive wage replacement benefits payable under the Workers' Compensation Law of the State of Florida (F.S. 440).
23.2 Sick and annual leave time and seniority will continue to accumulate during the period of disability. Employees may use sick leave, vacation or compensatory time to supplement workers compensation to one-hundred (100%) percent of net base pay.
23.3 Any such employee injured may be required by the City to be examined by a medical doctor, specified and provided by the City, who shall determine the employee's condition and fitness for full or partial return to duty.
23.4 If a doctor verifies that an employee can perform "light" duty, the City also reserves the right to review the operational impact of maintaining that employee on "light" duty. Assignment to "light" duty shall be considered a temporary assignment, without reduction in pay. Such reassignment shall be duties commensurate with medical and mental fitness, availability of suitable work, and his qualifications for the position. If an employee is determined to be able to perform "light” duty, refusal of such assignment by the employee may result in the loss of position, workers compensation benefits and/or of job-connected disability leave supplemental benefits.
23.5 No employee will be entitled to job-connected disability leave with the herein described benefits where an injury has been determined to have been the result of intentional self- infliction or where the disability or illness continues as a result of the employee's failure to cooperate with the medical advice or corrective-therapy.
Job Connected Disability. 23.1 Any full time member covered by this agreement who sustains a temporary disability as a result of and arising out of employment by the City, shall, in addition to the benefits payable under the Workers' Compensation Law of the State of Florida, be entitled to the following:
23.1.1 During the first 80 working hours of such disability, the member shall receive net supplemental pay based upon his/her net take home pay reduced by the Workers' Compensation indemnity payment.
23.2 Any such member injured may be required by the City to be reexamined as provided for by Florida Statute by a medical doctor, specified and provided by the City, who shall determine the member's condition and fitness for full or partial return to duty.
23.3 In the event a member fails to return to duty due to a disagreement between medical doctors for the member and the City, the dispute shall be resolved as outlined in Florida State Statute 440.134 and the Workers
Job Connected Disability. 36.1 Whenever any person covered by this Agreement is incapacitated from duty because of an injury sustained in the line of duty, including exposure to fire gases and products of combustion resulting in total or partial disability, he shall be entitled to injury leave in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Board. Further, if City's insurance carrier or the Workers' Compensation Board determines that the employee is entitled to temporary total disability, then that fact shall entitle him to benefits noted above.
36.2 An employee, at his option, after his request for a second opinion examination by a specialist has been approved, in writing, by the City-designated physician, and the City’s Risk Management Section, may then consult with a physician specializing in the field of medicine most directly related to his condition. That physician's fees and charges shall be in accord with the appropriate schedule authorized under Florida's Workers' Compensation law. Further medical care shall be arranged after consultation between the specialist and the City- designated physician. If they cannot agree, then the employee is free to file his claim for further medical care under Florida Workers' Compensation law. The City is not required to pay for more than the first (1st) specialist selected by the employee unless ordered to do so by the Florida Workers' Compensation Board.
Job Connected Disability. 4 For the duration of this Agreement, bargaining unit employees shall be afforded 5 job connected disability benefits in accordance with Marion County Sheriff’s 6 Office Policy Operational Directives 3050.00 Employee Benefits and 3035.00 7 Leave, in effect as of October 1, 2011. 2 WORKDAY, WORKWEEK and OVERTIME
Job Connected Disability. A. In the event of an absence of an employee due to a job-connected disability classified by law as compensable, said employee shall be entitled to the following benefits from the Township, upon proper investigation and authentication by the Township medical examiner.
B. During his absence the employee shall be paid the difference between his regular salary as of the date of his injury and the amount paid to him by worker's compensation insurance, for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) working days from the date of his injury or to the termination of his disability, whichever first occurs. ( /2)
C. For absence exceeding a period of forty-five (45) working days from the date of his injury, the employee shall be paid the difference between the worker's compensation insurance payments received by him and one-half 1 his regular salary for a period not to exceed one (1) calendar year from the date of initial disability or to the termination of the disability, whichever first occurs.
D. Compensation awards for permanent disability shall not be deducted from any salary paid by the Township.
