LINE OF DUTY INJURIES. Section 1. An employee who sustains a service-connected injury while acting within the course and scope of his employment shall be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits provided in accordance with Florida law. An injury shall be determined to have been incurred while on duty only if such injury is a compensable injury under Florida law. If injury is caused by known refusal of the employee to use a safety appliance or device, medical benefits will be reduced by 25%.
Section 2. An employee who is maliciously or intentionally injured and thereby sustains a service-connected injury shall be carried in full-pay status rather than being required to use sick, vacation or other leave. Full pay status shall be granted only after submission to the Sheriff of a medical report which gives a current diagnosis of the employee’s recovery and ability to return to work. In no case shall the employee's salary and workers’ compensation benefits exceed the amount of the employee's average weekly wage.
Section 3. Any other employee who sustains a service-connected injury that is compensable under the workers' compensation law shall be carried in full-pay status for a period not to exceed 112 working hours immediately following the injury or for a maximum of eighty (80) work hours if taken intermittently, without being required to use accrued leave credits. The 112 working hours or eighty (80) work hours taken intermittently of full-pay status may be extended at the discretion of the Sheriff. An employee with a service-connected injury in full-pay status in accordance with this Article will continue to receive all benefits. An employee receiving shift differential pay when the service-connected injury occurs may continue to receive such pay for no more than five (5) consecutive normally scheduled work days if not present for duty. (See Article 16, Section 2.)
Section 4. If the employee receives workers' compensation benefits for this period of leave with pay, the employee shall reimburse the Sheriff’s Office for the amount of monies received which exceed 100% of the member's average weekly pay. Reimbursement of such excess payments shall be made to the Fiscal Affairs Bureau within five (5) work days after each payment exceeding 100% of the employee’s average weekly pay. Such reimbursement shall not include payments for medical, surgical, hospital, nursing, or related expenses, or lump sum or scheduled payments of disability losses. At no time will any combination of benefi...
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES. The parties agree that the benefits provided for in this Article shall only be made available to employees who suffer on-the-job injuries and are deemed entitled to receive the benefits pursuant to the provisions of Section 70-66(d), Article III, Chapter 70 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Hialeah for a maximum benefit period not to exceed 72 weeks and subject to the employee being carried and remaining in pay status, but unable to perform any of the duties of the employee’s job as a result of the on-the-job injury. If eligible, these benefits shall be paid to the employee in addition to payments made to the employee pursuant to the Florida Worker’s Compensation law, the total sum of which shall be subject to the maximum percentage of pay provided for in this Article for the benefit period provided. Upon the expiration of the maximum benefit period and exhaustion of benefits, the employee shall be required to apply for disability retirement and diligently pursue the application to final determination of eligibility by the Retirement Board. Nothing in this Article shall be interpreted to abrogate the right of the City to allow and demand the employee perform limited duties with no reduction in pay, so long as the employee is able to perform the limited duties, at any time prior to a final determination by the Retirement Board of an application for disability retirement. Nothing in this Article shall be interpreted to abrogate the right of the City to notice and due process as an interested party in the determination of disability applications considered by the Retirement Board. Upon ratification, nothing in this Article shall be interpreted to mean an employee is entitled to receive these benefits upon the occurrence of any of the following: (i) exhaustion of the maximum benefit period, (ii) upon a determination on the employee’s disability retirement application, (iii) upon severance of employment, whether by resignation, retirement, termination or otherwise, or (iv) upon return to work. Article III, Chapter 70 shall be amended consistent with this Article.
Section 1. An employee who sustains a job connected injury and who has been determined to be entitled to receive benefits during the employee’s temporary absence from duty in accordance with the applicable City Code provision, shall be carried in full pay status and eligible to receive up to 100% of their salary at the time of the injury, less any money received for Workers’ Compensation benefit...
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES. If an Employee is injured while performing work-related duties in the course of employment with Delhi Township, the Employee shall be entitled to wage continuation (Injured On Duty pay), which is the Employee’s base salary for the period of disability up to 180 calendar days. Injured On Duty pay is not charged against sick leave. The Board of Trustees may consider extending this period to a maximum of 365 calendar days, on a case by case basis. Should the Employee choose to receive wage benefits from the Bureau of Workers Compensation, he/she will not be eligible for the Injured On Duty pay.
(a) Employees receiving Injured on Duty Pay will be encouraged to participate in the Transitional Work Program provided that light duty work within the physical limitations provided by the physician of record is available. The Fire Chief must receive a Fit for Duty letter from the Township Occupational Safety and Health physician before the Employee may return to full duty.
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES. Section 1. An employee who sustains a service-connected injury while acting within the course and scope of his employment shall be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits provided in accordance with Florida law. An injury shall be determined to have been incurred while on duty only if such injury is a compensable injury under Florida law. If injury is caused by known refusal of the employee to use a safety appliance or device, medical benefits will be reduced by 25%.
Section 2. An employee who is maliciously or intentionally injured and thereby sustains a service-connected injury shall be carried in full-pay status rather than being required to use sick, vacation or other leave. Full pay status shall be granted only after submission to the Sheriff of a medical report which gives a current diagnosis of the employee’s recovery and ability to return to work. In no case shall the employee's salary and workers’ compensation benefits exceed the amount of the employee's average weekly wage.
Section 3. Any other employee who sustains a service-connected injury that is compensable under the workers' compensation law shall be carried in full-pay status for a period not to exceed 112 working hours immediately following the injury or for a maximum of eighty
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES. Section 1. An employee who sustains a job connected injury and who has been determined to be entitled to receive benefits in accordance with the applicable City Code provision, shall be carried in full pay status and eligible to receive up to 100% of their salary at the time of the injury, less any money received for Workers’ Compensation benefits for a period not to exceed twenty-six (26) weeks.
Section 2. If the injury renders the employee disabled from performing the employee’s duties in the classified service beyond the twenty-six (26) weeks referred to in Section 1, the employee shall receive an amount of money equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the employee’s salary at the time of injury, less any money received for Workers’ Compensation or Retirement benefits, for an additional seventy-eight (78) weeks.
Section 3. An employee who has sustained a job connected injury, has been approved to receive disability retirement benefits from the City of Hialeah Retirement System, and who is unable to perform any work for the City after the seventy-eight (78) week period referenced in Section 2 will be eligible to continue to receive seventy-five percent (75%) of the employee’s salary at the time of the injury, less any money received for Workers’ Compensation and any benefits derived from the Retirement System, for an indefinite period or time.
Section 4. All employees, who are receiving benefits for twenty-six (26) weeks past their on-the-job injury (100% of salary) shall continue to earn and accrue full leave credits as long as the employee is carried in pay status under Section 1.
Section 5. Any employee denied entitlement to disability benefits, pursuant to this Article, shall have the right to grieve such denial under Article 14, Grievance Procedure, of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Section 6. If an employee files a lawsuit against the City regarding the accident giving rise to the disability, then the benefits provided in Line of Duty Injuries, Article 25, shall be suspended pending determination of said litigation.
Section 7. The insurance premium of an employee receiving benefits, pursuant to City Code Section 70-67 (formerly Section 24-14) shall be the same as an active employee, until one hundred and four (104) weeks of benefits are exhausted (initial 26 weeks plus additional 78 weeks). After 104 weeks, employees who have not been accepted/classified permanently and totally disabled, in accordance with requirements of Florida Workers’ Comp...
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES. For the loss of time on account of injury incurred in the line of duty, regular employees shall receive full pay for up to one (1) full work week (five [5] days) after the accident without drawing on their sick leave credits, for any one (1) injury, but, shall not be allowed this benefit on recurrence of previous injury.
A. A regular employee who suffers continuing injury, after the first (1st) week compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act, shall be paid the difference between his/her regular wages and payment received under the provisions of the Act, up to a six (6) month period. When the six (6) month period has expired, the employee may supplement the difference between his/her regular wages and payment received by using his/her accumulated sick leave credits until exhausted. When accumulated time is exhausted, the Employer will resume paying the difference in pay for a maximum of twelve (12) months from date of disability.
B. When sick leave credits are exhausted, the employee, will remain on Workers’ Compensation until all Workers’ Compensation benefits are exhausted. Employees, if requested, will be required and will submit a report from a doctor following a prolonged illness or injury indicating that he/she is physically able to do work available before his/her return to active work.
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES. 12.1. The City agrees to pay all medical and hospitalization expenses incurred by any employee covered by this Agreement who is found to have sustained a compensable line-of- duty injury as provided for by the Worker’s Compensation Law of the State of Florida, however, the parties agree to establish a Fire Labor/Management Committee to establish policies and to determine how to provide medical treatment and equipment, etc. medically equivalent to that prescribed, by the most efficient and cost effective means to curtail excessive medical costs for accepted claims in the following areas:
12.2. The parties agree the City will pay the state mandated workers’ compensation indemnity payments to eligible bargaining unit members as a check separate from any other salary to which a bargaining unit member may be entitled. The bargaining unit member agrees
12.3. The City agrees that any employee covered under this contract who is disabled as a result of any accident, injury or illness incurred in the line of duty shall be granted supplementary salary subject to the following conditions: Supplementary salary will be paid in the form of a continuation of the employee’s regular paycheck of which a part thereof is Workers' Compensation pay as provided by Resolution No. 39802. Pursuant to the above manner of payment, the City will meet its obligations to the state and to the employee and the employee will avoid creating a debt to the City for pension health insurance or other deductions. If the City is unable to implement this program as set out above, the parties agree to meet to devise another system that will accomplish the same goals.
12.4. No supplementary salary will be paid to anyone injured while performing an act intended to injure or hurt one's self or another. Supplementary salary shall only be granted for * 1 Will be indicated on the check as a credit for the City and will be non-taxable.
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES. [Amended FY20 –FY22] Employees covered by this Agreement shall be protected as to the rights granted to them pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. c. 41, §100 and §111F. • The City shall pay all hospital, medical, surgical and dental expenses incurred by an employee as a result of injury suffered in the performance of his/her duty; • If an employee, in the course of employment, is exposed to a contagious disease (HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis or Tuberculosis) and if contemporaneous and reliable documentary proof of the disease and exposure is provided, and the employee as a result either dies or qualifies and takes a disability retirement, the employee shall be covered by the City of Fitchburg in the same manner as provided for in the heart, lung and cancer presumption laws pursuant to M.G.L. c. 32, §94, 94A and 94B; • Funeral and burial expenses for members of the Fire Department who die in the line of duty shall be paid in accordance with M.G.L. c. 41, §100G; • Line of Duty absences shall run concurrently with the Family Medical Leave Act. (FMLA)
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES. 12.1. The City agrees to pay all medical and hospitalization expenses incurred by any employee covered by this Agreement who is found to have sustained a compensable line-of-duty injury as provided for by the Worker’s Compensation Law of the State of Florida, however, the parties agree to establish a Fire Labor/Management Committee to establish policies and to determine how to provide medical treatment and equipment, etc. medically equivalent to that prescribed, by the most efficient and cost effective means to curtail excessive medical costs for accepted claims in the following areas:
LINE OF DUTY INJURIES. 1. In the event that an officer sustains an injury while on duty, that officer must report it to his first line supervisor. This notification must be as immediate to the discovery of the injury as possible. In the event that exigent circumstances prohibit the reporting, then at the first available moment after the situation has stabilized, the report must be made.
2. The supervisor will cause the officer to complete an Illness/Injury/Incident Report prior to securing from his tour of duty, unless the officer is, due to the injury, incapable of completing the form. In that event, the supervisor will complete, as fully as possible, the initial Illness/Injury/Incident Report for the officer and indicate in the report that he has done so.
3. In the event that the injury or occupational disease can be treated with first aid, or requires no treatment and there is no lost work time, no visit to CorpOHS will be required. If, however, it requires medical treatment to a greater extent than first aid or results in lost work time, the officer will be required to seek treatment and/or evaluation at CorpOHS, or at the emergency room at Xxxxxxxxx Memorial Hospital if CorpOHS is closed. Arrangements will be made for the transportation of the officer if he is unable to transport himself or to make his own arrangements.
4. In the event that the officer wishes to seek medical attention from his own personal physician (at his own expense), he may do so. However, after the personal physician has had the opportunity to examine and treat the officer, the officer must be seen at CorpOHS for evaluation. This examination must occur as immediate to the injury and examination by the private physician as possible, without jeopardizing the health of the injured/ill officer.
