Medical Dispute Resolution. 1. In the event that the employee’s Physician and the Company’s Physician do not agree on an employee’s ability to return to regular duties, the employee may request Medical Dispute Resolution. Medical Dispute Resolution will be initiated when the employee submits a request in writing to the designated Company department within 40 calendar days of the employee’s notification of the conflicting physicians’ determinations.
Medical Dispute Resolution. An employee shall have the right to appeal the findings of an examination conducted by the Employer's physician relating to his/her fitness to work by submitting findings from a medical doctor of his/her choice at his/her expense. If there is a dispute between the findings of the two (2) physicians, the Employer's doctor and the employee's doctor shall attempt to agree upon a third medical doctor to resolve the dispute. The third medical doctor would submit a report to the Employer and the employee, and the decision of this third doctor will be binding on both parties. In the event the Employer's doctor and the employee's doctor cannot agree on a third doctor, the examination shall be performed at Xxxxx Xxxx Hospital or Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Hospital (Royal Oak) and the results of the examination will be binding on both parties. The costs of examination by an agreed upon third medical doctor or an examination at Xxxxx Xxxx Hospital or Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Hospital shall be shared equally by the Employer and the employee.
Medical Dispute Resolution. Section 1101 of the labor agreement will not apply to employees involved in a dispute who are at the time receiving workers' compensation indemnity benefits. If the employee's treating physician considers the employee unable to work a job assigned to him/her by the Authority, including Transitional or Alternate Duty or the employee's regularly assigned position, the employee will be placed on IOD leave. In addition to all other rights under the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, the Authority shall have the right to petition to have the employee's workers' compensation benefits suspended or terminated. If, during the pendency of any litigation, the employee's treating physician changes his/her opinion regarding the employee's ability to perform the job offered by the Authority, the employee immediately will be required to return to work. If the workers' compensation dispute is resolved in favor of the employee, the employee will continue on IOD leave or continue on the Priority Recall List until the applicable time periods have expired, as described in this labor agreement, or if the employee had been performing an Alternate Duty Position when the dispute arose, he/she will be returned to such position. If the Authority prevails, and at the time of the determination the employee is on IOD leave or on the Priority Recall List, the employee must return to his/her regular position or be deemed to have resigned from employment with the Authority. If, at the time of the determination, the employee has exhausted all IOD leave and all applicable time on the Priority Recall List and has been dropped from the Authority's rolls, he/she will not be reinstated SECTION 424. SAME SEX SPOUSAL BENEFITS The Authority will extend health care, pension, FMLA, and other employee benefits to same-sex spouses in the same manner as such benefits currently apply to opposite sex spouses.
Medical Dispute Resolution. In the event of a dispute involving an employee's physical or mental ability to perform their job and the Employer is not satisfied by the determination of the treating physician, the Employer may require the employee to be examined by a doctor of its choice and at its expense. If the dispute still exists, the matter will be subject to the Grievance and Arbitration provisions of this Agreement.
Medical Dispute Resolution. Before an employee who is absent from his or her duties for five (5) consecutive workdays returns to work, he shall satisfy the Employer he is fit again to perform his duties. In the event the Employer is not satisfied with the determination of the employee's treating physician, the Employer may have the employee examined by a doctor of their own choosing and at their own expense. If the dispute still exists, final resolution, binding on both parties, shall be rendered by a third physician chosen by the prior two. The determination rendered by the third physician shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure set forth in this Agreement.
Medical Dispute Resolution. Disputes between employees' physicians and the Authority's Medical Department of a nature referred to in the following subparagraph shall be resolved by third party, disinterested physicians jointly selected in each dispute by the Authority and the Union. The costs of the third party physician when utilized pursuant to subsection (a) below shall be borne by the Authority; the costs of the third party physician when utilized pursuant to subsection (b) below shall be borne equally by the Parties. This procedure refers to the following types of disputes; provided, however, that the Authority has the right to promulgate any reasonable medical qualifications and standards and such qualifications and standards are not subject to case by case determination by the third party physician in accordance with the foregoing procedure and that the third party physician shall not change, alter or amend the Medical Guidelines as set forth by the Medical Department:
Medical Dispute Resolution. A Pilot who fails to pass a medical examination by the CME, as provided in subsection 7.D.3.a., may have a review in the following manner:
