Common use of Modified Duty Assignment Clause in Contracts

Modified Duty Assignment. Regular employees, who are temporarily unable to perform the full duties of their regular assignment due to a job-related injury, may be placed on modified duty status in accordance with the following: a. Employees will be appointed to modified duty status within the bargaining unit, consistent with the employee’s ability to perform the major duties assigned, as directed by a physician’s statement at the time of application for a modified duty appointment. Modified duty may be assigned outside the employee’s bargaining unit when bargaining unit work is not available. b. Employees may be in modified duty status for a period not to exceed one hundred thirty (130) workdays in a twenty-four (24) month period beginning the first day of the first modified duty status. c. No more employees may be placed in modified duty status than will permit the District to perform required bargaining unit duties. d. Employees who are appointed to modified duty status shall receive the rate of pay earned in the position held prior to the injury, prorated for the number of hours the employee is able to work. e. Employees will be returned to their former position in accordance with contractual provisions and only with a release from a physician which indicates the employee is able to perform the duties of the assignment before the injury which may include a reasonable accommodation. f. All applicable Workers’ Compensation regulations will apply during the appointment to modified duty status. g. If an employee is unable to return to work after the use of ninety (90) consecutive workdays of modified duty, the employee will be placed in either leave without pay or Family Medical Leave status, in accordance with applicable contractual provisions, which may include Family Medical Leave Status. h. An employee may be required to be evaluated by a District appointed physician at no cost to the employee, prior to or during the appointment to modified duty status.

Modified Duty Assignment. Regular employees, who are temporarily unable to perform the full duties of their regular assignment due to a job-related injury, may be placed on modified duty status in accordance with the following: a. Employees will be appointed to modified duty status within the bargaining unit, consistent with the employee’s ability to perform the major duties assigned, as directed by a physician’s statement at the time of application for a modified duty appointment. Modified duty may be assigned outside the employee’s bargaining unit when bargaining unit work is not available. b. Employees may be in modified duty status for a period not to exceed one hundred thirty (130) workdays in a twenty-four (24) month period beginning the first day of the first modified duty status. c. No more employees may be placed in modified duty status than will permit the District to perform required bargaining unit duties. d. Employees who are appointed to modified duty status shall receive the rate of pay earned in the position held prior to the injury, prorated for the number of hours the employee is able to work. e. Employees will be returned to their former position in accordance with contractual provisions and only with a release from a physician which indicates the employee is able to perform the duties of the assignment before the injury injury, which may include a reasonable accommodation. f. All applicable Workers’ Compensation regulations will apply during the appointment to modified duty status. g. If an employee is unable to return to work after the use of ninety (90) consecutive workdays of modified duty, the employee will be placed in either leave without pay or Family Medical Leave status, in accordance with applicable contractual provisions, provisions which may include Family Medical Leave Status. h. An employee may be required to be evaluated by a District appointed physician at no cost to the employee, prior to or during the appointment to modified duty status.

Modified Duty Assignment. Regular employees, who are temporarily unable to perform the full duties of their regular assignment due to a job-related injury, may be placed on modified duty status in accordance with the following: a. Employees will be appointed to modified duty status within the bargaining unit, consistent with the employee’s ability to perform the major duties assigned, as directed by a physician’s statement at the time of application for a modified duty appointment. Modified duty may be assigned outside the employee’s bargaining unit when bargaining unit work is not available. b. Employees may be in modified duty status for a period not to exceed one hundred thirty (130) workdays in a twenty-four (24) month period beginning the first day of the first modified duty status. c. No more employees may be placed in modified duty status than will permit the District to perform required bargaining unit duties. d. Employees who are appointed to modified duty status shall receive the rate of pay earned in the position held prior to the injury, prorated for the number of hours the employee is able to work. e. Employees will be returned to their former position in accordance with contractual provisions and only with a release from a physician which indicates the employee is able to perform the full duties of the assignment before the injury which may include a reasonable accommodationinjury. f. All applicable Workers’ Compensation regulations will apply during the appointment to modified duty status. g. If an employee is unable to return to work after the use of ninety (90) consecutive workdays of modified duty, the employee will be placed in either leave without pay or Family Medical Leave status, in accordance with applicable contractual provisions, which may include Family Medical Leave Status. h. An employee may be required to be evaluated by a District appointed physician at no cost to the employee, prior to or during the appointment to modified duty status.