Modified Work Schedule for Industrial Injury/Illness. City, at its option, may assign an employee suffering from an industrial injury or illness from a fifty-six (56) hour week to a forty (40) hour week at the discretion of the Fire Chief, or designee. This determination shall accommodate the physical or mental limitation(s) and restriction(s) placed upon the employee by a medical provider, balanced with the needs of City, as determined by the Fire Chief. Disabled employees shall be accommodated in accordance with the law. Employees so assigned will not lose any rights, benefits, salary, accrual rates or other total compensation items covered in this Memorandum of Understanding or other City ordinances relating to Fire Department shift personnel.
