Occupational Disability. An employee prevented from performing his/her regular work with the College on account of an occupational disability that is recognized by the Workers' Compensation Board as compensable within the meaning of the Act shall continue to receive his/her regular salary provided that the Workers' Compensation Board payments are paid directly to the College for the absence. If an employee suffers a disability for which the payment is in dispute with the Workers' Compensation Board the employee shall continue to receive his/her regular salary subject to the provisions of Article 20 (Sick Leave). If the Workers' Compensation Board claim is subsequently established the employee will then repay the College for the sick leave payment received.
Occupational Disability. An employee shall be granted a leave of absence for the period of an occupational disability upon approval of the Company Medical Department. An employee who returns to work after a leave of absence for an occupational disability shall be reinstated in the classification from which he/she left provided he/she first obtains clearance from the Company Medical Department.
Occupational Disability. Any employee in any work classification covered by this Agreement who has been incapacitated at their regular work or by injury or compensable occupational disease while employed by the Board may be employed in other work in the various departments of the school system at work they can perform.
Occupational Disability. The Employer agrees to pay wages to permanent employees covered under this agreement, with three (3) months of continuous service, for absences caused by occupational accident coming within the terms of the Worker's Compensation Act of Alberta under the following conditions:
(i) 100% of the employee's wages for any one absence up to but not exceeding twenty six (26) weeks.
(ii) Compensation is payable by the Worker's Compensation Act of Alberta for the period of the absence.
(iii) The employee has produced a medical certificate signed by a fully qualified medical practitioner stating that the employee was unable to work.
(iv) Compensation monies received are paid over to the Employer.
(v) The employee notified the Supervisor or the person on duty of his/her inability to work.
Occupational Disability. An employee who is terminated by the Company on account of reduction-in-force, who during the course of employment has suffered an occupational disability (as defined in Article XVII, Section 4) for which the Industrial Commission of Ohio has awarded a permanent partial disability of 50% or more prior to the time of termination, shall receive an additional layoff allowance equal to the schedule in Section 1 of this Article. Such employee shall be deemed to have no right to further employment with the Company.
Occupational Disability. 31.01 Employees awaiting approval of their Workers’ Compensation claims may utilize their accrued vacation credits to maintain their normal pay for those days they would have worked had they not been injured.
31.02 After the employee has utilized all such credits, the Company may at its sole discretion advance the employee up to one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per week by way of a repayable loan until such time as his/her Compensation claim has been processed by the WCB, to a maximum total advance of six hundred dollars ($600) for any one Compensation claim. The exercise of the Company’s discretion under this section shall not be subject to the grievance procedure.
31.03 In order to receive the benefits of this Article, the employee must sign over his/her initial WCB payment to the Company, so that the Company receives such payment directly from the WCB. The Company shall use this payment firstly to repay the full amount of the loan advanced to the employee by the Company under this Article, after which any additional monies that are available will be used to reinstate as much as possible the vacation credits the employee has utilized. Any monies remaining thereafter shall be turned over to the employee.
31.04 If there is insufficient monies available in the employee’s first compensation cheque to repay in full the total advance made by the Company, or the employee’s WCB claim is rejected, the Company may obtain repayment of any amount it is owed under this Article by any means legally available to it.
Occupational Disability. The Company will not require the employee to use any of his/her accrued PAA, vacation and/or personal choice holiday for any absence due to a legitimate occupational injury. The employee may choose to take leave without pay.
Occupational Disability. Any employee in any work classification covered by this Agreement who has been incapacitated at regular work or by injury or compensable occupational disease, while employed by the Board of Education may be employed in other work in the various departments of the school system, at work he can perform. Any driver who is off at the end of any particular school year on an extended Worker's Compensation Disability and it has been determined by a letter from a doctor verifying the uncertainty of the individual's return and it is the annual scheduled date to bid bus runs will qualify for the following:
A. The individual will not be allowed to bid.
B. When their normal scheduled bid time arrives, the union rep (or designee) and the Transportation Supervisor (or designee) will complete a form verifying the maximum number of hours available at that time. This determines the qualified hours of the disabled worker.
C. If the individual is able to return to regular employment, the following will occur.
1. All state qualifications for school bus drivers must be met.
2. After (1) has been completed, the individual will be used as an extra driver to cover vacancies as assigned by the Transportation Supervisor or designee.
3. The individual will be entitled to all wages and benefits as their qualified hours allow on a pro-rated basis.
4. At the next annual bid date, the individual will return to their position in rotation as determined by seniority and will be allowed to bid.
5. Upon return, the extra driver would be able to exercise seniority for trip rosters and bidding on mid-year, including regular and temporary run vacancies.
Occupational Disability. In Appendix 2 the procedure around sickness is described. The payment in cases of sickness is described in Chapter 10.5.
Occupational Disability. Employees waiting for Workers’ Compensation Benefits shall be paid fifty percent (50%) of their average weekly pay until they receive the appropriate benefit, to a maximum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00). Any overpayment made by the Company to the employee shall be returned to the Company. Employees waiting for Workers’ Compensation Benefits must submit proof of claim to the Company.
