Occupational Injury. SEC.
A. After six (6) months of continuous employment a regular employee who is injured and disabled in the course of his employment and who is unable to return to his regular duties shall receive beginning with the first full day of absence, the difference between the Illinois Workmen's Compensation Act payments to which he is entitled under said Act and eighty per cent (80%) of his regular pay at his straight time hourly rate stipulated in Section 4.01, of this Agreement for absence on his regular work days and on holidays designated in Section 7.13, of this agreement which fall within his work week.
B. Payments hereunder shall be limited to two hundred seventy (270) working hours in any one year of the first three (3) years of continuous employment and shall also be limited to the period of time for which payments are made to the employee for total temporary disability as provided by the Illinois Workmen's Compensation Act. After three (3) years of continuous employment, payments shall continue as long as payments are made to the employee for total temporary disability, as provided by the Illinois Workmen's Compensation Act.
C. In no case will an employee be entitled to more than his basic take-home pay, that being his two- week wage at straight time minus legally required deductions, during the period of total temporary disability from work.
D. An employee shall receive full pay for the first three (3) days of an absence due to an occupational injury.
Occupational Injury. Shall be defined as an Injury arising out of, or in the course of, employment.
Occupational Injury. In the event an employee has exhausted his/her PTO, and incurs an occupational injury for which the employee is eligible for workers compensation insurance, then the employee will have access to his/her EIB accrual at the first day of absence due to the occupational injury if requested by the employee. Otherwise, employees may use PTO or have the time be unpaid.
Occupational Injury. The Employer recognizes that employees may be injured at work and qualify for Workers’ Compensation Benefits. In such cases, the Employer intends to cooperate with WCB officials in respect of work conditioning, rehabilitation and the like, whenever an employee’s claim has been successful before the WCB. When the Employer disputes a WCB claim the local union shall in notified and informed.
Occupational Injury. 23.01 An employee who is injured at work and who is sent home or to the hospital by the Corporation prior to the end of his regular scheduled shift shall be paid for the balance of his shift at his regular straight-time hourly rate, provided that he does not receive compensation for such time from any other source. If it is necessary, the Corporation will provide or arrange for suitable transportation for the employee to a hospital.
Occupational Injury. (a) Any employee who is disabled by accidental injury arising out of or in the course of his employment shall receive his regular straight time rate plus any applicable shift differential or overtime premium for all hours scheduled to work on the day of the accident.
(b) If necessary, the Company shall provide transportation to a designated physician as provided for by law.
Occupational Injury. 17.1 In cases of injury or ailment which is covered by Worker’s Compensation Insurance, accrued PTO shall be used to pay the disabled employee the difference of the wage which the employee would have otherwise earned and the worker’s compensation benefit received. Such payments shall not exceed the value of the employee’s accrued PTO on the first day of disability and shall end upon the utilization of all accrued PTO.
17.2 In case of occupational injury, the employee’s position or a comparable position shall be held a maximum of twelve (12) months or until it has been definitely established that he or she will be unable to return to his or her job, and his or her seniority rights shall remain in force during this period.
17.3 An employee who is entitled to receive compensation benefits under the Alaska Worker’s Compensation Act shall continue to earn PTO benefits and the Employer shall continue to pay its portion of such employee’s group medical and life insurance premiums during the period the employee is unable to return to work, not to exceed six (6) months.
Occupational Injury. 22.1 Where a member suffers an occupational injury arising out of their employment, the member's salary is to be continued until there is an adjudication by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board without any deduction or loss of Cumulative Sick Leave Credits.
22.2 Any member
(a) who receives an injury in the course of the performance of their duties, and
(b) who is in receipt of an award from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board declaring the said injury to be compensable within the meaning of The Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, and
(c) when a member is absent by reason of an illness or injury occasioned by or as a result of the member's duty and where an award is made by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, the member shall, in addition to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Award, receive such further amounts so as to provide that total payment to the member not to exceed the net pay such member would otherwise have received had the member not been absent provided the member consents, in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, to a release of information regarding the member's ability to perform modified duties. In any event it is acknowledged that the member's obligation to provide medical information is always subject to the provisions of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. Similarly, the employer's obligation to provide modified duties is subject to the provisions of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, the Police Services Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code.
22.3 Where a member is injured as a result of the carrying out of their duties and is covered by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, the member shall be entitled to their vacation and statutory holidays, and where the member is unable to receive the said vacation or statutory holidays that the member be permitted to carry them over into the succeeding calendar year. If, for good cause, the member was unable to take them in the succeeding calendar year that the member be permitted to carry them into the second calendar year following the year in which the member received the injury. When the member carries the vacation or statutory holidays over the member is entitled to receive the time off and not to receive any payment in lieu.
Occupational Injury. 3 The Company will follow the State of New Jersey's Workers' Compensation Laws. In addition, 4 the Company will handle all of the necessary forms related to Workers' Compensation claims. 5 8 ARTICLE 32
Occupational Injury. 1. Any employee who sustains an occupational injury during the course of employment, who is unable to continue on his/her regular job, but does not lose any time from work, and it is determined feasible by his/her doctor that he/she be temporarily transferred to light work or other suitable work for a short period of time, that such transfer will be without a reduction on his/her regular rate. Such temporary assignments shall be limited to a period of thirty (30) calendar days.
2. The Board will continue to pay all insurance costs for any employee injured on the job and receiving workers’ compensation for a maximum of three (3) months for nine (9) and ten (10) month employees and four (4) months for eleven (11) and twelve (12) month employees. Exception: Unsafe work practice defined as the misuse or failure to use appropriate equipment.
