Common use of OCCUPATIONAL INJURY LEAVE Clause in Contracts

OCCUPATIONAL INJURY LEAVE. Section 25.1. In the event of a serious bodily injury sustained or serious illness contracted as a direct result of performing an assigned or sworn function within the scope of the employee's authority, which illness or injury is not the result of "horseplay," sole negligence, recklessness or self-inflection by an employee, and upon the employee's application, the department may grant the employee, beginning on the eighth calendar day of absence or on the first day the employee is admitted to a hospital as an in-patient, whichever is earlier, Occupational Injury Leave (OIL) at the employee’s regular rate of pay for a period not to exceed thirty (30) work days per calendar year. The authorization of an OIL is a matter of administrative discretion, and the department will decide in each individual case if OIL is to be granted. The granting of an OIL shall not be unreasonably denied. A grievance concerning the failure of the Employer to grant an initial OIL shall be submitted directly to Step 2 of the grievance procedure. The department, at its sole discretion, may extend an OIL. The department’s failure to extend a leave shall not be subject to the grievance procedure.

OCCUPATIONAL INJURY LEAVE. Section 25.1. In the event of a serious bodily injury sustained or serious illness contracted as a direct result of performing an assigned or sworn function within the scope of the employee's authority, which illness or injury is not the result of "horseplay," sole negligence, recklessness or self-inflection by an employee, and upon the employee's application, the department may grant the employee, beginning on the eighth calendar day of absence or on the first day the employee is admitted to a hospital as an in-patient, whichever is earlier, Occupational Injury Leave (OIL) at the employee’s regular rate of pay for a period not to exceed thirty (30) work days per calendar year. The authorization of an OIL is a matter of administrative discretion, and the department will decide in each individual case if OIL is to be granted. The granting of an OIL shall not be unreasonably denied. A grievance concerning the failure of the Employer to grant an initial OIL shall be submitted directly to Step 2 of the grievance procedure. The department, at its sole discretion, may extend an OIL. The department’s failure to extend a leave shall not be subject to the grievance procedure.