OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. 18:01 Every employee who is incapacitated for duty because of injury sustained in the performance of duty shall be compensated in accordance with M.G.L. c41 111F, as amended from time to time.
18:02 Any employee out on occupational sick leave shall be entitled thereto without loss and with full accrual of all wages, benefits, and seniority.
OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. SECTION 1 Any regular employee who has to be absent due to an occupational accident or illness so certified by the State Insurance Fund, shall be entitled to receive his regular salary during the first twenty-six (26) weeks from the moment of the accident.
SECTION 2 In the event that the employee is absent from his work in excess of the first twenty-six (26) weeks, the employee will be entitled to receive, in addition, half of his regular salary during the following thirty-five (35) weeks. If the employee were not discharged by the State Insurance Fund, after the sixty-one (61) weeks have elapsed since the date of the accident, at the written petition of the employee he shall have approved up to a maximum of seventeen (17) additional weeks without salary, for purposes of holding on to the job, as long as he complies with the terms and conditions established by the law with regard to having had to been discharged and being physically and mentally capable to be able to exercise his job, among other requirements of law.
SECTION 3 In exceptional cases, the Company, in its sole discretion and after a request on the part of the employee, with no less than thirty (30) days prior to the termination of the seventeen (17) week period without salary from the previous section, may carry out a medical evaluation of the employee to determine his health condition. If it were to consider it necessary, the Company could on the basis of deserving reasons and in its sole discretion, extend the period without pay for an additional term which shall not, in any case whatsoever, exceed four (4) weeks.
SECTION 4 The Company shall deduct from this leave the per diems that the employee receives from the State Insurance Fund during this period.
SECTION 5 In the event that any employee is absent from his job due to an alleged occupational accident or illness, and until the State Insurance Fund (SIF) issues a certification of causal relationship, the Company shall pay to him the benefits to which he is entitled under Act 139 (SINOT), in conformity to the following table:
OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. SECTION 1 All regular employees who have to be absent due to an occupational accident or illness so certified by the State Insurance Fund Corporation, shall be entitled to receive their regular salary during the first twenty-six (26) weeks from the moment of the accident.
SECTION 2 In the event that the employee is absent from his/her job in excess of the first twenty-six (26) weeks, the employee shall be entitled to receive, in addition, half of his/her regular salary during the following thirty-five (35) weeks.
SECTION 3 The Company shall withhold from this Leave the per diems that the employee receives from the State Insurance Fund Corporation during this period.
SECTION 4 In the event that any employee is absent from his/her work due to reasons of an alleged occupational accident or illness and until the State Insurance Fund Corporation (SIFC) issues a certification of causal relationship, the Company will pay him/her the benefit to which he/she is entitled under the provisions of the Article regarding Extended Sick Leave and/or Act 139 (SINOT), up to a maximum of seven (7) weeks at full salary and nineteen (19) weeks at half salary.
OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. The granting of occupational sick leave shall be subject to the following provisions:
a. A Supervisor who is receiving compensation under this Article shall not receive sick leave benefits from the Town.
OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. 28:01 Occupational sick leave shall be available to employees in accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, c.41s.111F, as amended from time to time. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any employee out on occupational sick leave shall be entitled thereto without loss and with full accrual of all wages, benefits, and seniority excepting vacation time and sick time shall cease to accrue after one (1) calendar year of continuous absence, and the pro-ration of clothing allowance as set forth in Article 23, Section 23:02, supra. A return of less than 48 hours does not constitute a break in absence.
OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. 18:01 Every employee who is incapacitated for duty because of injury sustained in the performance of duty shall be compensated in accordance with M.G.L. c41 111F, as amended from time to time.
(a) Vacation and sick leave shall not accrue after any period of (3) three full calendar months in which the employee is on injured leave.
(b) Night differential and Specialist Pay shall not be paid after any period of there (3) full calendar months in which the employee is on injured leave.
(c) For the purpose of this section, any return to work of less than four (4) consecutive days during the three month period shall not constitute a break in the employee’s “injured leave” status.
OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. The granting of occupational sick leave will be subject to the following provisions:
A. An employee covered by Chapter 152 of the General Xxxx who sustains injury or illness arising out of and in the course of his or her employment in Town service and who receives Workmen’s Compensation as defined by said Chapter 152, will be paid, in addition to such Workmen’s Compensation, the amount of money necessary to make up his or her weekly pay, up to a period not exceeding six (6) months for any one injury or illness by charging his or her sick leave up to the employee’s net pay.
B. Weekly pay is defined as the rate of pay appearing in Attachment A of this Agreement.
C. An employee who is receiving compensation under Article 10 cannot receive benefits under Article 9, for the same injury or illness.
D. An employee may use vacation or personal leave time, if available, once his or her sick leave has been exhausted.
OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. The granting of occupational sick leave shall be subject to the following provisions:
a. Patrol officers shall be covered by Chapter 41, §111F; all other employees shall be covered by Chapter 152 of the General Laws.
b. An officer who is receiving compensation under this Article shall not receive sick leave benefits from the Town. Any officer who is placed on injured on duty leave will be subject to the 5 vacation day carryover cap set forth in Article 17, Section 1 of the CBA. Should an officer’s injured on duty leave period extend from one vacation year to the next, the officer will only be permitted to carry over up to 5 vacation days and any remaining unused vacation days beyond that amount shall be forfeited. In addition, officers on injured on duty leave shall not have their annual vacation leave entitlements prorated and shall instead receive their full annual allotment notwithstanding their injured on duty leave status or the length of time that they have been on such leave.
OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. The payment of compensation to employees who are absent from work because of injury or illness arising out of employment in the Town service shall be subject to the following provisions: Injured employees on Workers' Compensation will keep their Workers' Compensation checks and may, at their option, be paid 40% of a week's pay per week by the Town for as long as they have sick leave or vacation time available. Until the initial Workers' Compensation is received, the employee may, at his/her option, receive a full week's pay from the Town if he/she has sufficient sick or vacation time available. Upon receipt of the first Workers' Compensation check, the employee may buy back from the Town 60% of the time used while waiting for the first check.
OCCUPATIONAL SICK LEAVE. Employees who are absent from work as a result of personal injury received in the course of employment by the Town of Walpole will be paid the difference between their compensation payments and their regular salary for up to 75 working days. After 75 working days have elapsed, and the employee is still absent as a result of injury received in the course of employment by the Town of Walpole, the employee may charge the difference between compensation benefits and his/her regular salary against accumulated sick leave; as a condition for said benefit, the employee shall enter into written agreement with the Employer wherein he/she agrees to reimburse the Employer in the event of excess workers’ compensation benefits during said period.
