ON-DUTY INJURY LEAVE. Section 1. In the event of a service connected injury incurred in the active discharge of duty, the employee shall have the option of taking five (5) days paid leave for a minor injury without filing a workers compensation claim. The employee shall be required to provide a medical statement stating the employee’s injury and return date. If the time lost due to the injury is greater than five (5) days, the employee shall be required to file a Workers Compensation claim and shall be compensated under the terms and conditions of the Bureau of Workers Compensation. All rules, regulations, and provisions of workers compensation shall prevail. No other pay and or benefit shall apply.
Section 2. To apply for benefits under Section 1 above, written application shall be made to the employer, accompanied by a certificate from a registered physician stating that such employee is unable to work and that such disability is the result of or is connected with the duties of such employee. It shall be the duty of the Employer to approve or reject the application and in doing so, he may require an examination by a registered physician of his selection. Approval of such requests shall not be unreasonably denied.
Section 3. Before any employee who has made application to the Employer for benefits under this Article is entitled to receive any benefits under this Article, he shall first make application for Workers' Compensation benefits. He must also complete an injury-on-duty report and reimbursement agreement with the employer as soon as possible following the injury.
Section 4. In the event such injury-on-duty is disallowed by the Bureau of Workers' Compensation or the Industrial Commission of Ohio, the employee shall be charged with all time lost from work against his accumulated sick leave, or at the employee's option, the benefits shall be repaid in cash and/ or vacation leave. If the employee does not have accumulated sick leave or accumulated vacation leave to cover either all or part of the time off up to and including the date the claim is disallowed, then the monies paid to the employee by the employer under this Article shall be repaid by the employee to the employer by reasonable terms.
ON-DUTY INJURY LEAVE. Section 1. An employee who suffers a work-related injury as a result of the performance
ON-DUTY INJURY LEAVE. Whenever an Employee is injured while on duty, the Employee is entitled to on duty injury leave pay provided the Employee reports such injury to the Chief, Assistant Chief or Shift Supervisor during or by the end of the shift during which the injury occurred or no later than seventy-two (72) hours after the end of the Employee’s shift by completing an OSHA 101 form; it will be the responsibility of the Chief, a Captain or a Unit Supervisor to whom the injury was reported to file the form.
A) The first report of an injury shall be made to a medical provider appointed by the City or the Parma Hospital Emergency Room or MetroHealth Hospital Emergency Room as soon as practicable but no later than two (2) days after the injury is reported to the Supervisor. In the event of an on-duty injury occurring outside of the City of Parma Heights that is serious enough to require emergency care, such first report of injury may be made at the closest emergency medical facility. The City appointed medical provider, or the emergency room doctor must within forty-eight (48) hours of the initial medical examination certify to the Personnel Office that the Employee is unable to work due to the reported injury as a condition precedent to the Employee receiving on duty injury pay. This shall be the only time that the employee shall be required to be examined by this provider or the emergency room. In instances where an Employee reports an injury or incident by completing an OSHA 101 form within seventy-two (72) hours after the shift the injury or incident occurred, but the Employee does not require immediate medical attention; the first report of injury to a medical provider as detailed in this section shall be made by the Employee within fourteen (14) days after the injury or incident was reported.
B) At all times, the Employee retains the right to seek a medical examination from a medical doctor of their choosing. Medical evidence shall be provided in writing to the Employer within a reasonable period (no more than fourteen (14) days after the Employee has reported the injury to a medical provider as detailed in Section 1) by the Employee’s treating medical doctor, establishing: (a) the cause and nature of the injury
ON-DUTY INJURY LEAVE. Section 19.1. Line of duty is intended to recognize the unusual exposure to dangerous situations experienced by employees of the Police Department. If an employee of the Police Department suffers a serious injury as defined in Section 19.2 below as a result of a duty-related accident, he shall be eligible to be considered for a line-of-duty injury leave as follows:
A. The injured employee shall make written application for line-of-duty leave on forms to be provided by the Chief. The application shall be reviewed by the Chief and the Mayor.
B. File for Workers' Compensation benefits with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation and be approved for the receipt of benefits.
C. The employee shall be charged sick leave for the first five (5) work days which he misses due to the accident. Beginning with the sixth (6th) work day and continuing for a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days from the date of the accident, the employee shall be paid his regular salary during the period of line-of-duty injury leave; notwithstanding this limitation, the City reserves the sole right to extend such injury leave on a case by case basis; and
D. Furnish the City with a signed City of East Cleveland Authorization(s) to Release Medical Information relevant to the claim.
E. Provide a medical certification and seek treatment from a physician on the list of Employer approved providers opining that the claimant is disabled from employment in excess of five (5) consecutive days as a result of the work-related injury and specifying the injury, recommended treatment, and the employee's inability to return to work as a result of the injury along with an estimated return to work date.
F. This leave shall terminate no later than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the beginning of the leave or at such earlier time as follows:
(1) On the date workers' compensation benefits are established pursuant to the Ohio law; however, the Mayor may extend this limit upon receiving a request from the employee to do so.
(2) When the employee is able to return to work as evidenced by a doctor’s certificate.
ON-DUTY INJURY LEAVE. Section 1. In the event of an occupational injury, exceeding seven (7) working days, and incurred as a direct result of performing an assigned duty or sworn function within the scope of the employee's job duties and authority, said employee shall be entitled to (on-duty) injury leave in an amount not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) consecutive work days when the injury is timely reported, recommended by the employee’s department head, and verified by a competent physician as a disabling injury. The City reserves the right, at its cost, to require the employee to see a physician of its choice before injury leave may be granted.
Section 2. To receive on-duty injury leave with pay, the employee must:
X. immediately notify the department head/supervisor when an incident or accident occurs.
B. complete an Incident/Accident Report to be forwarded to the Department Head and Assistant Finance Director within twenty-four (24) hours of the incident or accident and seek appropriate medical attention. When an employee is hospitalized or otherwise unable to complete the report, the supervisor/department head shall initiate the form.
C. complete a request for Injury Leave form.
D. where applicable as requested by the Assistant Finance Director/designee, execute a release (reimbursement agreement), which obligates the employee to reimburse the City the amount of the Workers’ Compensation benefits received for lost wages during the same time period the employee collected injury leave. Any employee who applies for lost wages must submit such payments to the City for the period which the employee also received ODIL.
E. Attend a medical examination/evaluation whenever scheduled with a physician/medical provider selected and paid for by the City with at least forty-eight (48) hours advance notice.
Section 3. Injury leave shall not be cumulative, i.e., an employee may only receive injury leave only once for each work-related accident/injury. When an employee requests injury leave for a disputable illness/accident and is denied, the employee may be subsequently credited with such leave upon a favorable decision by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), provided that the City may appeal or otherwise contest a decision, in which case, injury leave will be credited only when the City either exhausts its remedies or accepts the judgment rendered by the BWC.
Section 4. An employee may be offered transitional work or modified duty by the City, consistent with the restrictions/...
ON-DUTY INJURY LEAVE. Section 19.1. All regular full-time employees of the Police Department injured and incapacitated in the actual discharge of their duty who, as a result thereof, are compelled to be absent from duty, shall be entitled to leave of absence with pay subject to the following conditions:
ON-DUTY INJURY LEAVE. 26.01 In the event of an on-the-job injury, and the employee elects to seek a worker’s compensation award for lost work time, the City will continue to pay the employee sick pay upon written request, providing that the employee has adequate sick leave. Xxxx leave will be deducted for such time used until the employee receives his workers’ compensation award. At that time, the employee shall reimburse the City for all wages and benefits paid on his behalf and to his credit through payment of sick pay, and his sickleave shall then be restored per the amount paid. The purpose of this procedure is to insure the employee continuous income until the worker’s compensation award is received.
ON-DUTY INJURY LEAVE. A full-time employee who is injured while performing the duties of his position, whereby such injury makes it impossible for the employee to perform the duties of his position, shall be paid his regular rate of pay during the time period he is unable to perform such duties, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) calendar days.
ON-DUTY INJURY LEAVE. In the event ofan occupational injury, exceeding seven (7) working days, and incurred as a direct result of performing an assigned duty or sworn function within the scope of the employee's job duties and authority, said employee shall be entitled to (on-duty) injury leave in an amount not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) consecutive work days when the injury is timely reported, recommended by the employee's department head, and verified by a competent physician as a disabling injury. The City reserves the right, at its cost, to require the employee to see a physician of its choice before injury leave may be granted. Section2. To receive on-duty injury leave with pay, the employee must:
ON-DUTY INJURY LEAVE. Section 1. A full time employee who is injured as a result of performing duties within the scope of his/her work, and is unable to work as a result of such injury, shall be paid his/her regular compensation during the duration of such disability, not to exceed six (6) calendar months from the date that such service-related disability was incurred. Such compensation shall be paid whether or not the member of the Township Police Department has accumulated sick leave.
Section 2. An employee who is injured as a result of his/her duties and is unable to work as a result of such injury, shall be paid his/her regular compensation during the duration of such disability not to exceed 180 days. The employee will be charged the lesser of 24 hours of accumulated sick leave, the total accumulated sick leave of the employee, or sick leave for the entire duration of the disability, whichever is applicable.
Section 3. Any Police Officer who obtains a paid leave under this section shall file for Workers' Compensation and sign a waiver, assigning to the Township, those sums of money (temporary total disability benefits) he/she would ordinarily receive as his/her weekly compensation as determined by law, for those number of weeks he/she received benefits under this Article.
Section 4. A certificate of the Attending Physician or Surgeon certifying to the service- related disability and the cause thereof, shall be filed with the Police Chief, or his designee before the last day of each month for which the disability continues.
Section 5. As a condition of receiving disability leave, an employee shall submit to a medical examination by a medical professional chosen by the Township at any time. The Township may also require the employee to submit to medical examination(s) to clear the employee to return to work. The Township will pay for the aforementioned medical examinations.
