Common use of On-the-Job Injury Leave Clause in Contracts

On-the-Job Injury Leave. In the event an employee is injured in the performance of his/her duties, he/she will be entitled to receive full pay for the period beginning the first day of his/her absence due to his/her initial injury, up to a number of consecutive working days equal to three times his/her accumulated sick leave at the time of the injury, without any charge against his/her accumulated sick leave. This benefit will be in conjunction with the usual workers' compensation benefits and not in addition to the amounts of disability pay to which the employee is entitled under workers' compensation. Any such employee who has less than three years of regular service with the Port and is injured in the performance of his/her duties shall be entitled to receive full pay for the period beginning the first day of his/her absence due to his/her initial injury, up to sixty consecutive working days, or three times his/her accumulated sick leave at the time of the injury, whichever is greater, without any charge against his/her accumulated leave. If a claim for such benefits is determined to be fraudulent, all compensation paid for that claim will be returned to the Port either through deducting such employee's leave balance, or a cash payback. Further, the employee will be subject to disciplinary action including job forfeiture.