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

On-the-Job Injury. 8.1 Employees who are injured while in the performance of duty, shall report such injury to their supervisor immediately. 8.2 Employees who sustain an injury or illness compensable by Workers’ Compensation and who are unable to perform their normal duties as a result of such injury or illness shall be compensated by the City’s insurance carrier according to the provisions of ORS 656.202 to 656.245. The City agrees to pay the employee his or her regular straight time wages during the three (3) day waiting period referenced in ORS 656.210(3) except in the event the disability is for more than fourteen (14) days or the injured employee is hospitalized as an inpatient. Upon claim acceptance, an employee shall not be required to use their personal sick leave for a period not to exceed ninety (90) calendar days. 8.3 The difference between the Workers’ Compensation payments and the employee’s regular, straight-time wages, less any payroll deductions, will be supplemented by the use of a pro-rated share of the employee’s accrued leave time until such leave time is exhausted after the employee has been off work for ninety (90) calendar days. Leave time may be used for an absence of less than (90) days. Whenever an employee receives a check from the City’s insurance carrier, the employee shall report the amount and the period which it represents to the City’s payroll department. Employees shall continue to accrue vacation and sick leave during the disabling period including City payment of health and welfare premiums up to twelve (12) months per Article 13. 8.4 It is in the mutual interest of the parties to return an injured employee to work as soon as practicable. When possible, the City shall provide limited duty assignments within the City for injured employees. With the concurrence of the attending physician, an injured employee shall return to work in the limited duty assignment if work is available, until such time as he is released for normal duties or becomes stationery.

On-the-Job Injury. 8.1 Employees who are injured (a) Whenever an employee receives an injury, while in on duty with the performance City of dutyReno, shall report such injury to their supervisor immediately. 8.2 Employees who sustain an injury or illness which is compensable by Workers’ Compensation under NRS Chapters 616A-D and who are unable to perform their normal duties as a result of 617, and such injury or illness prevents said employee from performing his/her normal full time duties, the employee shall receive full salary for a period up to, but not exceeding, cumulative one hundred (100) working days not to exceed a period of one (1) year from date of injury or knowledge of illness as indicated in the following provisions of this Article. During this period, the employee shall not forfeit any accrued sick leave. The one (1) year limitation shall be compensated waived in the event of later surgery or worker compensation compensable incapacity resulting from the original illness or injury. However, the one hundred (100) working day limitation shall continue to apply. During this time, the City will provide full salary to the employee upon the condition that the employee endorse over to the City any workers’ compensation salary continuation payment paid pursuant to NRS Chapters 616/617. The term “full salary” shall only include an employee’s regular salary plus applicable longevity pay. (b) Any employee receiving workers’ compensation disability payment shall accumulate, without limitation, vacation and sick leave time benefits, if that payment with the City’s contribution is for less than fifty percent (50%) of the regularly scheduled bi-weekly hours. Any employee receiving workers’ compensation disability payments shall accumulate, subject to the following limitations, vacation and sick leave time benefits, if that payment with the City’s contribution is greater than fifty percent (50%) of the regularly scheduled bi-weekly hours. (1) Pursuant to Nevada law, if the employee is capable of returning to work under conditions of “light duty” and refuses to do so, the employee shall not be eligible for continued accumulation of vacation and sick leave time benefits; however, he/she shall be eligible to continue workers’ compensation disability payments as determined by NRS 616A-D and 617 and shall be eligible for full salary as otherwise provided in this Article. Determination of the employee’s capability to return to work under conditions of “light duty” shall initially be made by the City’s insurance carrier according written request to the provisions employee’s workers’ compensation primary care physician. If the workers’ compensation primary care physician determines the employee is not capable of ORS 656.202 returning to 656.245work and the City is not satisfied with his/her determination, the City may request that the workers’ compensation administrator have another physician review the employee’s inability to return to light duty or the City may require the employee to submit to physical examination, at City expense, to determine physical capacity for light duty. The If the workers’ compensation administrator or the City’s physician determines the employee is eligible for “light duty”, however, the employee refuses to return for “light duty” then no continued vacation or sick leave accumulation shall occur until he/she does. In order to determine continued eligibility, the City may require the employee to submit to such “light duty” examinations as necessary and without limitation. It is understood that “light duty” is temporary only and the use and term of such use is left to the exclusive determination of the Chief of Police. (2) If the employee is not capable of returning to work under conditions of “light duty” as provided in (b) (1), he/she shall be eligible for continued accumulation of vacation and sick leave time benefits, subject only to other limitations provided by this Article and NRS 616A-D and 617, the employee shall continue to earn service time credit for retirement. (c) In the event that an employee’s workers’ compensation claim is denied and the denial is appealed, the City agrees to pay full salary while the appeal is pending at the request of the employee his or her regular straight time wages during the three (3) day waiting period referenced in ORS 656.210(3) except in the event the disability is for more than fourteen (14) days or the injured employee is hospitalized as an inpatient. Upon claim acceptance, an employee shall not be required to use their personal sick leave for a appeal period not to exceed ninety one (901) calendar days. 8.3 The difference between year. If the Workers’ Compensation final determination is adverse to the employee or if the appeal period exceeds one (1) calendar year, the employee must deduct the hours paid from sick leave and, if sick leave is exhausted, vacation leave to compensate the City for all payments and during the employee’s regular, straight-time wages, less any payroll deductions, will be supplemented by the use of a pro-rated share of the employee’s accrued leave time until such leave time is exhausted after appeal period. If the employee has been off work neither sufficient sick leave nor vacation leave to compensate for ninety hours paid by the City during pending of claim or the appeal which shall not exceed one (901) calendar daysyear, the City may advance the employee sick leave to cover the balance of hours subject to the approval of the City Manager. Leave time may be used for an absence of less than (90) days. Whenever an If the employee receives a check from the City’s insurance carrierterminates prior to accruing all sick leave advanced, the employee shall report is responsible for paying the amount and balance advanced sick leave hours in cash at the period which it represents to the City’s payroll department. Employees time of termination. (d) Any employee while on paid workers’ compensation leave will not accrue sick leave or vacation time but shall continue to accrue vacation and earn service time credit for PERS except as provided under (b) above. (e) Upon the expiration of the accumulative one hundred (100) working days referenced in (a) above, if the employee is still unable to work, he/she may utilize his/her accumulated sick leave at the rate of one-half (½) the amount charged per shift or day, during which period the disabling period including employee shall endorse over to the City payment of health the workers’ compensation salary continuation payments paid pursuant to NRS Chapters 616A-D and welfare premiums up to twelve (12) months per Article 13617. 8.4 It (f) When accrued sick leave has expired, if the employee is in still unable to work, he/she may utilize his/her accumulated vacation time pay at the mutual interest rate of one-half (½) the parties amount charged per shift or day, during which period the employee shall endorse over to return an injured employee to work as soon as practicable. When possible, the City shall provide limited duty assignments within the City for injured employees. With the concurrence of the attending physician, an injured employee shall return workers’ compensation salary continuation payments paid pursuant to work in the limited duty assignment if work is available, until such time as he is released for normal duties or becomes stationeryNRS Chapters 616A-D and 617.

On-the-Job Injury. 8.1 Employees who are injured (a) Whenever an employee receives an injury, while in on duty with the performance City of dutyReno, shall report such injury to their supervisor immediately. 8.2 Employees who sustain an injury or illness which is compensable by Workers’ Compensation under NRS Chapters 616A-D and who are unable to perform their normal duties as a result of 617, and such injury or illness prevents said employee from performing his/her normal full time duties, the employee shall receive full salary for a period up to, but not exceeding, cumulative one hundred (100) working days not to exceed a period of one (1) year from date of injury or knowledge of illness as indicated in the following provisions of this Article. During this period, the employee shall not forfeit any accrued sick leave. The one (1) year limitation shall be compensated waived in the event of later surgery or worker compensation compensable incapacity resulting from the original illness or injury. However, the one hundred (100) working day limitation shall continue to apply. During this time, the City will provide full salary to the employee upon the condition that the employee endorse over to the City any workers' compensation salary continuation payment paid pursuant to NRS Chapters 616/617. The term "full salary" shall only include an employee's regular salary plus applicable longevity pay. (b) Any employee receiving workers' compensation disability payment shall accumulate, without limitation, vacation and sick leave time benefits, if that payment with the City's contribution is for less than fifty percent (50%) of the regularly scheduled bi• weekly hours. Any employee receiving workers' compensation disability payments shall accumulate, subject to the following limitations, vacation and sick leave time benefits, if that payment with the City's contribution is greater than fifty percent (50%) of the regularly scheduled bi• weekly hours. (1) Pursuant to Nevada law, if the employee is capable of returning to work under conditions of "light duty" and refuses to do so, the employee shall not be eligible for continued accumulation of vacation and sick leave time benefits; however, he/she shall be eligible to continue workers' compensation disability payments as determined by NRS 616A-D and 617 and shall be eligible for full salary as otherwise provided in this Article. Determination of the employee's capability to return to work under conditions of "light duty" shall initially be made by the City’s insurance carrier according 's written request to the provisions employee's workers' compensation primary care physician. If the workers' compensation primary care physician determines the employee is not capable of ORS 656.202 returning to 656.245work and the City is not satisfied with his/her determination, the City may request that the workers' compensation administrator have another physician review the employee's inability to return to light duty or the City may require the employee to submit to physical examination, at City expense, to determine physical capacity for light duty. The If the workers' compensation administrator or the City's physician determines the employee is eligible for "light duty", however, the employee refuses to return for "light duty" then no continued vacation or sick leave accumulation shall occur until he/she does. In order to determine continued eligibility, the City may require the employee to submit to such "light duty" examinations as necessary and without limitation. It is understood that "light duty" is temporary only and the use and term of such use is left to the exclusive determination of the Chief of Police. (2) If the employee is not capable of returning to work under conditions of "light duty" as provided in (b) (1), he/she shall be eligible for continued accumulation of vacation and sick leave time benefits, subject only to other limitations provided by this Article and NRS 616A-D and 617, the employee shall continue to earn service time credit for retirement. (c) In the event that an employee's workers' compensation claim is denied and the denial is appealed, the City agrees to pay full salary while the appeal is pending at the request of the employee his or her regular straight time wages during the three (3) day waiting period referenced in ORS 656.210(3) except in the event the disability is for more than fourteen (14) days or the injured employee is hospitalized as an inpatient. Upon claim acceptance, an employee shall not be required to use their personal sick leave for a appeal period not to exceed ninety two (902) calendar days. 8.3 The difference between years. If the Workers’ Compensation payments and the employee’s regular, straight-time wages, less any payroll deductions, will be supplemented by the use of a pro-rated share of the employee’s accrued leave time until such leave time final determination is exhausted after adverse to the employee has been off work for ninety (90) calendar days. Leave time may be used for an absence of less than (90) days. Whenever an employee receives a check from or if the City’s insurance carrier, the employee shall report the amount and the appeal period which it represents to the City’s payroll department. Employees shall continue to accrue vacation and sick leave during the disabling period including City payment of health and welfare premiums up to twelve (12) months per Article 13. 8.4 It is in the mutual interest of the parties to return an injured employee to work as soon as practicable. When possible, the City shall provide limited duty assignments within the City for injured employees. With the concurrence of the attending physician, an injured employee shall return to work in the limited duty assignment if work is available, until such time as he is released for normal duties or becomes stationery.exceeds two