Common use of Personal Injury Leave Clause in Contracts

Personal Injury Leave. The following conditions shall apply if a teacher is injured while performing on the job during the regular school day or while instructing/supervising students. 1. The teacher is not eligible for benefits from this provision, Personal Injury Leave, unless he/she is a member of the school employer’s Long-term Disability Insurance Program. 2. The teacher shall not be eligible for benefits from the Personal Illness provision of this contract. 3. The school employer shall continue to pay the teacher’s contracted base salary for a period of one year from the date of the injury; however, the school employer’s obligation will be reduced by an amount equal to benefits the employee receives from Workmen’s Compensation and/or any other disability benefit. 4. When the employee returns to work, the employee shall have access to all prior accumulated illness leave. If the employee is permanently disabled, and upon proper documentation of same, the employee will receive compensation for the unused current and accumulate illness days in an amount equal to the number of unused current and accumulated illness days multiplied by the daily rate of pay (at time of injury) for substitute teacher with teacher’s license. 5. If, at the time of injury, the employee is enrolled in the employer provide health plan, the employer shall continue to pay the employer contribution for a single plan towards the employee’s health insurance. This amount (fixed at time of injury) shall continue to be paid towards the employee’s health insurance until such time that the employee changes to another insurance or is eligible for Medicare. 6. The school employer may require the employee to have a second opinion on the disability from a physician of the employer’s choice.

Personal Injury Leave. The following conditions shall apply if a teacher is injured while performing on the job during the regular school day or while instructing/supervising students. 1. The teacher is not eligible for benefits from this provision, Personal Injury Leave, unless he/she is a member of the school employer’s Long-term Disability Insurance Program. 2. The teacher shall not be eligible for benefits from the Personal Illness provision of this contract. 3. The school employer shall continue to pay the teacher’s contracted base salary for a period of one year from the date of the injury; however, the school employer’s obligation will be reduced by an amount equal to benefits the employee receives from Workmen’s Compensation and/or any other disability benefit. 4. When the employee returns to work, the employee shall have access to all prior accumulated illness leaveleaves. If the employee is permanently disabled, and upon proper documentation of same, the employee will receive compensation for the unused current and accumulate illness days in an amount equal to the number of unused current and accumulated illness days multiplied by the daily rate of pay (at time of injury) for substitute teacher with teacher’s license. 5. If, at the time of injury, the employee is enrolled in the employer provide health plan, the employer shall continue to pay the employer contribution for a single plan towards the employee’s health insurance. This amount (fixed at time of injury) shall continue to be paid towards the employee’s health insurance until such time that the employee changes to another insurance or is eligible for Medicare. 6. The school employer may require the employee to have a second opinion on the disability from a physician of the employer’s choice.