Common use of Personal Injury While Employed Clause in Contracts

Personal Injury While Employed. In the event a teacher is required to be absent due to an injury sustained as a result of an assault and/or battery which is determined to be compensable under workers’ compensation laws while a teacher is properly discharging his/her duties, the teacher shall receive the difference between his/her daily rate paid through workers’ compensation and the teacher’s daily rate for a period up to one hundred eighty-three (183)* contract school days of absence. The absence caused by an assault and/or battery, for a period up to one hundred-eighty- three (183)* school days described above, shall not be charged against the teacher’s sick leave. The Board of Education may require an independent medical or psychological examination at the Board’s expense if there is a question as to the condition of the teacher at any time. A teacher must comply with the workers’ compensation reporting provisions in order to receive the benefits enumerated under workers’ compensation. *(Note: This number shall be adjusted accordingly with any change in the length of the school year for any teacher.)

Personal Injury While Employed. In the event a teacher is required to be absent due to an injury sustained as a result of an assault and/or battery which is determined to be compensable under workers’ compensation laws while a teacher is properly discharging his/her duties, the teacher shall receive the difference between his/her daily rate paid through workers’ compensation and the teacher’s daily rate for a period up to one hundred eighty-three (183)* contract school days of absence. The absence caused by an assault and/or battery, for a period up to one hundred-eighty- eighty three (183)* school days described above, shall not be charged against the teacher’s sick leave. The Board of Education may require an independent medical or psychological examination at the Board’s expense if there is a question as to the condition of the teacher at any time. A teacher must comply with the workers’ compensation reporting provisions in order to receive the benefits enumerated under workers’ compensation. *(Note: This number shall be adjusted accordingly with any change in the length of the school year for any teacher.)