Common use of PLACEMENT OF PARTIALLY DISABLED EMPLOYEES Clause in Contracts

PLACEMENT OF PARTIALLY DISABLED EMPLOYEES. (a) Except as provided in Section 23.2, if an employee's health or physical ability becomes impaired to such an extent that he/she cannot perform the work of his/her classification, Company shall, if practical to do so, give such employee light work within his/her ability to perform for which he/she shall be compensated at the rate of pay established for such work. (Amended 1-1-91) (b) In the event an employee is disabled due to injury or illness and is returned to active payroll in a physical or clerical classification or is assigned to a classification designed for the employee with the prior written agreement of Union, the employee shall be paid in accordance with the following formula: (1) If the employee is returned to the classification held before the disability occurred, the rate of pay for such classification, or (2) If the employee has less than ten years of service at the time of the employee's disability, the rate of pay of the classification to which assigned, or (3) If the employee has ten or more years of service at the time of his or her disability: The rate of pay of the classification to which assigned plus four percent per year of service (but not over 100 percent) times the difference between such rate of pay and the rate of pay of the employee's regular classification immediately prior to the injury or illness which caused the employee's disability. An employee who returns to active payroll at a rate of pay calculated as in (3) above shall be limited to 50 percent of any general wage increase until such time as the partially disabled employee is receiving a rate of pay equal to the rate of the classification to which such employee is assigned. In no case will a partially disabled employee who is placed on the active payroll be paid less than 110 percent of such employee's current LTD rate of pay. (Added 1-1-83) (c) An employee who is disabled due to injury or illness who is able to return to active payroll and the classification held prior to such disability but is assigned to a classification with a lower rate of pay shall be entitled to the provisions as described above until such time as the employee is returned to his/her former status on an accelerated basis as provided in Section 19.9 of the Clerical Agreement. (Amended 1-1-91)

PLACEMENT OF PARTIALLY DISABLED EMPLOYEES. (a) Except as provided in Section 23.2, if an employee's health or physical ability becomes impaired to such an extent that he/she cannot perform the work of his/her classification, Company shall, if practical to do so, give such employee light work within his/her ability to perform for which he/she shall be compensated at the rate of pay established for such work. (Amended 1-1-91) (b) In the event an employee is disabled due to injury or illness illness, is not returning from Long-Term Disability Plan IV and is returned to active payroll in a physical or clerical classification or is assigned to a classification designed for the employee with the prior written agreement of Union, the employee shall be paid in accordance with the following formula:: (Effective 1-1-18) (1) If the employee is returned to the classification held before the disability occurred, the rate of pay for such classification, or (2) If the employee has less than ten years of service at the time of the employee's disability, the rate of pay of the classification to which assigned, or (3) If the employee has ten or more years of service at the time of his or her disability: The rate of pay of the classification to which assigned plus four percent per year of service (but not over 100 percent) times the difference between such rate of pay and the rate of pay of the employee's regular classification immediately prior to the injury or illness which caused the employee's disability. An employee who returns to active payroll at a rate of pay calculated as in (3) above shall be limited to 50 percent of any general wage increase until such time as the partially disabled employee is receiving a rate of pay equal to the rate of the classification to which such employee is assigned. In no case will a partially disabled employee who is placed on the active payroll be paid less than 110 percent of such employee's current LTD rate of pay. (Added 1-1-83) (c) An employee who is disabled due to injury or illness who is able to return to active payroll and the classification held prior to such disability but is assigned to a classification with a lower rate of pay shall be entitled to the provisions as described above until such time as the employee is returned to his/her former status on an accelerated basis as provided in Section 19.9 of the Clerical Agreement. (Amended 1-1-91) (d) In the event the employee is returned from Long Term Disability Plan IV to a different position that is at a lower than their pre-disability rate of pay, the employee will receive full wage protection for up to five (5) years but will receive no General Wage Increases (GWIs), unless and until such time as the new wage rate for the new position exceeds the prior position’s wage protected rate. (Effective 1-1-18)