Recovery and Rehabilitative Employment. (a) Notwithstanding Sub-clauses 22.02(a) and (b), whenever an employee receiving long-term disability allowance recovers sufficiently to perform some duties for the Board, and it is medically sound for the employee to do so, the case will be reviewed by a Return to Work Coordinator and the Rehabilitation Committee.
(b) The Rehabilitation Committee will consist of three (3) members, one (1) appointed by the Board, one (1) appointed by the Union, and a mutually agreed upon chairperson who will be a physician. Only the chairperson will be a physician.
(c) The Rehabilitation Committee will have the right to assign, and will assign, the employee to rehabilitative employment on a part-time or full-time basis. When an employee is placed in a part-time position, they will be paid for hours worked and will receive Long Term Disability Benefits for the remaining hours.
(i) The assignment will be to whatever duties the Rehabilitation Committee deems appropriate and within the employee’s capabilities. However, the Rehabilitation Committee will endeavor, where feasible, to return the employee to the same, or a similar position to the one the employee had when the long-term disability first occurred.
(ii) The employee will be paid the rate for the position assigned or, if the position assigned is of a lower salary than the employee’s regular job, the employee’s salary will be administered according to the procedures outlined in Clause
