Common use of Reintegration Clause in Contracts

Reintegration. During a disability period, in order to facilitate the eventual return to work of an employee and, upon presentation of a medical certificate from his or her attending physician, the board and the employee may agree on a temporary assignment to a class of employment compatible with his or her qualifications, experience and limitations. The temporary assignment cannot cause an employee’s displacement or termination of employment. The board shall inform the union of the duties offered to the employee. At any time, the employee may require that the temporary assignment cease upon the advice of the attending physician. Subsequently, the employee shall remain on disability leave or shall resume his or her work on a full-time basis. During that temporary assignment, the employee shall be deemed on disability leave. However, he or she shall receive his or her salary or that of the class of employment of the temporary assignment if it is higher than his or her own as well as salary insurance benefits calculated in proportion to the time not worked. The duration of the temporary assignment cannot exceed twelve (12) weeks. The disability period in progress continues without however having the effect of extending the maximum period of one hundred and four (104) weeks of benefits. A temporary assignment cannot prevent an employee from benefiting from the gradual return to work prescribed in paragraph B) of this clause.