Common use of Return to Line Duty Clause in Contracts

Return to Line Duty. A temporary limited duty or long term limited duty assignment will end when the employee is certified as capable of return to line duty by his/her physician and if necessary, when an independent medical examination ordered by the Employer determines that the employee is capable of return to line duty. 1. When an employee returns to line duty from temporary limited duty the employee shall be returned to his/her former assignment. 2. Lieutenants who are returned from a long term limited duty assignment shall be allowed to return to either an assignment in the same geographical area of their long term limited duty assignment or to the district of their previous field force line assignment if a lieutenant vacancy exists in that district. 3. If an employee on temporary limited duty does not improve to a point permitting return to line duty, i.e., the employee’s condition is fixed and stable, then the Chief will either: (1) place the employee on long term limited duty; or (2) place the employee on disability as provided in WAC 000-00-000.

Return to Line Duty. A temporary limited duty or long term limited duty assignment will end when the employee is certified as capable of return to line duty by his/her physician and if necessary, when an independent medical examination ordered by the Employer determines that the employee is capable of return to line duty. 1. When an employee returns to line duty from temporary limited duty the employee shall be returned to his/her former assignment. 2. Lieutenants who are returned from a long term limited duty assignment shall be allowed to return to either an assignment in the same geographical area of their long term limited duty assignment or to the district of their previous field force line assignment if a lieutenant vacancy exists in that district.district.‌ 3. If an employee on temporary limited duty does not improve to a point permitting return to line duty, i.e., the employee’s condition is fixed and stable, then the Chief will either: (1) place the employee on long term limited duty; or (2) place the employee on disability as provided in WAC 000-00-000.