Salary Continuance for Industrial Disability Leave. All definitions contained in this article and the determination thereof, shall be as defined by the provisions of Division 4 of the California Labor Code, Sections 3201 et. seq. In the event of an accepted work-related injury claim by an employee, the City shall pay the gross salary, less legally required deductions, to the injured employees for a period not to exceed ten (10) working days. Effective the pay period including City Council approval of this 2019-2023 MOU, this amount is increased to fifteen (15) working days. Employees covered under this program shall not receive a monetary amount greater than they would receive if they had been working under normal conditions. Should an injured employee's period of absence exceed ten (10) working days, (which is increased to fifteen (15) working days following City Council approval of this 2019-2023 MOU), payment under this program will cease. An employee eligible to receive temporary disability indemnity may then utilize accumulated sick, compensatory time off and vacation, which when added to his temporary disability indemnity payments will add up to full salary. An employee who elects not to utilize accumulated leave while receiving temporary disability indemnity payments must notify the Human Resources Office. An employee seeking these benefits may be required to be examined by City authorized physicians at the discretion of the Risk Management and the Assistant Director of Administrative Services/Human ResourcesHuman Resources Director for the purpose of determining eligibility for this program.
Salary Continuance for Industrial Disability Leave. All terms contained in this Article and the determination thereof, shall be as defined by the provisions of Division 4 of the California Labor Code, Sections 3201 et. seq. In the event of an accepted work-related injury claim bonafide work-incurred injury by an employee, the City shall continue to pay the gross salary, less legally required deductions, to the injured employees for a period not to exceed fourteen (14) calendar days. Employees covered under this program shall not receive a monetary amount greater than they would receive if they had been working under normal conditions. Any disability indemnity received by the employee from the State of California for the purpose of ensuring a weekly or monthly income as the result of the same work-incurred injury for which the employee is receiving disability salary continuance from the City, shall be paid to the City for the first fourteen (14) calendar days of absence due to injury in order to qualify for this program. For an employee to qualify for this program, the department head must notify Risk Management and Human Resources in writing immediately upon receiving knowledge of a work-incurred injury. Should an injured employee's period of absence exceed fourteen (14) calendar days, payment under this program will cease. An employee eligible to receive temporary disability indemnity may then utilize accumulated sick leave, vacation leave and compensatory time, which when added to his/her temporary disability indemnity payments will add up to full salary. An employee who elects not to utilize accumulated leave while receiving temporary disability indemnity payments must notify the Human Resources Office. An employee seeking these benefits participation in this program may be required to be examined by City authorized physicians at the discretion of Risk Managementthe department head and Assistant Director of Administrative Services/Human Resources for the purpose of determining eligibility for this program.
