Salary Continuation for Workers’ Compensation Claims. Salary continuation is the uninterrupted payment of a permanent employee’s total rate of pay not to exceed four hundred and eighty (480) hours per Workers’ Compensation claim. An employee who incurs physical injuries or other disabilities in the performance of and arising out of State employment, and is not eligible for OIL, may be eligible for salary continuation. To be eligible, the employee must 1) follow his/her Agency’s accident reporting guidelines, 2) be evaluated by an Approved Physician, as defined in Appendix C, to determine if the injuries have so disabled the employee that the essential functions of his/her position cannot be performed, 3) show that the Employer is currently unable to provide an appropriate transitional work assignment, and 4) apply for Workers’ Compensation benefits within twenty (20) days of the incident. Effective for dates of injury occurring on or after November 1, 2009, an employee will be eligible for salary continuation. The salary continuation will end when (1) the 480 hours is exhausted; (2) the treating physician opines that it is no longer medically necessary for the employee to be off work; (3) the employee’s Workers’ Compensation claim is denied by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC); (4) the Industrial Commission (IC) determines that the employee has reached Maximum Medical Improvement; (5) or the employee is disqualified from receiving Workers’ Compensation benefits, whichever occurs first. Salary continuation will end if the employee is no longer in the state service or has been voluntarily or involuntarily disability separated. Salary continuation will end if the employee accepts Workers’ Compensation temporary total disability benefits. Employees who receive OIL benefits are not eligible for salary continuation arising out of the same incident or injury. Any requests for additional allowances to a claim shall be approved by BWC prior to requesting payment of additional salary continuation subject to the 480 total hours limit. No charge will be made to the employee’s accumulation of sick leave during the period the employee receives salary continuation. An employee on salary continuation shall accrue sick leave and personal leave but shall not accrue vacation leave. The employee is not eligible to use leave balances while receiving salary continuation. Additionally, the employee shall not be eligible for any other paid leaves, including holiday pay and those leaves under Articles 14, 15 or 26, while rece...
Salary Continuation for Workers’ Compensation Claims. Salary continuation is the uninterrupted payment of a permanent employee’s total rate of pay not to exceed four hundred and eighty (480) hours per Workers’ Compensation claim. An employee who incurs physical injuries or other disabilities in the performance of and arising out of State employment, and is not eligible for OIL, may be eligible for salary continuation. To be eligible, the employee must 1) follow his/her agency’s accident reporting guidelines, 2) be evaluated by an Approved Physician, as defined in Article 42, to determine if the injuries have so disabled the employee that the essential functions of his/her position cannot be performed, 3) show that the Employer is currently unable to provide an appropriate transitional work assignment, and 4) apply for Workers’ Compensation benefits within twenty (20) days of the incident. Effective for dates of injury occurring on or after November 1, 2009, an employee will be eligible for salary continuation. The salary continuation will end when (1) the 480 hours is exhausted; (2) the treating physician opines that it is no longer medically necessary for the employee to be off work; (3) the employee’s Workers’ Compensation claim is denied by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC);
Salary Continuation for Workers’ Compensation Claims. Salary continuation is the uninterrupted payment of a permanent employee‟s total rate of pay not to exceed four hundred and eighty (480) hours per Workers‟ Compensation claim. An employee who incurs physical injuries or other disabilities in the performance of and arising out of State employment, and is not eligible for OIL, may be eligible for salary continuation. To be eligible, the employee must 1) follow his/her agency‟s accident reporting guidelines, 2) be evaluated by an Approved Physician, as defined in Article 42, to determine if the injuries have so disabled the employee that the essential functions of his/her position cannot be performed,
Salary Continuation for Workers’ Compensation Claims. Salary continuation is the uninterrupted payment of a permanent employee’s total rate of pay not to exceed four hundred and eighty (480) hours per Workers’ Compensation claim. An employee who incurs physical injuries or other disabilities in the performance of and arising out of State employment, and is not eligible for Occupational Injury Leave (OIL), may be eligible for salary continuation. To be eligible, the employee must 1) follow his/her agency’s accident reporting guidelines, 2) be evaluated by an Approved Physician, as defined in Article 42, to determine if the injuries have so disabled the employee that the essential functions of his/her position cannot be performed, 3) show that the Employer is currently unable to provide an appropriate transitional work assignment, and 4) apply for Workers’ Compensation benefits within twenty (20) days of the incident. Effective for dates of injury occurring on or after November 1, 2009, an employee will be eligible for salary continuation. The salary continuation will end when 1) the four hundred eighty (480) hours is exhausted; 2) the treating physician opines that it is no longer medically necessary for the employee to be off work; 3) the employee’s Workers’ Compensation claim is denied by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC); 4) the Industrial Commission
