Common use of Severe Injury Clause in Contracts

Severe Injury. An employee suffering a severe injury while performing a designated assignment shall be entitled to receive their full base salary for up to sixty (60) calendar days after sustaining the severe injury without having to use any accumulated sick leave or annual leave (this City payment shall make up the difference between any workers compensation benefit and the employee’s full base salary). After the sixty (60) day benefit period, the employee may use accumulated sick and annual leave to make up the difference between the employee’s base patrolman salary and the payment received by the employee from workers compensation benefits. A severe injury is defined as an on-the-job injury that requires confinement to a hospital and/or home for a period of ten (10) consecutive calendar days or more.