Common use of Sick and Injury Leave Clause in Contracts

Sick and Injury Leave. Section 30.1 All employees shall earn eighteen (18) hours of sick leave per month of service. Sick leave shall be defined as an absence with pay necessitated by: (1) illness, injury, or disability of an employee off of the job; (2) medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment of an employee or a member of the immediate family; (3) exposure to a contagious disease which would jeopardize the health of the employee or a co-worker; or (4) pregnancy and/or childbirth and related conditions of the employee of wife. A statement may also be required by the Chief for an employee who has used in excess of forty-eight (48) hours of un-excused sick leave in a calendar year. Payment of sick leave is dependent upon presentation to the Chief of a statement from an attending physician certifying that the employee is unable, due to medical reasons, to perform his/her regular duties. It is incumbent upon the employee to maintain ongoing, regular contact with the Chief regarding the status of the employee’s illness/injury. Section 30.2 Nothing herein shall prohibit the Chief from assigning an employee to temporary duties that the employee can perform during the period of temporary injury/illness. “Light Duty” shall be assigned as determined by an examination of a licensed physician mutually selected by the Parties.

Sick and Injury Leave. Section 30.1 All employees shall earn eighteen (18) hours of sick leave per month of service. Sick leave shall be defined as an absence with pay necessitated by: (1) illness, injury, or disability of an employee off of the job;; or (2) medical, dental, or optical examination or treatment of an employee or a member of the immediate family;; or (3) exposure to a contagious disease which would jeopardize the health of the employee or a co-worker; or (4) pregnancy and/or childbirth and related conditions of the employee of wife. A statement may also be required by the Chief for an employee who has used in excess of forty-forty- eight (48) hours of un-excused sick leave in a calendar year. Payment of sick leave is dependent upon presentation to the Chief of a statement from an attending physician certifying that the employee is unable, due to medical reasons, to perform his/her regular duties. It is incumbent upon the employee to maintain ongoing, regular contact with the Chief regarding the status of the employee’s illness/injury. Section 30.2 Nothing herein shall prohibit the Chief from assigning an employee to temporary duties that the employee can perform during the period of temporary injury/illness. “Light Duty” shall be assigned as determined by an examination of a licensed physician mutually selected by the Parties.