Common use of Sick Leave While on Worker's Compensation Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave While on Worker's Compensation. In the event of a service-connected occupational illness or injury, as determined by the Industrial Commission, Professional Staff Members will not be required to exhaust sick leave before receiving compensation from the Industrial Commission. Professional Staff Members may utilize sick leave to receive the difference in pay between Worker's Compensation benefits received and regular compensation. If a Professional Staff Member elects to do so, there will be a charge against the sick leave credits of the affected Professional Staff Member only to the extent necessary on a pro-rata basis. Professional Staff Members who desire to do so must present evidence of the amount received from the Bureau of Worker's Compensation to the Treasurer of the BOARD, and, thereafter, the Treasurer of the BOARD will issue a check for the difference and make the appropriate charge against the sick leave credits of the affected Professional Staff Member. Any Professional Staff Member absent from work because of any service connected occupational illness or injury, as determined by the Industrial Commission, shall be entitled to reinstatement at the appropriate rate of pay, upon approval of the application to return to work. Such application shall include medical certification of ability to assume all full-time responsibilities of the job description. Such application must be made within one (1) school year following the date of the last receipt of compensation benefits from the State of Ohio to permit return in accordance with this Section.

Sick Leave While on Worker's Compensation. In the event of a service-connected occupational illness or injury, as determined by the Industrial Commission, Professional Staff Members will not be required to exhaust sick leave before receiving compensation from the Industrial Commission. Professional Staff Members may utilize sick leave to receive the difference in pay between Worker's ’s Compensation benefits received and regular compensation. If a Professional Staff Member elects to do so, there will be a charge against the sick leave credits of the affected Professional Staff Member only to the extent necessary on a pro-rata basis. Professional Staff Members who desire to do so must present evidence of the amount received from the Bureau of Worker's ’s Compensation to the Treasurer of the BOARD, and, thereafter, the Treasurer of the BOARD will issue a check for the difference and make the appropriate charge against the sick leave credits of the affected Professional Staff Member. Any Professional Staff Member absent from work because of any service connected occupational illness or injury, as determined by the Industrial Commission, shall be entitled to reinstatement at the appropriate rate of pay, upon approval of the application to return to work. Such application shall include medical certification of ability to assume all full-full- time responsibilities of the job description. Such application must be made within one (1) school year following the date of the last receipt of compensation benefits from the State of Ohio to permit return in accordance with this Section.