Special Leave Policy - Classified Staff Employees. Whenever a classified staff employee is absent from school as a result of personal injury caused by a battery arising out of and in the course of his/her employment, the classified staff employee shall be paid full wages for the period of absence up to ninety (90) calendar days or the remainder of the school year, whichever occurs first, without having the absence charged against the classified staff employee’s annual sick leave or accumulated sick leave. To receive advantage of this benefit, the classified staff employee shall not be found guilty of said battery by a court of competent jurisdiction and said employee shall apply for worker’s compensation and/or disability benefits from the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, and any amount of wages paid pursuant to this Section shall be reduced by the amount of workers compensation award for temporary disability due to the said battery injury for the period for which such wages are paid. The Board shall have the right to have the classified staff employee examined by a physician designated by the Board for the purpose of establishing the point at which the classified staff employee is able to return to duty. The foregoing shall not apply if the classified staff employee has in any respect not adhered to any pertinent policy of the Board of Education or to the specific direction of an administrator relating to the events giving rise to the battery.
