Common use of Special Rate Clause in Contracts

Special Rate. The parties recognize that nurses working with residents or inmates at certain state institutions or facilities face a high potential for injury due to the nature of their employment. Therefore, a nurse of any Department of Corrections institutions, Department of Human Services facilities, or the Minnesota Veterans Home who, in the ordinary course of employment, while acting in a reasonable and prudent manner and in compliance with the established rules and procedures of the Appointing Authority, incurs a disabling injury stemming from the aggressive and/or intentional and overt act of a person who is a resident or is in the custodial control of the institution, or which is incurred while attempting to apprehend or take into custody such inmate or resident, shall receive compensation in an amount equal to the difference between the nurse's regular rate of pay and benefits paid under workers compensation, without deduction from the nurse's accrued sick leave. Such compensation shall be used prior to receiving workers' compensation benefits and/or to supplement workers' compensation benefits and shall not exceed an amount equal to two hundred forty (240) times the nurse's regular hourly rate of pay per disabling injury.

Special Rate. The parties recognize that nurses working with residents or inmates at certain state institutions or facilities face a high potential for injury due to the nature of their employment. Therefore, a nurse of any Department of Corrections institutions, Department of Human Services facilities, or the Minnesota Veterans Home who, in the ordinary course of employment, while acting in a reasonable and prudent manner and in compliance with the established rules and procedures of the Appointing Authority, incurs a disabling injury stemming from the aggressive and/or intentional and overt act of a person who is a resident or is in the custodial control of the institution, or which is incurred while attempting to apprehend or take into custody such inmate or resident, shall receive compensation in an amount equal to the difference between the nurse's regular rate of pay and benefits paid under workers workers’ compensation, without deduction from the nurse's accrued sick leave. Such compensation shall be used prior to receiving workers' compensation benefits and/or to supplement workers' compensation benefits and shall not exceed an amount equal to two three hundred forty (240300) times the nurse's regular hourly rate of pay per disabling injury.

Special Rate. The parties recognize that nurses working with residents or inmates at certain state institutions or facilities face a high potential for injury due to the nature of their employment. Therefore, a nurse of any Department of Corrections institutions, Department of Human Services facilitiesRegional Treatment Centers, or the Minnesota Veterans Home who, in the ordinary course of employment, while acting in a reasonable and prudent manner and in compliance with the established rules and procedures of the Appointing Authority, incurs a disabling injury stemming from the aggressive and/or intentional and overt act of a person who is a resident or is in the custodial control of the institution, or which is incurred while attempting to apprehend or take into custody such inmate or resident, shall receive compensation in an amount equal to the difference between the nurse's regular rate of pay and benefits paid under workers compensation, without deduction from the nurse's accrued sick leave. Such compensation shall be used prior to receiving workers' compensation benefits and/or to supplement workers' compensation benefits and shall not exceed an amount equal to two hundred forty (240) times the nurse's regular hourly rate of pay per disabling injury.