Transitional Light Duty Work Sample Clauses

Transitional Light Duty Work. A. Employees who suffer an occupational injury or disease while performing their job duties for AMHA may be assigned, at the discretion of the Executive Director, to available transitional light duty positions, which are feasible for the employee to perform. Employees will receive their regular hourly rate for all hours worked by employees performing these transitional light duty functions. B. The light duty program is not permanent in nature and is intended to provide employee with light or restricted duty work while they transition back to their regular job and are recuperating from an occupational injury or disease. Light duty work will vary based on the physical restrictions of the employees participating in the program, and the amount of work available at the AMHA for employees with such restrictions. Employees may be required to perform non-bargaining unit work during this transitional program provided that the work is comparable to or of equal responsibility to work performed in bargaining unit classifications. The light duty transitional work program is not to exceed ninety (90) calendar days in duration for an employee, unless extended with approval of the Executive Director in writing. C. The light duty transitional work available to an employee will normally end when the employee's physician, or a physician for the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation/Industrial Commission has certified the employee as able to return to his or her full regular job duties; the employee has reached maximum medical improvement; the employee is no longer eligible to receive lost time compensation from the State fund; the ninety (90) day period has expired; or the employee has been terminated from employment, whichever occurs first. The AMHA reserves the right to restrict the number of light duty positions available, and their length, based on business needs. A light duty program is not available to employees who suffer from a non-occupational injury, disease or disability, unless approved by the Executive Director in writing.

Transitional Light Duty Work. A. Employees who suffer an occupational injury or disease while performing their job duties for AMHA may be assigned, at the discretion of the Executive Director, to available transitional light duty positions, which are feasible for the employee to perform. Employees will receive their regular hourly rate for all hours worked by employees performing these transitional light duty functions. B. The light duty program is not permanent in nature and is intended to provide employee with light or restricted duty work while they transition back to their regular job and are recuperating from an occupational injury or disease. Light duty work will vary based on the physical restrictions of the employees participating in the program, and the amount of work available at the AMHA for employees with such restrictions. Employees may be required to perform non- bargaining unit work during this transitional program provided that the work is comparable to or of equal responsibility to work performed in bargaining unit classifications. The light duty transitional work program is not to exceed ninety