- Workers' Compensation and Sick Leave. Employees in the classified service shall have the option of using available sick leave accruals, vacation accruals, or of receiving workers' compensation (if qualified under the provisions of the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Statute) where sickness or injury was incurred in the line of duty. If sick leave or vacation is used, payments of full salary shall include the workers' compensation to which the employees are entitled under the applicable statute, and the employees shall receipt for such compensation payments. If sick leave or vacation is used, the employees' sick leave or vacation credits shall be charged only for the number of days represented by the amount paid to them in excess of the workers' compensation payments to which they are entitled under the applicable statute. If an employee is required to reimburse the Employer for the compensation payments thus received, by reason of the employee's settlement with a third party, their sick leave or vacation will be reinstated for the number of days which the reimbursement equals in terms of salary. In calculating the number of days, periods of one-half (½) day or more shall be considered as one (1) day and periods of less than one-half (½) day shall be disregarded.
- Workers' Compensation and Sick Leave. Employees are expected to comply with any City safety rules or regulations. Where appropriate, supervisors will inform employees of special safety guidelines. If any on-the-job injury occurs, or if an unsafe condition exists, it must immediately be reported to the employee’s supervisor for appropriate action. The City, in accordance with State law, provides worker’s compensation. An employee who receives compensation under the worker’s compensation insurance as provided by the City shall, for the period of time herein prescribed, receive only that portion of his or her regular salary which, together with such compensation, equals his or her regular salary. Such payments by the City shall not be deducted from the employee’s accumulated paid leave for the first sixty (60) calendar days on compensation. After the first sixty (60) calendar days on compensation, an amount equal to the difference paid by the City between an employee’s worker’s compensation and his or her regular salary shall be deducted from the employee’s accumulated paid leave. When the amount of the employee’s accumulated paid leave has been depleted the City shall no longer pay the difference between worker’s compensation and the employee’s salary. An employee shall continue to accrue and receive benefits so long as he or she has paid leave benefits available and deductions are being made from said benefits. When this period has lapsed, the employee shall be deemed to be on inactive status and shall not be eligible to accrue or receive benefits other than those stipulated in this article. If an employee is injured on the job and exhausts leave benefits, the City will continue to provide hospitalization insurance at City expense. Any employee covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement may apply to the Police Chief for an extension of the sixty (60) calendar day period during which payments by the City shall not be deducted from the employee’s accumulated paid leave. The Chief shall review the circumstances presented and shall make a recommendation to the City Manager as to whether or not good cause has been shown for extending the above sixty (60) calendar day period and, if so, the appropriate duration for such an extension. The City Manager shall, taking into account the Chief’s recommendation and such other circumstances as he or she deems appropriate, make a final and binding decision as to whether or not the above sixty (60) calendar day period shall be extended, and if so, the appro...
- Workers' Compensation and Sick Leave. No employee shall receive Workers’ Compensation benefits and sick benefits simultaneously.
- Workers' Compensation and Sick Leave. Workers' compensation payments administered by the State Mutual Insurance Fund are for the purposes of offsetting the loss of income suffered by an employee who is injured on the job. Inasmuch as an employee's pay continues while s/he is on sick leave, s/he is not entitled to both the paid sick leave and workers' compensation payments. An employee who is injured on the job has the option of taking either sick leave or workers' compensation payments, and if his/her sick leave runs out, may receive workers' compensation payments.
- Workers' Compensation and Sick Leave. Employees in the classified service shall have the option of using available sick leave accruals, vacation accruals, or of receiving workers' compensation (if qualified under the provisions of the Minnesota Workers'
- Workers' Compensation and Sick Leave. Employees shall have the option of using available sick leave accruals, vacation accruals, compensatory time accruals or of receiving workers' compensation (if qualified under the provisions of the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Statute) where sickness or injury was incurred in the line of duty. If sick leave, vacation or compensatory time is used, payments of full salary shall include the workers' compensation to which the employees are entitled under the applicable statute, and the employees shall receipt for such compensation payments. If sick leave, vacation or compensatory time is used, the employees' sick leave, vacation or compensatory time credits shall be charged only for the number of days represented by the amount paid to them in excess of the workers' compensation payments to which they are entitled under the applicable statute. If an employee is required to reimburse the Employer for the compensation payments thus received, by reason of the employee's settlement with a third party, his/her sick leave, vacation or compensatory time will be reinstated for the number of days which the reimbursement equals in terms of salary. In calculating the number of days, periods of one-half (½) day or more shall be considered as one
(1) day and periods of less than one-half (½) day shall be disregarded.
- Workers' Compensation and Sick Leave. If an employee is receiving workers compensation payments then he or she is not entitled to be paid sick leave Employees who have been employed for 12 months will be eligible for unpaid parental leave of up to 12 months.
- Workers' Compensation and Sick Leave. The Parties agree to follow Minneapolis Civil Service Rules as it applies to Workers’ Compensation.
