Workers' Compensation Supplement Pay. A. Whenever an employee is compelled to be absent from duty by reason of injury or disease arising out of and in the course of County employment, the employee shall receive workers' compensation supplement pay which, when added to the workers' compensation temporary disability benefit, shall equal eighty (80) percent of the employee's base salary for a period not to exceed one (1) year including holidays.
B. Workers' compensation supplement pay shall begin the same day as the workers' compensation temporary disability benefits. Prior to qualifying for workers' compensation temporary disability benefits, an injured employee may, at his or her option, use any accrued healthcare leave, compensatory time, annual leave and/or vacation, in that order.
C. While an employee receives workers' compensation supplement pay, no deductions nor payments shall be made from any healthcare leave, compensatory time, annual leave or vacation time previously accumulated by the employee. The employee shall not accrue healthcare leave, annual leave or vacation credit during the period in which the employee receives workers' compensation temporary disability benefits.
D. When an injury is determined to be job related by the County or by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, eighty (80) percent of all healthcare leave, compensatory time, annual leave and/or vacation expended since the fourth day of disability shall be restored to the employee's account(s), except that if the injury required the employee's hospitalization or caused disability of more than fourteen (14) days, eighty (80) percent of all healthcare leave, compensatory time, annual leave and/or vacation expended since the first day of disability shall be restored to the employee's account(s).
E. The merit increase eligibility date and probation period of any employee who receives workers' compensation benefits shall be extended by the length of time the employee receives such benefits, except that the first fifteen (15) consecutive calendar days from the date of the injury shall be considered County service for merit increase eligibility and completion of the probation period.
F. When an employee is no longer entitled to receive workers' compensation supplement pay, the employee may, at his or her option, use healthcare leave, compensatory time, annual leave and/or vacation, in that order, if the employee is compelled to be absent from duty as set forth in Paragraph A., above.
G. Time during which an employee receiv...
Workers' Compensation Supplement Pay. A. Whenever an employee is compelled to be absent from duty by reason of injury or disease arising out of and in the course of County employment, the employee shall receive workers' compensation supplement pay which, when added to the workers' compensation temporary disability benefit, shall equal eighty (80) percent of the employee's base salary for a period not to exceed one (1) year including holidays.
B. Workers' compensation supplement pay shall begin the same day as the workers' compensation temporary disability benefits. Prior to qualifying for workers' compensation temporary disability benefits, an injured employee may, at his or her option, use any accrued healthcare leave, compensatory time, annual leave and/or vacation, in that order.
C. While an employee receives workers' compensation supplement pay, no deductions nor payments shall be made from any healthcare leave, compensatory time, annual leave or vacation time previously accumulated by the employee. The employee shall not accrue healthcare leave, annual leave or vacation credit during the period in which the employee receives workers' compensation temporary disability benefits.
