Common use of Workplace Safety Insurance Clause in Contracts

Workplace Safety Insurance. Each employee who is injured in the course of duty shall have the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board salary awards supplemented from sick leave account to provide for payment of full salary. In the event that an employee does not wish to use sick leave credits to supplement the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board award, the employee must give immediate notice in writing to the Human Resources Department. After the expiration of any Workplace Safety and Insurance Board award, the employee may use the current year's sick leave or accumulated credits up to the limit previously established. It should be understood that there shall be no pyramiding or compounding of Board benefits with any other internal or external benefit. An employee on sick leave shall not be able to earn an amount of income greater than that which the employee earned while actively at work.