WorkSafe BC Compensation. (a) Where an Employee is absent from duty due to an injury or disease arising out of and in the course of employment, and is entitled to compensation under the Worksafe BC Act, the Employer shall pay the Employee their normal net take-home pay (as opposed to their gross basic pay) in the following circumstances:
(i) the Employee is receiving temporary total or partial disability wage loss payments from the Worksafe BC, and
(ii) the temporary total or partial disability wage loss payments made by Worksafe BC are remitted to the Employer.
(b) For the purpose of this Article, the term "normal net take-home pay" shall mean the normal amount of the Employee's gross basic pay, or, if acting in a higher capacity be based upon the Employee's scheduled regular hours of work per week times the scheduled applicable hourly rate of pay as set out herein, plus any service pay to which the Employee is entitled, less the following amounts:
(i) normal deductions required by law on the amount by which an Employee's normal gross pay exceeds the Worksafe BC temporary total or partial disability wage loss payments; and,
(ii) deductions as required by the operation of the Collective Agreement including amendments. The Employer will remit the amount of these deductions to the appropriate authorities on behalf of the Employee.
(c) Where an Employee is receiving Worksafe BC benefits and Worksafe BC changes the wage loss payment resulting in a reduction to the Employee the Employer shall continue paying the Employees net take-home pay as per clauses (a) and (b) above for a minimum period of two (2) years from the start of the most recent injury or disease.
(i) After the two (2) year period, an Employee on any reduced benefits shall be entitled to use their accumulated sick leave credits; then any accumulated banked overtime; followed by any accumulated statutory holidays; and finally use any accumulated annual vacation to maintain their "net take-home pay".
(ii) Once these benefits, (c)(i) above, have been exhausted the reduced benefit shall be remitted directly to the Employee.
(i) When an Employee is injured on duty and goes off on Worksafe BC Leave, the remainder of that shift in pay shall be paid for by the Employer.
a) Where an Employee has an election to choose Worksafe BC benefits and elects to pursue litigation rather than Worksafe BC benefits, the Employer shall permit the use of sick leave credits.
b) Paragraph (d)(ii)(a) above, is subject to the Employee, entering into a...
WorkSafe BC Compensation. An employee who is unable to work because of an on-the-job accident and who is in receipt of compensation from WorkSafe BC, shall for the life of the original claim, receive from the Employer the difference between the amount payable by WorkSafe BC and their last rate of pay.
