Examples of Catastrophic illness in a sentence
Catastrophic illness or injury is defined as the employee’s own adverse medical condition which requires the employee to be absent from work for more than twenty (20) consecutive work days, or similarly debilitating illness or injury of the employee’s immediate family member who has a catastrophic illness or injury as verified by a physician’s statement.
Catastrophic illness or injury does NOT include stress-related illness, elective surgery, normal pregnancy, Workers’ Compensation claims, disabilities resulting from the current use of alcohol or drugs, intentionally self-inflicted injuries, or normal illness such as colds, flu, allergies, headaches, etc.
Catastrophic illness or injury requires the unit member to take time off from work for an extended period of time to care for themselves or an eligible individual, and taking time off work creates a financial hardship for the unit member because they have exhausted all of their sick leave and all other paid time off available to the employe.
Catastrophic illness or injury is an illness or injury that is expected to incapacitate the unit member or any one (1) of the following individuals for an extended period of time: unit member’s parents, spouse/registered domestic partner, children, legal dependent, or other member of the immediate household.