Catastrophic illness definition

Catastrophic illness or “injury” means an illness or injury that is expected to incapacitate the employee for an extended period of time, or that incapacitates a member of the employee’s family which incapacity requires the employee to take time off from work for an extended period of time to care for that family member, and taking extended time off work creates a financial hardship for the employee because he or she has exhausted all of his or her sick leave and other paid time off.

Catastrophic illness or “injury” means an illness or injury that is expected to incapacitate an employee for an extended period of time, or that incapacitates a member of the employee’s family whose incapacity requires the employee to take time off work for an extended period of time to care for the family member, and taking extended time off creates a financial hardship for the employee because he or she has exhausted all of his/her sick leave and other paid time off.

Catastrophic illness means a physical or mental illness or injury of the employee, as certified by a licensed physician, that will result in the inability of the employee to work for more than 30 workdays on a consecutive or intermittent basis; or that will result in the inability of the employee to report to work for more than 30 workdays due to the need to attend to an immediate family member on a consecutive or intermittent basis.

Examples of Catastrophic illness in a sentence

• Catastrophic illness or injury is defined as a life-threatening condition or combination of conditions affecting the mental or physical health of the employee, and includes, but is not limited to, the following: lengthy hospitalizations, necessary surgery requiring a lengthy recovery, or an ongoing treatment regimen requiring frequent time off work.

• Catastrophic illness or injury shall be defined as any serious or life-threatening illness or injury that incapacitates the unit member for over ten (10) consecutive days.

• Catastrophic illness or injury may also include an incapacitated member of the employee's immediate family if this results in the employee being required to take time off for an extended period of time in order to care for the family member and the employee has exhausted both all of their accrued vacation credits and all of their accrued sick leave credits which may be used for family care in accordance with the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.

• Catastrophic illness or injury shall be defined as any illness or injury that incapacitates the Unit Member for over ten (10) consecutive duty days or incapacitates a member of the Unit Member’s family for over ten (10) consecutive days which requires the Unit Member to take time off from work to care for that family member.

• Catastrophic illness or injury means an illness or injury that is expected to incapacitate the employee for an extended period of time, or that incapacitates a member of the employee’s family and requires the employee to take time off from work for an extended period of time to take care of that family member.

More Definitions of Catastrophic illness

Catastrophic illness means an unforeseen, prolonged and extended illness or medical condition, the medical and associated travel expenses of which are not covered by any other state or federal program or any insurance contract.[PL 2005, c. 472, §1 (NEW).]

Catastrophic illness or “injury” leave is defined as an illness or injury that is expected to incapacitate the employee for an extended period of time, or that incapacitates a member of the employee’s family which incapacity requires the employee to take time off from work for an extended period of time to care for that family member, and taking extended time off work creates a financial hardship for the employee because he/she has exhausted all of his/her sick leave and other paid time off (Education Code 44043.5)

Catastrophic illness means an acute or prolonged illness

Catastrophic illness means any illness or condition for which the incurred medical expenses not covered by any other source, which allows funds to provide for the medically related needs of a child, as defined in N.J.A.C. 10:155-1.14 including, but limited to, insurance contracts, trusts, proceeds from fundraising or settlements relative to the medical condition of a child, exceed 10 percent of the first $ 100,000 of annual income of a family plus 15 percent of the excess income over $ 100,000.

Catastrophic illness. – means an extended critical illness, surgery, injury, or temporary state of disability due to non-work related injury or illness. It requires the services of a licensed medical practitioner for a prolonged period of time and an extended absence from work for treatment or recovery where the absence extends after the employee has exhausted all accumulated state personal and local sick leave, and non-working days. Pregnancies without serious complications are not considered to be catastrophic illnesses covered under the extended sick leave plan. The person, through a catastrophic illness, must be unable to perform the duties of his/her positions for an extended time.

Catastrophic illness or injury means an illness that is expected to incapacitate the bargaining unit member for an extended period of time and taking such extended time off from work creates a financial hardship for the bargaining unit member because he or she has exhausted all of his or her sick leave and other paid time off.

Catastrophic illness is defined to mean an illness or injury that is expected to incapacitate a unit member for an extended period of time, and the incapacity requires the unit member to take time off from work for an extended period of time.