Common use of Donated Sick Leave Program Clause in Contracts

Donated Sick Leave Program. Effective August 7, 2014, the donated sick leave program is discontinued. B. Job-Related Illness/injury. (1). An employee who sustains a job-related illness/injury that is compensable under the Workers' Compensation Law shall be carried in full-pay status for a period of medically certified illness/injury not to exceed seven (7) days immediately following the illness/injury, or for a maximum of forty (40) work hours if taken intermittently without being required to use accrued sick or annual leave (2). If, as a result of the job-related illness/injury, the employee is unable to resume work at the end of the period provided in Article 17.8(B)(1), above: a. The employee may elect to use accrued leave in an amount necessary to receive salary payment that will increase the Workers' Compensation payments to the total salary being received prior to the occurrence of the illness/injury. In no case shall the employee's salary and Workers' Compensation benefits exceed the amount of the employee's regular salary payments; or b. The employee shall be placed on leave without pay and shall receive normal Workers' Compensation benefits if the employee has exhausted all accrued leave in accordance with Article