Illness in the Line of Duty. Any permanent bargaining unit employee shall be entitled to illness-in- line-of-duty leave with pay when (s)he has to be absent from his/her duties because of a personal injury received in the discharge of duty or because of illness from any contagious or infectious disease contracted at work. Such leave shall be in addition to any other leave to which the employee may be entitled, and such leave shall not be cumulative. Each employee shall be entitled up to one hundred and twenty (120) hours for the purpose of authorized Workers’ Compensation Doctor’s visits and physical therapy. Any employee absent on such leave shall reimburse the Board for any Workers Compensation payments received for the period. Paid holidays, occurring during such leave, shall not be included in the computation of the number of days with respect to which such leave is applicable. A substantiating statement by a physician and a corroborating statement by the administrator shall be required prior to approval of said leave, except that the corroborating statement of the Food & Nutrition Services Director/designee may be subject to the grievance procedure.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
