Industrial Accident Entitlement. If an employee is totally disabled as the result of an on-the-job industrial injury covered by workers' compensation, then the employee, before becoming eligible for the S&A benefits provided by Sections A through C above, will first become entitled to special S&A benefits under an Industrial Injury Entitlement (IAE). The IAE supplements the benefits received by the employee under workers' compensation, by paying the difference between the workers' compensation payments and the amount to which the employee would have been entitled under Section A above if disability has not been caused by an industrial injury. In addition, if the employee remains hospitalized at the expiration of the normal IAE coverage, he will also be eligible for up to an additional eight
Industrial Accident Entitlement. If an employee is totally disabled as the result of an on-the-job industrial injury covered by workers’ compensation, then the employee, before becoming eligible for the S&A benefits provided by Sections A through C above, will first become entitled to special S&A benefits under an Industrial Accident Entitlement (IAE). The IAE supplements the benefits received by the employee under workers’ compensation, by paying the difference between the workers’ compensation payments and the amount to which the employee would have been entitled under Section A above if disability has not been caused by an industrial injury. In addition, if the employee remains hospitalized at the expiration of the normal IAE coverage, he will also be eligible for up to an additional eight (8) weeks of extended IAE benefits. After using up his/her IAE coverage, an employee who remains disabled will then begin using his regular S&A benefits provided by Sections A through C above. For purposes of Section C, each employee on industrial injury disability who has been continuously in the employ of the Company for six (6) months or longer shall be considered to have not less than fifteen (15) years of continuous service at the time of his/her industrial injury. An employee receiving S&A benefits as provided by this article shall be considered to maintain employee status until the exhaustion of all of the benefits provided by Sections A through D inclusive. The amount of industrial benefit entitlement received may be re- established after return to active employment at the rate of one- half of the applicable gross entitlement for each calendar month worked, as defined, during which no S&A benefits were paid.
