IOD Leave Sample Clauses

IOD Leave. (a) Injured on duty employees receiving workers' compensation benefits will be entitled to IOD Leave, on a career basis, during which the employee will continue to participate in the Authority's fringe and employee benefit plans/programs (except vacation, which is subject to Section 501(j) of this labor agreement) and accrue seniority during such leave. (b) For employees hired before November 1, 1998, the total career entitlement of IOD Leave will be fifty-two (52) weeks upon hire for the first year of active service, plus ten (10) weeks for each year of active service thereafter. (c) For employees hired on or after November 1, 1998, the total career entitlement of IOD Leave will be fifty-two (52) weeks upon hire for the first year of active service, plus nine (9) weeks for each year of active service thereafter. (d) For purposes of this section, an employee completes a year of active service when he/she has been actively at work for the entire year. An employee may earn IOD Leave on a pro-rated basis in 1/12 increments for each completed calendar month of active service when he/she has been actively at work for the entire calendar month. Authorized periods of leave for sick leave, military leave, jury leave and union leave, pursuant to the terms of this labor agreement, count as active service and will not disqualify the calendar year or month in question. All other forms of personal leave including but not limited to IOD leave will not qualify as active service, thereby disqualifying the calendar year or month in question for purposes of calculating IOD Leave entitlement. Periods of continuous leave before ratification of this agreement for compensable injuries or illnesses under the workers' compensation act will be counted as active service at half rate (e.g., two years of leave equals one year of active service), provided that any employee will be granted no less than one (1) year of IOD Leave commencing November 1, 1998. (e) Once an eligible employee has expired his/her career entitlement to IOD Leave, all Authority benefits and seniority accrual will stop, and the employee shall be placed on the Priority Recall list for the length of his/her IOD Leave entitlement, not to exceed two (2) years. Any employee who is recalled to active employment from the Priority Recall List will have his/her benefits reinstated upon return to active employment. (f) The period of IOD Leave will be measured as the total cumulative number of lost-time work weeks from the ...