MEDICAL LEAVE - INDUSTRIAL Sample Clauses

MEDICAL LEAVE - INDUSTRIAL. It is the employee's responsibility to immediately report any industrial accident to his/her supervisor. An employee disabled by an injury or medical condition connected with his/her employment will be granted an unpaid leave of absence after sick leave is exhausted. Industrial leaves will be granted for the term of disability as estimated and certified in writing by the attending physician. Leaves and extensions will be granted upon submission of the appropriate written forms to the employee's supervisor. Such forms must be accompanied by the physician's written certification of disability. Leaves will be granted in increments up to ninety (90) days. An employee on an Industrial Leave will receive Employer-Paid Health Plan, Dental Plan and Life Insurance Group coverage on the same basis as an active employee for a maximum of six (6) months after exhaustion of Employer-paid sick leave. The employee will continue to accrue paid time off benefits (e.g., sick leave). Sick leave may be integrated with Workers Compensation payments at the employee’s request. Such benefits will cease to accrue when sick leave is exhausted. During Industrial Leave, service credit toward tenure step increases and seniority will continue to accrue for a period of one (1) year after expiration of sick leave. An employee returning from Industrial Leave shall be reinstated, upon demand, at the appropriate step rate in his/her former position or a position which is available and suitable, provided the employee is not disabled from performing the duties of such position. A certificate by the attending physician approving return of the employee's regular employment should be evidence of the employee's ability to perform such duties. An employee who has incurred a compensable injury which prevents her/him from performing the duties of her/his regular employment will be offered a suitable position which becomes available for which the employee is qualified after a reasonable orientation. Employees who do not meet the qualifications for suitable positions will be provided vocational assistance in accordance with state law. Placement of injured workers will take precedence over posting and bidding rights of other Bargaining Unit members except employees affected by a permanent reduction in force. An employee who rejects an offer of a suitable and available position abandons their rights to reinstatement and re-employment under applicable state laws and will be terminated.

MEDICAL LEAVE - INDUSTRIAL. 1. An employee injured on the job or who contracts a disease or an illness from work shall notify the supervisor immediately after the incident giving rise to the injury or after becoming aware of the disease or illness.