Common use of Sick Leave Defined Clause in Contracts

Sick Leave Defined. Sick leave means the period of time an employee is entitled to be absent from work, with or without pay, by virtue of sickness, disability, or accident for which compensation is not payable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. If the employer pays, or is obligated to pay to an employee an amount of salary from sick leave credits, then the employer shall have the right to be subrogated to the rights, powers, privileges, and remedies of the employee to whom the payment is made in any claim or cause of action the employee may have for compensation for lost income against other parties to the extent of the amount paid or obligated to be paid by the employer to the employee. Where an employee is involved in an accident, other than an accident covered by the Workers’ Compensation Act as referred to above, and as a result is paid sick leave during absence from work, any sick leave compensation recovered from an insurer or court award shall be repaid by the employee to the Board. The Board shall thereupon reinstate the number of days of sick leave credit represented by the repayment.

Sick Leave Defined. Sick leave means the period of time an employee is entitled to be absent from work, with or without pay, by virtue of sickness, disability, or accident for which compensation is not payable under the Workers’ ' Compensation Act. If the employer pays, or is obligated to pay to an employee an amount of salary from sick leave credits, then the employer shall have the right to be subrogated to the rights, powers, privileges, and remedies of the employee to whom the payment is made in any claim or cause of action the employee may have for compensation for lost income against other parties to the extent of the amount paid or obligated to be paid by the employer to the employee. Where an employee is involved in an accident, other than an accident covered by the Workers’ ' Compensation Act as referred to above, and as a result is paid sick leave during absence from work, any sick leave compensation recovered from an insurer or court award shall be repaid by the employee to the Board. The Board shall thereupon reinstate the number of days of sick leave credit represented by the repayment.