Common use of Transitional Work Assignments Clause in Contracts

Transitional Work Assignments. Consistent with any and all medical limitations identified for an employee, the University may require an employee, who experiences injury or illness that results in loss of time from work, to accept a transitional work assignment. Transitional assignments are meant to support employee recovery, protect employee income, reduce workers’ compensation and paid sick leave costs, and shall not prevent the filling of vacant unit positions. Transitional duty shall be limited to a specific time period and shall not be permanent or long-term. The employee shall be paid their normal pre-injury or pre-illness salary or the higher salary if the transitional work assignment is of a higher grade, for the duration of the transitional duty period. No member of the USA/MTA bargaining unit shall be assigned transitional duty which falls outside the scope of bargaining unit work. However, it is understood that within the limitations described in this provision, employees from other units on transitional work assignment may be assigned work which falls wholly or partially within the USA/MTA bargaining unit’s scope. In collaboration with an occupational health professional, transitional positions will be identified to ensure that the recovering employee has the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the duties and so that the work can be accomplished safely. An employee will DocuSign Envelope ID: 06AA20EA-3202-4758-A1E2-0523571A87FF DocuSign Envelope ID: 7FA48CFC-FA19-41E7-807F-B0DE982E9637 work in a temporary transitional position until they have the necessary capacity to perform their normal position, or until the transitional job is terminated.

Transitional Work Assignments. Consistent with any and all medical limitations identified for an employee, the University may require an employee, who experiences injury or illness that results in loss of time from work, to accept a transitional work assignment. Transitional assignments are meant to support employee recovery, protect employee income, reduce workers’ compensation and paid sick leave costs, and shall not prevent the filling of vacant unit positions. Transitional duty shall be limited to a specific time period period, and shall not be permanent or long-term. The employee shall be paid their normal pre-injury or pre-illness salary or the higher salary if the transitional work assignment is of a higher grade, for the duration of the transitional duty period. No member of the USA/MTA bargaining unit shall be assigned transitional duty which falls outside the scope of bargaining unit work. However, it is understood that within the limitations described in this provision, employees from other units on transitional work assignment may be assigned work which falls wholly or partially within the USA/MTA bargaining unit’s scope. In collaboration with an occupational health professional, transitional positions will be identified to ensure that the recovering employee has the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the duties and so that the work can be accomplished safely. An employee will DocuSign Envelope ID: 06AA20EA-3202-4758-A1E2-0523571A87FF DocuSign Envelope ID: 7FA48CFC-FA19-41E7-807F-B0DE982E9637 work in a temporary transitional position until they have he/she has the necessary capacity to perform their his/her normal position, or until the transitional job is terminated.