Workers' Disability Compensation Supplement Clause Samples

Workers' Disability Compensation Supplement. In case of County work-incapacitating injury or illness for which a full-time employee is, or may be, eligible for work disability benefits under the Workers' Disability Compensation Law of the State of Michigan; such employee, with the approval of the Human Resources Director, shall be allowed supplemental salary payments which, when combined with the Worker's Compensation weekly payments, will equal the employee's net salary established at the time of injury or illness. County Workers Compensation benefit decisions are subject to appeal under the Workers Compensation law. (a) In case of work incapacitating injury or illness for which the employee is or may be eligible for work disability benefit under Worker's Compensation Law of the State of Michigan, such employee, with the approval of the Personnel Officer, shall be allowed salary payments, which, with his compensation benefit, equal his regular salary or wage. (b) The period covered by the foregoing shall be a period not to exceed twelve (12) weeks, after which the employee may utilize their banks as provided in Section 11.1(f) to maintain the difference between the compensation payment and the employee's regular salary or wage. An employee injured in the line of duty by gunshot or aggravated assault (an assault that is more serious than a common assault) shall be covered by a period of twenty-six (26) weeks. The Supplement provided herein is applicable only once for an incapacitating injury, illness or aggravation thereof. Upon the exhaustion of the banks specified by the employee under Section 11.1(f), the employee shall draw only those benefits as are allowed under the Worker's Compensation Law of the State of Michigan.