(a) Sick leave with pay shall be granted for total disability resulting from sickness or injury sustained in the course of employment compensated by Worker's Compensation after the employee has used up their ninety-day Worker's Compensation supplement.
(Ord. 8-00. Passed 8-28-00.)
(b) The City shall pay a benefit which, together with Worker's Compensation payable for the same period, will equal normal earnings during the first ninety calendar days of total disability per incident. However, due to the length of time required to process Worker's Compensation checks, the City shall continue to pay the employee until such time that the employee receives his or her compensation checks. A waiver on forms provided by the City shall be signed by the employee stating that moneys received by the employee in excess of the employee's normal regular pay will be reimbursed to the City. When an employee is receiving the ninety-day Worker's Compensation supplement, his sick leave shall not be charged. After an employee has used up his ninety-day benefits, he may continue to have his fringe benefits and wage supplemented if he has accumulated sick leave. The City shall supplement Worker's Compensation wages and benefits one calendar day for each day of accumulated sick leave acquired prior to the accident which caused the Worker's Compensation claim.
After return to work an employee may be reinstated to the ninety-day supplement after working for a period of one year without being absent for Worker's Compensation claim injury.
Existing employees who have used up their 120 days as of the effective date of this subsection (b) hereof will have to work one year before being eligible for the ninety-day supplement. (Ord. 17-90. Passed 12-19-90.)