(A) When an employee sustains a work-related injury or contracts an occupational disease, the village shall allow him or her the first week of regular wages which is disallowed him or her by Ohio R.C. § 4123.55, under workers' compensation.
(B) Commencing with the second week of a work-related injury or occupational disease of an employee, the village may advance such employee regular compensation for a reasonable period of time until the commencement of payments under the Workers' Compensation Act, provided, however, that such employee shall sign an agreement made part, hereby adopted by reference, authorizing the Bureau of Workers' Compensation to mail his or her warrants for compensation in care of the village and provided further that such employee agrees to endorse such warrants received from the Workers' Compensation Bureau in favor of the village, in order that the village may be reimbursed to the extent of the advancements made to such employee.
(Ord. 94-O-29, passed 9-12-1994)