(A) Any worker’s compensation which may be paid or payable to a member retiree or beneficiary on account of the member’s city employment shall be offset against any pensions payable to such member, retiree, or beneficiary. In case the present value of the worker’s compensation is less than the pension reserves for the pensions payable under this chapter, the present value of such worker’s compensation shall be deducted from such pension reserves and such pensions as may be provided by the pension reserves so reduced shall be payable under the provisions of this chapter. Effective January 1, 1990, police command officers, sergeants, and lieutenants who receive any worker’s compensation which may be paid or payable to a member based on an injury date prior to March 31, 1982, shall be offset against any pensions payable to such member, retiree, or beneficiary.
(B) Effective January 15, 1992, this section shall no longer be in effect for police patrol officers, however, for injuries after March 31, 1982, the coordination of pension and worker’s compensation benefits will be subject to the provisions of the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act, Public Act 317 of 1969, being M.C.L. §§ 418.101 et seq. Further, pursuant to § 161 of the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act, Public Act 317 of 1969, being M.C.L. § 418.161), the initial election between duty disability pension and worker’s compensation will find such worker’s compensation benefit not falling below the July 1990 level.
(C) Effective January 1, 2016, this section shall no longer be in effect for firefighters both currently receiving benefits and those who retire in the future, however, the coordination of pension and worker’s compensation benefits will be subject to the provision of the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act, Public Act 317 of 1969, being M.C.L. § 418.161).
(Prior Code, § 16.22) (Ord. D-678, passed 1-18-1965, effective 2-1-1965; Ord. D-1592, passed 6-19-1989, effective 6-29-1989; Ord. D-1737, passed 3-20-1995, effective 3-30-1995; Ord. O-169, passed 11-2-2015, effective 11-12-2015)