Employees injured on the job in a work related incident which was certified by the employee not caused by the negligence of the injured employee may, at the discretion of the City Manager, be granted injury leave up to the maximum of forty-five (45) calendar days. Part-time employees may, at the discretion of the City Manager, be granted injury leave up to the maximum of thirty (30) calendar days. Injury leave granted by the City Manager shall not be deducted from the employee’s accumulated sick leave balance. Injury leave shall be administered according to the provisions of the City's Personnel Rules and Regulations. The injured employee shall be required to file a mandatory filing with the Worker's Compensation Bureau and any monies received from the Bureau of Worker's Compensation shall be a credit toward any monies due and owing by the City as and for injury leave. The City shall be responsible for the waiting period or differential between the Bureau of Worker's Compensation and City pay. The provisions hereinabove referred to shall be within twelve (12) months following the date of the injury in the work related incident. Proof of the injury shall be required and submitted by the employee to the City Manager prior to any compensation being received. The employee injured in a work related incident shall not recover or be entitled to any accumulated sick leave in addition to compensation pay as for injury leave. The employee may not recover any sum as injury leave over and above the ordinary full-time regularly scheduled earnings.
If at the end of this period, the employee is still disabled, the leave may be extended at the employer's discretion, for an additional thirty (30) day period.
(Ord. 08-24. Passed 6-3-24.)