Common use of Extended Salary Coverage Clause in Contracts

Extended Salary Coverage. Employees who have ten (10) to 15 years of continuous full-time employment will have their salary compensated for an additional 200 working hours. Employees who have in excess of 15 years of continuous full-time employment will have their salary compensated for an additional 120 working hours plus the above 200 hours, totaling 320 hours. Employees will not receive holiday benefit for a regular day off during this extended salary protection period. After the initial 800-hour period, sick and annual leave will not accrue. At the time of bonus time accrual (employee’s hire date) if an employee has more than three (3) shifts of non-accrual workers compensation, they will not be eligible for bonus hours. This also applies to any approved non-accrual hours. It is the intent of the Department to pay the on-the-job injured employee (as outlined in this Article) the difference between full base salary and that provided by the Workers Compensation System as salary continuance. Therefore, the employee shall return to the Department all salary continuance payment by the Workers Compensation System covering the period enumerated in 12.1 of this Article. No supplemental benefit shall be paid until after the employee has deposited the Workers Compensation System lost time benefit check with the Department or the Workers’ Compensation System has issued the Department a voucher for lost time. Leave Utilization - Upon the expiration of the covered salary protection period, if the employee is still unable to work, the employee may elect to utilize accrued sick leave. When accrued sick leave has been exhausted, if the employee is still, because of disability, unable to work, the employee will be permitted to use all accrued vacation, bonus or other leave as sick leave. Subsequent to exhausting of both the employee's sick leave and vacation, bonus or other leave, the employee shall receive no additional compensation from the Department. Procedural Requirements - Before the Department grants these benefits, the employee shall comply with reasonable administrative procedures established by the Department. The Department may also request, at its option and expense, that the employee be examined by a physician appointed by the Department. The examining physician shall provide to the Department and the employee a copy of his medical findings and his opinion as to whether or not the employee is able to perform his normal work duties and/or whatever, if any, work duties the employee is able to perform or unable to perform. The Department may further require that such injured employee make himself/herself available for temporary modified duty as soon as possible after release by a qualified physician which may be either Department or employee appointed. Accumulation of Hours - Compensable hours are for each injury or illness and hours necessary for subsequent medical attention because of the same injury will be accumulative.