Common use of Temporary Modified Duty Clause in Contracts

Temporary Modified Duty. An employee incapacitated due to an injury or illness that is not work related may, at the option of the CITY, be employed in other work on a job within the CITY which a physician determines the employee is able to perform. The employee shall be paid one-hundred percent (100%) of the employee’s current pay grade. Current Regular Employees will not be laid off because of such placement. (a) An employee making the request for temporary modified duty shall submit their request to the Fire Chief, with a letter from their physician outlining the physical restriction(s) and approximate time the employee could return to full duty. (b) All requests for temporary modified duty assignments shall be submitted to Human Resources for review and approval. (c) Members requesting temporary modified duty may apply after expending a minimum of sick leave use for one (1) full pay period; provided it is available. Modified duty will be worked on a thirty- eight (38) hour schedule. (d) Modified duty shall be worked on a thirty-eight (38) hour schedule or forty (40) hour schedule if the employee is in the Classification of MSO, Paramedic AO, Public Education Specialist or SFINV. (e) The request for temporary modified duty must be for a minimum of two (2) full pay periods. (f) The request for temporary modified duty must be resubmitted by the employee every thirty (30) calendar days. The assigned supervisor will have authority to accept or reject the request based on the employee’s performance toward organizational goals. (g) Employees placed on modified duty on a thirty-eight (38) hour schedule will have their current fifty-six (56) hour sick leave and vacation balances converted to thirty-eight (38) hour banks with a conversion factor of 0.6786. When the employee returns to their fifty-six (56) hour schedule, their leave bank will be converted back at a 1.474 rate. While on modified duty, employees will accrue leaves at the thirty-eight (38) hour rate. Employees on modified duty will receive Holiday pay for all Holidays in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 Section 2(b). (h) Employees who have a regular schedule of forty (40) hours per week and who are placed on modified duty shall accrue leave at the forty (40) hour rate. (i) Employees who have a regular schedule of thirty-eight (38) hours per week and who are placed on modified duty will accrue leave at the thirty-eight (38) hour rate. (j) The CITY may cease the modified duty assignment at the CITY’s discretion and place the employee back on sick leave. (k) The employee will return to regular duty upon a full release by their treating physician and the approval of Human Resources. (l) Employees who are on leave, away from the department for longer than three (3) months or more, will be required to complete the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fire Department Return to Duty Program. (m) Employees who are on leave but are assigned to a temporary modified duty assignment away from work for a period of nine

Temporary Modified Duty. An employee incapacitated due The Department acknowledges the value of returning sick or injured employees to an injury or illness that is not some kind of useful work related may, at the option as soon as possible. The goal of the CITY, be employed in other Temporary Modified Duty is to provide work on a job within the CITY which a physician determines the employee is able to performDepartment employees who have suffered injuries or illnesses that temporarily limit their ability to perform their regular job. The employee shall be paid one-hundred percent (100%) Chief of the employeeDepartment or designee shall have the authority to assign employees who are on sick or industrial leave and have been released by their treating physician or the Department’s current pay gradedoctor as appropriate, to light duty to participate in the Department’s Temporary Modified Duty program. Current Regular Employees will not be laid off because of such placement. (a) An employee making the request for temporary modified duty shall submit their request to the Fire Chief, with a letter from their physician outlining the physical restriction(s) and approximate time the employee could return to full duty. (b) All requests for temporary modified duty assignments shall be submitted to Human Resources for review and approval. (c) Members requesting temporary modified duty may apply after expending a minimum of sick leave use for one (1) full pay period; provided it is available. Modified Such duty will be worked on a thirty- eight (38) hour schedule. (d) Modified duty shall be worked on a thirty-eight (38) hour schedule or forty (40) hour schedule if the employee is in the Classification of MSO, Paramedic AO, Public Education Specialist or SFINV. (e) The request for temporary modified duty must be for a minimum of two (2) full pay periods. (f) The request for temporary modified duty must be resubmitted by the employee every thirty (30) calendar days. The assigned supervisor will have authority to accept or reject the request based on the employee’s performance toward organizational goals. (g) Employees placed on medical restrictions and the Department’s operational needs. An employee who fails to notify his/her supervisor that he or she has been medically cleared to light duty to perform temporary modified duty on a thirty-eight (38) hour schedule work or declines an offer of temporary modified work will have forfeit their current fifty-six (56) hour Temporary Disability benefits; will be precluded from using their sick leave and vacation balances converted to thirty-eight (38) hour banks with a conversion factor of 0.6786. When may be placed on unpaid time off until the employee returns is eligible to their fifty-six (56) hour schedule, their leave bank will be converted back at a 1.474 rate. While on modified return to full duty, employees will accrue leaves at the thirty-eight (38) hour rate. Employees on modified duty will receive Holiday pay for all Holidays in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 Section 2(b). (h) Employees who have assigned to a regular 56-hour work schedule of forty (40) hours per week and who are placed on medically released to participate in temporary modified duty shall accrue leave at the forty (40) hour rate. (i) Employees who have a regular schedule of thirty-eight (38) hours per week and who are be placed on modified a 40 hour work schedule and may report to such duty will accrue leave at the thirty-eight (38) hour rate. (j) The CITY when required. Temporary Modified Duty may cease the modified duty assignment at the CITY’s discretion and place continue until the employee back on sick leave. (k) The employee will return to regular duty upon is given a full and complete release by their the employee’s treating physician to resume his/her regular job assignment. In the event of a disagreement regarding the release, the Department reserves the right to select another physician to evaluate the employee’s medical condition. In the event that the Department’s physician and the approval of Human Resources. (l) Employees who are on leaveemployee’s treating physician disagree, away from the department for longer than three (3) months or more, a third physician will be required mutually agreed upon to complete break the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Fire Department Return to Duty Program. (m) Employees who are on leave but are assigned tie. In regards to a temporary modified duty assignment away from work related injury, once the employee’s injury or illness is determined by the Department’s Worker’s Compensation Administrator to be permanent and stationary, an evaluation will be made regarding retirement. Compensation for Temporary Modified Duty will be paid at the rate commensurate to the rank held, based on a period of nine40-hour work-week.