Trauma Leave Clause Samples

Trauma Leave. 31 Discretionary Leave .............................................................................................................. 31 LONGEVITY.................................................................................................................................... 40 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS .............................................................................................................. 5 MONITORS ...................................................................................................................................... 13

Trauma Leave. 1. An employee who suffers medically diagnosable psychological or emotional trauma resulting in the course of the employee’s employment that precludes the employee from working may be granted trauma leave. 2. An employee who is unable to work because of a psychological/emotional disability resulting from trauma received in the course of employment, or in the discharge of other official assigned duties for the District, shall be maintained in full pay status, on trauma leave, for the period of time set forth in paragraph 3 herein. Trauma leave granted under these conditions shall not be charged against sick leave, earned or unearned. A certificate from a licensed counselor or physician stating the nature of the disability and its anticipated duration should accompany a trauma leave form furnished by the District, unless the leave extends beyond two (2) weeks, in which case the certificate must be from a licensed physician. Any trauma leave extending to five (5) days or longer shall be subject to review by a District-appointed physician, including a physical or psychiatric examination at the physician’s direction to justify the use of trauma leave. Falsification of either a signed statement or a counselor or physician’s certificate will be grounds for suspension or termination of employment. 3. An employee shall be granted a trauma leave of up to two (2) weeks in a school year, which may be taken consecutively or intermittently.

Trauma Leave. Where employees are directly involved in a fatal or serious accident or event defined as a "critical incident" and they are not themselves physically injured in the accident or event, they will be provided with 2 days paid trauma leave on Total Remuneration to attend compulsory medical or other counselling. Employees will be given a choice of approved practitioners and/or counsellors. In this clause a critical incident means an incident involving a near miss, injury, fatality or collision that has the capacity to impair or traumatise the employee. A Driver involved in any incident will advise the SDC who will assist in the decision for the Driver as to whether they should continue their shift.

Trauma Leave. Any time any Police Officer, while acting in an official capacity, has to administer deadly force resulting in death or permanent disfigurement or disability to a person, or witnesses the death or permanent disfigurement or disability of a fellow Officer by the use of deadly force, or witnesses the death of another due to the application of deadly force by an Officer, the Officer shall receive the necessary time off to relieve the stress which has resulted from said incident. The duration of the time off shall meet with the approval of the Chief of Police. The Officer shall continue to receive his normal rate of pay for these days and they shall not be charged against his sick time. Prior to his return to work, the Officer shall undergo an examination, at City expense, by a physician chosen by the City to determine said Officer's capability to return to duty. Such paid trauma leave shall not exceed thirty (30) days. Any additional leave needed by the Officer, and certified as necessary by the City's physician, may be taken using accumulated leave, or may be treated as a disability leave should these other alternatives be exhausted.

Trauma Leave. 38.1 Where an employee is in charge of a train that is involved in a serious accident or incident or during the course of his/her work witnesses a serious accident or incident that results in a serious injury or fatality to another employee or other person, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall ensure that the employee is relieved from duty as soon as possible. 38.2 In these circumstances the employee will be provided with transport to the employee’s home or home depot, as elected by the employee. 38.3 Where the incident involves a fatality, the employee will be provided with up to three days paid leave to receive psychological counselling from a qualified practitioner. 38.4 Trauma leave is a separate entitlement to any other leave.

Trauma Leave. Applicability: This section is applicable to full-time regular employees of the classified service. If a full-time regular employee in the classified service, while acting in his official capacity, is involved in an incident resulting in death or permanent disfigurement or disability to a person, or witnesses the death or permanent disfigurement or disability of a fellow employee, or witnesses the death of a person due to the application of a deadly force by another, that employee shall receive trauma leave upon request of the employee to relieve the stress which has resulted from such incident. The duration of such trauma leave shall be approved by the appointing authority, however, under no circumstances shall such trauma leave exceed thirty (30) days. While on such trauma leave, the employee shall receive his normal rate of pay for such days, and they shall not be charged to his sick leave or any other accumulated but unused leave time. Prior to his return to work, the City shall require the employee to take an examination, conducted by a physician, to determine if the effect of the trauma is relieved to the extent that the employee is both physically and mentally capable to perform the essential duties of the job. If determined incapably of doing so as a result of such examination, the employee may be placed on paid leave of absence, unpaid leave of absence, or disability separation. The cost of such examination shall be paid by the City.

Trauma Leave. 44.1. Employee replaced - Where employees are in charge of a train that is involved in a serious accident or incident or during the course of their work witness a serious accident or incident that results in a serious injury or fatality to another employee or other parties AER shall ensure that the employees are replaced as soon as possible by other suitably qualified employees.

Trauma Leave. Employees directly involved in a train related fatality may be granted up to a maximum of three (3) consecutive days trauma leave on an ad hoc basis as the Carrier deems necessary based upon the level of involvement in the fatality.

Trauma Leave. Employees other than casual employees involved in an incident that causes an impairment or traumatises the Employee, may be granted and paid 2 days (21.7 hours) Trauma Leave for the purposes of attending counselling or medical attention. Approval of such leave will be at the discretion of the Employer An Employee will be paid at their Loaded Remuneration Rate during periods of trauma leave and will have 10.85 hours per shift recorded and paid during the fortnightly pay period the Employee takes trauma leave.