Common use of - Workers' Compensation and Sick Leave Clause in Contracts

- Workers' Compensation and Sick Leave. Workers' compensation payments administered by the State Mutual Insurance Fund are for the purposes of offsetting the loss of income suffered by an employee who is injured on the job. Inasmuch as an employee's pay continues while s/he is on sick leave, s/he is not entitled to both the paid sick leave and workers' compensation payments. An employee who is injured on the job has the option of taking either sick leave or workers' compensation payments, and if his/her sick leave runs out, may receive workers' compensation payments.