A program of light duty work shall be made available within the Fire
Department for Fire Department personnel who have sustained a work related
disabling injury. Light duty assignments shall conform to New Hampshire law.
Any variation to the work schedule set forth in Article 14 for such light duty work
shall be mutually agreed upon by the Union and the Chief of the Department,
consistent with the physician’s work restrictions. An injured employee who is
judged to have a light work capacity by his/her treating physician may be given a
light duty assignment consistent with Fire Department functions, the employee’s
physical capabilities and any limitations imposed by the treating physician. The
Department may promulgate policies and procedures from time to time in order to
update and improve this program. Light duty assignments shall be temporary, and
will be calculated to facilitate the employee’s recovery and resumption of his/her
normal duties. Participants shall receive the difference between their Worker’s
Compensation benefits and any wages received, and their regular full pay while
serving in this light duty capacity.
. An incentive shall be paid for the non-use and accumulation of sick
leave. It shall be administered as follows:
1. Any individual employed for an entire calendar year who uses
no sick time during that calendar year shall receive sixty percent (60%) of
one week's pay. Any such employee who uses less than twenty-four (24)
hours of sick leave shall receive thirty percent (30%) of one week's pay. Any
such employee who uses less than forty-two (42) hours of sick leave shall
receive $100.00. Payments to be made hereunder shall be made in the
January next succeeding the calendar year in question.
2. The first payment for this plan shall be made in January, 1995,
based on sick leave accruals for the calendar year 1994.
3. All computations referred to in this Paragraph shall be
performed by the Fire Department based upon its records.
4, This benefit shall cease for any calendar year in the event that
total department sick leave use exceeds eleven thousand five hundred
(11,500) hours in that year. In the event that total department sick leave use
is less than eight thousand (8,000) hours in any year, the benefit described in
Paragraph .1 above shall increase as follows:
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