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.
M. 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 M 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 1s less
than eight thousand (8,000) hours in any year, the benefit described in
Paragraph M.1 above shall increase as follows:
No sick time used in the calendar year - seventy-five percent (75%) of one
week's pay;
Fifteen (15) hours or less of sick leave used in the calendar year - sixty
percent (60%) of one week's pay;
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