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An employee who sustains an on-the-job injury requiring medical attention and, in the opinion of the attending physician, is unable to return to complete the workday shall be paid for eight (8) hours for the day on which the injury occurs.
Section 2. If, in the judgment of the City, an employee is unable to perform the assigned duties of his or her regular assignment due to an on-the-job injury, the injured employee may be assigned to work in a vacant position in the Police Department which the employee is able to perform. If no such vacant position is available, the City will provide the inured employee with regular pay for the first thirty (30) calendar days following the day of the injury.
Section 3. Following the first thirty (30) calendar days after the injury, the injured employee shall receive the appropriate Workers Compensation and, at the option of the employee, may utilize accrued sick and/or vacation leave to the extent necessary to equal the employee's regular biweekly salary.
Section 4. Commencing on the ninety-first (91st) calendar day following the day of injury, the injured employee shall receive disability compensation in accordance with Chapter 20, Article IV, Division 3 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Lauderdale, which amount may be supplemented, at the employee's option, by utilizing accrued sick and/or vacation leave to the extent necessary to equal the employee's regular biweekly salary.
Section 5. The employee will be eligible to request the reinstatement of accrued sick and/or vacation leave, as provided in this Article, after returning to work and completing twenty (20) workdays.
The Personnel Director, shall have the authority to approve the reinstatement of accrued sick and/or vacation leave utilized by an injured employee in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such reinstatement to be limited to a maximum of the sick and/or vacation leave utilized during the first thirty (30) working days following the thirty (30) I-days. In the event the injured employee seeks the reinstatement of accrued sick and/or vacation leave utilized during the working days which follow the thirty (30) working days described above, the approval of the City Manager shall also be required. When an employee is injured because of the negligence of the City, it is agreed that the City will reinstate the sick and/or vacation leave utilized by the injured employee. No reinstatement shall be approved if the injury sustained by the employee occurred through, or as a result of, negligence or willful misconduct of the employee, nor shall reinstatement be approved if the employee, while receiving Worker's Compensation benefits, institutes legal proceedings against the City of Fort Lauderdale in connection with the injury sustained.
Section 6. If, in the judgment of the City, an employee is unable to perform the assigned duties of his or her regular assignment due to a non-service incurred disability, the disabled employee may be assigned to work in a vacant position in the Police Department, which the employee is able to perform. Under no circumstances will the City be required to place any such employee in a light duty assignment.
Section 7. Provided the employee still has accrued vacation time available, nothing in this Article shall prevent an employee returning to work from an on-the-job injury from exercising his/her prior scheduled and approved vacation.
Section 8. It is the responsibility of all employees to comply with all City rules and procedures regarding reporting on-duty injuries and to cooperate fully with medical and rehabilitation personnel. It is also the responsibility of all employees to report any injury or medical condition which may prevent them from safely performing all duties of their regular assignments to their supervisors upon becoming aware of any such condition. |
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