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<br />36 <br /> <br />reserves the right to withhold payment of any disability benefits until such time as it is determined <br />whether or not the illness or injury is covered by Workers' Compensation. <br /> <br />20.2.1.1 In the event that the City exercises its right to withhold immediate payment of <br />disability benefits, and until such time that a coverage determination is made, workers <br />may elect to utilize accrued sick leave for the interim period. If accrued sick leave <br />becomes exhausted, workers may then elect to utilize accrued vacation leave for any <br />remaining interim time. <br /> <br />20.2.2 Workers shall not accrue sick leave or vacation leave credits during any period of unpaid leave <br />covered by income replacement benefits exceeding one (1) month. <br /> <br />20.2.3 A worker hired after April 1, 1983, who is still unable to return to duty after exhausting paid <br />industrial accident leave may, at the discretion of the worker, be placed on paid sick leave if he/she <br />is eligible therefore. Accumulated sick leave will be reduced, at the discretion of the worker, only in <br />the amount necessary to provide less than equal to a full day’s wages or salary, as indicated in the <br />worker's assignment, when added to compensation without penalties from the City's Workers' <br />Compensation insurance carrier. <br /> <br />20.2.4 In the event that a worker becomes medically restricted due to an industrial injury or illness, and <br />unable to perform the full scope of his/her regular job, the "home" department shall make a <br />determination when the worker may return to work and under what circumstances. The options for <br />the department are: <br /> <br />1) Temporary Light Duty <br /> <br />If, in the opinion of the physician treating a worker for a work related injury (not the <br />worker's personal physician per se), the worker has significant medical restrictions but <br />may perform some limited work, the "home" department may assign the worker to <br />Temporary Light Duty for a period not to exceed ninety (90) calendar days. The worker <br />shall be temporarily reassigned to another work unit within the department. If the "home" <br />department does not have Temporary Light Duty work available at that time, the <br />department will contact other City departments to ascertain if such work is available. If so, <br />the worker may be temporarily reassigned to that department. The total time assigned to <br />Temporary Light Duty shall not exceed ninety (90) calendar days, unless extended on an <br />individual case-by-case basis. <br /> <br />2) Modified Work Assignment <br /> <br />If, in the opinion of the worker's doctor(s) the worker has some medical restrictions but is <br />able to perform most of his/her regularly assigned work, the worker's supervisor may <br />modify the daily work assignment pursuant to the medical restrictions and shall monitor <br />closely the worker's recovery progress. The total time assigned to modified work shall not <br />exceed ninety (90) calendar days, unless extended on an individual case-by-case basis. <br /> <br />20.3 Bereavement Leave <br /> <br />20.3.1 In the event of a death in the immediate family of a worker of the City, that worker shall, upon <br />request, be granted such time off with pay, not to exceed three (3) regularly scheduled working <br />days or four (4) days in the event the funeral is three hundred (300) or more miles from the City. <br />6.3.B. - Page 46