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workers compensation benefits instead of their regular salary. No vacation or sick leave shall
accrue during the time an employee is on workers compensation. An employee that has
accumulated vacation or sick leave and is eligible for workers compensation payments may
use vacation or sick leave only as follows:
1. Up to five (5) days vacation and/or sick leave may be used at regular pay until
workers compensation benefits are eligible to be paid,
2. Earned vacation and/or sick leave may be used to supplement workers
compensation benefits up to a total of the regular base salary, provided, however, that
an employee's net "take-home" compensation while receiving workers compensation
benefits shall not exceed his last net "take-home" pay prior to the commencement of
workers compensation benefits. Workers Compensation benefits shall be paid and
available vacation and/or sick leave benefits used to supplement at the request of the
employee. When vacation and/or sick leave is exhausted only workers compensation
benefits shall be paid,
3. The provisions of 4.28 b1 and 4.28 b2 herein are the only applications by which
vacation and sick leave may be used to pay employees injured and eligible for workers
compensation.
LEAVE WITHOUT PAY:
4.29 General Provisions:
a. Under the following conditions, an employee may be granted leave without pay
(LWOP):
1. For a period not to exceed one year for such purposes as recovery time from a
temporary disability, education, assisting another public jurisdiction or any other
reason considered sufficient by his/her appointing authority and Commissioners
Court, when such leave is in the best interest of the County. Successive leaves
without pay may be granted even though the total absence exceeds the maximum
period of one year. In all cases of LWOP, the existing regular employee position
must remain vacant for the duration.
2. For military service, including periods in excess of one year.
b. No leave without pay shall be granted without the consent of the employee's
appointing authority. In addition, the consent of the Commissioners Court shall be required
before leave without pay is granted for more than ten consecutive workdays.
c. Paid leave benefits do not accrue while an employee is on LWOP nor is credit given
for retirement. Group insurance benefits may remain in force, provided the employee pays
the entire premium (including the County's portion).
d. When leave without pay is granted for a bona fide temporary disability, the employee
must submit a written doctor's statement specifying the reason for such leave and the
expected duration of same. A doctor's statement is also required prior to the employee's
return to work. A doctor's certification of continuous disability is required every thirty days
during the duration of LWOP.
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