AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH AND ...

ARTICLE 7. DISABILITY
Section 1.
Indemnity Provisions
A. An employee covered by Florida Statute, Chapter 440,
Workers’ Compensation, and in accordance with provisions
set forth hereunder, shall be authorized to be absent from
work due to injury or illness incurred while on duty, and
directly related to work performed, until he or she reaches
maximum medical improvement or two (2) years, whichever
comes first.
B. A regular status or probationary employee injured while:
1. Responding to a dispatched call for service;
2. Engaging in performing services at a dispatched
call;
3. Providing emergency services while on-duty or off-duty
in connection with their employment with the City;
4. Engaging in Fire Department sponsored training;
5. Engaging in physical training on-duty;
6. Operating a departmental vehicle and/or equipment;
and/or
7. Performing any on-duty assignments;will receive duty
disability pay in an amount that, when added to
payments made for lost wages under F.S. 440, Workers’
Compensation, will equal 100% of his or her base
salary. These duty disability payments will be paid
for up to one hundred eighty (180) days only if the
employee is unable to perform in a light duty
assignment and where the employee has applied for and
has been found eligible to receive payment for lost
wages under workers’ compensation. Any injury
occurring in the field shall be presumed to be a duty
disability unless proven otherwise.
C. Up to an additional one hundred eighty (180) calendar days
of Duty Disability Leave may be granted in the case of
surgical intervention or hospitalization so long as medical
certification clearly demonstrates such is required and so
long as the authorized medical practitioner(s) certifies
that the employee is unable to perform in a light duty
assignment.
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