National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement For the Period ...

Article 10Section 2.Day of Injury(a) An employee who is injured on the job and is sent home or to a hospital, orwho must obtain medical attention, shall receive pay at the applicable hourly rate for thebalance of the employee's regular shift on that day. An employee who has returned toregular duties after sustaining a compensable injury, and who is required by theworkers' compensation doctor to receive additional medical treatment during regularlyscheduled working hours, shall receive the regular hourly rate of pay for such time.(b) In the event that an employee sustains an occupational illness or injury whileon a run away from the home terminal, the Employer shall provide transportation bybus, train, plane or automobile to the home terminal if and when directed by a doctor.The Employer agrees to provide any employee injured locally appropriatetransportation, including an ambulance when the nature of the injury so warrants, at thetime of injury from the job to the medical facility and return to the job, or to theemployee's home locally if required.(c) The employee must by the end of the shift or in the case of a driver who is ona trip, upon return to the home terminal or prior to the next dispatch if appropriatepersonnel are not available on the return, notify the Employer of an injury sustained andcomplete the required forms.Section 3.Modified Work(a) The Employer may establish a modified work program designed to providetemporary opportunity to those employees who are unable to perform their normal workassignments due to a disabling on-the-job injury. Recognizing that a transitionalreturn-to-work program offering both physical and mental therapeutic benefits willaccelerate the rehabilitative process of an injured employee, modified work programsare intended to enhance worker's compensation benefits and are not to be utilized as amethod to take advantage of an employee who has sustained an industrial injury.(b) When implemented, modified work programs shall be in strict compliancewith applicable federal and state worker's compensation statutes. When offered toqualified employees, as defined in this Article, modified work must be accepted, andrefusal to accept modified work by an employee, otherwise entitled to worker'scompensation benefits, may result in a loss or reduction of such benefits as specificallyprovided by the provisions of applicable federal or state worker's compensationstatutes. Employees who accept modified work shall continue to be eligible to receive"temporary partial" worker's compensation benefits as well as all other entitlements asprovided by applicable federal or state worker's compensation statutes.42