Memorandum of Understanding with Unit 12 - Dpa - State of California

3.8 Employee Injury on the JobA. In the event a disabling injury occurs to an employee while on the job, the State agrees tofurnish prompt and appropriate transportation to the nearest physician or hospital. Ifcircumstances permit, the employee's personal choice of physician will be utilized.Employees may submit, in writing, their choice of personal physician to be utilized in theevent of an injury on the job.B. An employee who is authorized by his/her supervisor to transport an injured employee toa medical facility shall suffer no loss of compensation for the time spent. Authorization shallnot be unreasonably denied to an employee who transports an injured employee requiringimmediate emergency medical care when supervision is not present at the site of injury or isunreachable by telephone or radio, provided the transporting employee calls his/hersupervisor immediately upon arrival at the emergency medical facility.C. If the treating physician advises the injured employee to go home or the employee isadmitted and remains in a hospital or clinic for treatment, the employee shall be paid forhis/her full shift.D. The State shall not use the Department of Industrial Relations' Rating Bureau's AdvisoryRating form as the vehicle to justify removing a worker from his/her normal workassignments.3.9 Enhanced Industrial Disability LeaveA. An employee who loses the ability to work for more than 22 workdays as the result of aninjury incurred in the official performance of his/her duties may be eligible for financialaugmentation to the existing industrial disability leave benefits. Such injury must have beendirectly and specifically caused by an assault by an inmate, ward or parolee under theauthority of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Youth Authority.B. Unit 12 employees who lose the ability to work for more than 22 workdays as the result ofan injury incurred in the official performance of his/her duties may be eligible for financialaugmentation to the existing industrial disability leave benefits. Such injury must have beendirectly and specifically caused by an assault by a resident, patient or client under theauthority of the Departments of Developmental Services, Mental Health, or Veteran’sAffairs.C. The EIDL benefits will be equivalent to the injured employee's net take home salary onthe date of occurrence of the injury. EIDL eligibility and benefits may continue for no longerthan one year after the date of occurrence of injury. For the purposes of this section, "netsalary" is defined as the amount of salary received after Federal income tax, State incometax and the employee's retirement contribution has been deducted from the employee'sgross salary. The EIDL benefit will continue to be subject to miscellaneous payrolldeductions.D. EIDL will apply only to serious physical injuries and any complications directly relatedmedically and attributable to the assault, as determined by the department director ordesignee. This benefit shall not apply to either presumptive, stress-related disabilities, or tophysical disability having a mental origin.33BU 12(99-01)