§ 52-23. Workers compensation leave.

A. 

Any employee who is absent from duty because of occupational injury or disease, as defined by the Worker's Compensation Law, may, pending ajudication of his case, be granted leave with full pay, commencing from the first day of disability, for a period not to exceed cumulatively six months (130 working days) without charge against the employee's accumulated sick, vacation or personal leave credits.

B. 

Notice of occupational injury or disease should be given to the employee's department head or, in case of a department head, to the City Manager within 48 hours after the accident causing such injury or illness, or within 48 hours after the employee should reasonably have discovered such injury or illness.

C. 

If approval for leave at full pay is not granted, the employee's absence from work due to alleged occupational injury or illness shall be charged against accrued sick leave, personal leave and vacation leave, in that order. If the Worker's Compensation Board subsequently finds in favor of the employee, then accrued sick leave, personal leave or vacation leave credits used by the employee to cover the absence shall be restored to him.

D. 

Sick and vacation leave credits shall not be earned for periods that an employee is on worker's compensation leave without pay.