Contract Settlement at a Glance

1. Prescheduled Holiday Overtime paid at Holiday Rate
2. County workday established for Emergency Closures, 0800 – 1700
3. Leave cash out for 1996 leave raised from $51.44 to $55.16
4. PFC exam study materials limited to Departmental materials and criminal/traffic law only, no outside source material
5. Time and grade for eligibility for promotions clearly defined in Contract
6. Continuing hold harmless on pension calculations for any delayed merit steps
7. A series of agreements about the implementation of disability leave under Section 5.07, including the following:

In instances when a submitted Attending Physician’s Note (APN) does not specify the duration that “no duty” is required, OHRM will grant Disability Leave (DL) for up to a maximum of thirty (30) days. It is the employee’s responsibility to obtain a completed APN with the required duty status duration as soon as possible. The initial thirty (30) day leave determination may be extended once an APN is received specifying the duration that the “no duty” status is required.

OHRM will grant DL for an employee who undergoes surgery because of an initial injury that was previously determined to be eligible for disability leave if the employee provides his/her supervisor with written notice of this surgery as soon as it is reasonably practical, but no later than seventy-two (72) hours before the actual surgery unless the surgery is not scheduled until the final seventy-two (hour) period prior to the surgery.

When the Medical Review Officer (MRO) and/or Medical Advisory Board (MAB) makes a duty status recommendation, OHRM will continue to approve DL until the Police Chief issues an Order modifying the employee’s duty status. The Police Chief will make every effort to issue an Order as expeditiously as possible, without unnecessary administrative delay.

In instances where an initial injury package cannot be located because the file has either been archived or pre-dates the establishment of Police Risk Management, OHRM will presume the initial injury was eligible for DL and grant DL to the employee for any timely reported recurrences that result from that initial injury.

Pending disability leave cases will be settled based on the above terms.