§ 24-179. Duty-related injury.

Any full-time employee or part-time employee covered by this article who is injured in the line of duty and is unable to perform the duties of his position shall, upon verification by a physician selected by the village at its expense, be paid for in accordance with the following for any leave of absence due to such injury:

(1)

Police employees. Any full-time/police employee who is covered by the Public Employee Disability Act (5 ILCS 345/1), as supplemented and amended, shall continue to be paid on the same basis as he was paid before the injury, but no longer than one year in relation to the same injury, subject to and in full compliance with all applicable provisions of such Public Employee Disability Act.

(2)

Full-time employees other than police employees. Any full-time employee or any part-time employee covered by this article, other than any full-time/police employee covered by the Public Employee Disability Act, shall be entitled to retain any compensation due to any such full-time employee or part-time employee from any worker's compensation insurance carried by the village and to have the village continue to pay such cost of any health insurance premium specified to be paid by the village under this article during the time he is unable to perform his duties but no longer than one year in relation to the same injury. During any such period, there shall be no deduction from any such full-time employee's or part-time employee's compensatory time, vacation, sick leave or personal leave.

(Code 1977, § 19.6.9)