§ 2-170. Workmen's compensation supplemental pay.

(a)

During that period of time that an employee is unable to work by reason of injury, accident or occupational disease arising out of and in the course of his employment by the city, under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act of Missouri, said employee shall receive from the city a supplemental compensation on a weekly basis (as provided hereinafter) in an amount equal to the difference between his compensation for a normal forty (40) hour week as an employee of the city, and the amount of temporary total disability payments to which said employee would be entitled under the provisions of Workmen's Compensation Act of Missouri.

(b)

An employee shall be entitled to one (1) week of supplemental compensation payments for each full year of employment by the city, plus one (1) additional week if the anniversary date of his employment is less than six (6) months away at the time of the commencement of said payments (i.e. An employee who has five (5) full years and seven (7) additional months of employment by the city, shall be entitled to six (6) weeks of supplemental compensation payments.)

(c)

Said supplemental compensation payments shall be paid to the employee for a period of time not to exceed the number of weeks of his entitlement, as provided hereinabove, commencing at such time as said temporary total disability payments to said employee shall commence, and shall continue so long as said employee's supplemental compensation entitlements shall be exhausted. This provision is for one (1) occurrence per lifetime of employment.

(d)

Filing a false workmen compensation report and claim shall be grounds for disciplinary action which may results in immediate termination.

(Ord. No. 1661-2012, § II.Q, 3-26-12; Ord. No. 1687-2013, § I.Q, 3-11-13; Ord. No. 1708-2014, § I.Q, 3-24-14; Ord. No. 1728-2015, § I.Q, 3-23-15; Ord. No. 1745-2016, § I.Q, 3-28-16; Ord. No. 1759-2017, § I.Q, 3-27-17; Ord. No. 1765-2017, § I.Q, 8-14-17)