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disability not to exceed twelve (12) months per injury for the sole purposes

of accruing seniority, continuous service, health insurance and Employee

Benefit Fund contributions normally made by the State, accrual of vacation
and sick leave, and personal leave. Additionally, such employee shall be

treated as though on payroll for the period of disability not to exceed twelve
(12) months per injury for the purposes of retirement credit and

contributions normally made by the State and/or the employee.
(b) Additionally, an employee receiving Workers’ Compensation

payments for a period of disability found compensable by the Workers’
Compensation Board, which is caused by an assault, shall be treated as

though on the payroll for the length of the disability not to exceed twenty-
four (24) months per injury for the sole purpose of health insurance and

Employee Benefit Fund contributions normally made by the State.
(c) Effective April 1, 2019, an employee who is terminated as a result of

being found permanently disabled by the State Insurance Fund or pursuant
to Civil Service Law Section 71 shall be compensated for all accrued and

unused annual leave.
§11.6 (a) Where an employee’s Workers’ Compensation claim is

controverted by the State Insurance Fund upon the grounds that the
disability did not arise out of or in the course of employment, the employee

may utilize leave credits (including sick leave at half pay) pending a
determination by the Workers’ Compensation Board.

(b) If the employee’s controverted or contested claim is decided in the
employee’s favor, any leave credits charged (and sick leave at half pay

eligibility) shall be restored proportional to the net monetary award

credited to New York State by the Workers’ Compensation Board.
(c) If the employee was in leave without pay status pending determination
of a controverted or contested claim, and the claim is decided in the

employee’s favor, the employee shall receive the benefits in Paragraph

11.5.
(d) Where a claim for Workers’ Compensation is controverted or

contested by the State Insurance Fund, the parties will abide by the
determination of the Workers’ Compensation Board.

§11.7(a) If the date of the disabling incident is prior to April 1, 1986, the
benefits available shall be as provided in the 1982-85 State/CSEA

Agreement.

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