§ 19871.3

(a) If an employee who is a member of State Bargaining Unit 8 is temporarily disabled by illness or injury arising out of and in the course of state employment for a period that exceeds 22 consecutive days, he or she shall be entitled to receive the industrial disability leave benefit provided by this section.

(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an employee described by subdivision (a) shall receive an industrial disability leave benefit in an amount that is the equivalent of the employee’s net salary on the date of the occurrence of the injury or illness or the date the injury or illness is declared, whichever is greater. An employee may receive this benefit for a period not to exceed 52 weeks after the date of the occurrence of the injury or illness or until the date the injury or illness is declared permanent, whichever is earlier. For the purposes of this subdivision, “net salary” means the amount of salary the employee receives after federal income tax, state income tax, and the employee’s retirement contribution has been deducted from the employee’s gross salary.

(2) An employee described by subdivision (a) whose injuries are burn-related may receive the benefit described in paragraph (1) for a period not to exceed 156 weeks after the date of the occurrence of the injury or illness or until the date the injury or illness is declared permanent, whichever is earlier.

(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 857, Sec. 2. (SB 334) Effective January 1, 2018.)