If an injured permanent employee’s workers’ compensation benefits are not equal to the employee’s salary, the employee may, notwithstanding any provision in § 3-6C-10, use paid sick or vacation leave in an amount necessary to make up the difference between the employee’s salary and the workers’ compensation benefits.

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Source: SL 2012, ch 23, § 22; SL 2019, ch 21, § 11.