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Section 16. Iniury on Duty When an employee is incapable of performing his work or duties as a result of injuries received or illness arising in the course of his/her employment by the City and receives benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act, upon the sole discretion of the City Manager, afull-time competitive service employee hired pursuant to the merit personnel program maybe granted a leave with an amount of pay equal to the difference between his/her City pay and the Workers' Compensation pay benefit, if any, received byhim/her during such incapacity, but not to exceed one (1) year for any one (1) period of such incapacity. Leave granted an employee under the above provisions shall not be considered sick leave or deducted from accumulated sick leave. When an employee has been injured in the line of duty and receives compensation in accordance with the provisions of any Workers' Compensation Act of the State of California, the Human Resources Director shall have submitted to him/her reports on the forms in the manner prescribed. An employee injured in the line of duty who requires medical care and/or physical therapy shall schedule, as far as practicable, such appointments at a time so as to be as least disruptive to the work schedule. Modified Duty - It is the policy of the City to encourage employee's to return to work as soon as possible. Every effort will be made to accommodate to an employee's medical needs to ensure a speedy return to work. An injured employee is required to cooperate and comply with request for information to facilitate the employees' return to work, either on a modified basis or a return to full duties. Industrial Disability Management Program -The parties agree to cooperate in the development of an industrial disability management program. Section 17. Hours of Work A work week shall be computed as the number of hours ,customarily considered as a full week's work in the classification and in the department in which the person is employed. Public Works employees who are regularly assigned to work a majority of their regularly scheduled shift between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (swing) shall receive a shift differential of one hundred seventy-five dollars ($175.00) per month. Public Works employees who are regularly assigned to work a majority of their regularly scheduled shift between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. (graveyard) shall receive a shift differential of two hundred ($200.00) per month. Employees who are regularly assigned to provide relief assignments for swing and/or graveyard shift(s) shall receive a shift differential for the time spent working on such shift(s). It is understood that such shift differential shall be included in the computations based upon the base rate for purposes of overtime compensation, holiday, sick leave and vacation leave pay where the employee has worked a shift which requires payment of the differential, as provided in the preceding paragraph, for thirty (30) days or more. 13