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PUBLIC LAW 93-416-SEPT. 7, 1974

[88 STAT.

"§ 8118. Continuation of pay; election to use annual or sick leave " (a) The United States shall authorize the continuation of pay Ante, p. 1143. of an employee, as defined in section 8101(1) of this title (other than those referred to in clause (B) or (E)), who has filed a claim for a period of wage loss due to a traumatic injury with his immediate superior on a form approved by the Secretary of Labor within the Post, p. 1147. time specified in section 8122(a)'(2) of this title. •' (b) Continuation of pay under this subchapter shall be furnished— "(1) without a break in time unless controverted under regulations of the Secretary; "(2) for a period not to exceed 45 days; and "(3) under accounting procedures and such other regulations as the Secretary may require. "(c) An employee may use annual or sick leave to his credit at the time the disability begins, but his compensation for disability does Ante, p. 1145. not begin, and the time periods specified by section 8117 of this title do not begin to run, until termination of pay as set forth in subsections (a) and (b) or the use of annual or sick leave ends. " (d) If a claim under subsection (a) is denied by the Secretary, payments under this section shall, at the option of the employee, be charged to sick or annual leave or shall be deemed overpayments of pay within the meaning of section 5584 of title 5, United States Code. "(e) Payments under this section shall not be considered as com5 USC 8101. pensation as defined by section 8101(12) of this title." 5 USC 8119. gj,^^ ^2. (a) Section 8119 of the Act is amended to read as follows: "§ 8119. Notice of injury or death "An employee injured in the performance of his duty, or someone on his behalf, shall give notice thereof. Notice of a death believed to be related to the employment shall be given by an eligible beneficiary specified in section 8133 of this title, or someone on his belialf. A notice of injury or death shall— " (a) be given within 30 days after the injury or death; " (b) be given to the immediate superior of the employee by personal delivery or by depositing it in the mail properly stamped and addressed; "(c) be in writing; " (d) state the name and address of the employee; "(e) state the year, month, day, and hour when and the particular locality where the injury' or death occurred; " (f) state the cause and nature of the injury, or, in the case of death, the employment factors believed to be the cause; and " (g) be signed by and contain the address of the individual giving the notice." (b) The table of contents of chapter 81 of the Act is amended by striking out "8119. Notice of injury; failure to give." and inserting in lieu thereof "8119. Notice of injury or death.".

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