Employer Can Take Offset of Comp Benefits for Wages Paid to Employee on Leave

Maryland's intermediate appellate court ruled that a worker who used his accrued sick and personal leave time to cover his period of disability after an injury was still subject to having his comp benefits reduced to offset his employer's payment of his full salary while he was on leave. Case: Board of Education of Prince George's County v. Brady, No. 781, 06/30/2016, published. Facts: James T. Brady worked as a mechanic for the Board of Education of Prince George's County. He missed more than 16 months of work after an on-the-job injury in 2011, then he took an acc...