§79-16 Credits for employees receiving workers' compensation benefits. Where an employee or officer in the service of the State or of the several counties is absent from work because of injuries incurred within the scope of the employee's or officer's employment and the employee or officer is receiving workers' compensation benefits, the employee or officer shall continue to earn vacation, sick leave, and retirement credits as though the employee or officer were not absent but performing duties of the employee's or officer's regular employment. Section 386-57 or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the employee or officer may elect to have deducted from the employee's or officer's workers' compensation benefit checks an amount calculated in the same manner as if the employee or officer were not absent but performing duties of the employee's or officer's regular employment to be used as the employee's or officer's contribution to the retirement system. [L 1967, c 124, §1; HRS §79-16; am L 1975, c 41, §1; am L 1977, c 123, §1; gen ch 1985]