Yup and they get the full disability without the offset that retired military pay. Hummmmm. Interesting - full retired pay plus disability. No purple Heart required. What a concept!
I used to work with a guy who had his leg crushed by a forklift. The company had two choices.......Pay his salary and give him a job at a desk, or pay his disability after the loss of limb clause in his benefits. After 15 years, he was late for work during the winter and missed three days without a doctors note. They fired him. He sued, he lost.
That is how the cards are dealt when you are NOT A CIVIL SERVICE WORKER!
BTW, the reason for all the notice given to school teachers and civil service workers being laid off is to give them enough time so they can go file an injury claim, get pregnant, or report a substance abuse problem, or develop some other maladay that contractually prevents them from being terminated.