... Service Connected Sickness, Injury or Disability Leave 1. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:9-7, employees covered under this [CBA] will be paid their regular ... police officers and firefighters, it provides as follows: Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:9-7, employees covered under [the CBA] will be paid their regular ... however, does not analyze these federal cases vis-à-vis N.J.S.A. 40A:9-7. 9 Instead, he focuses only on the CBA, and argues ... authority interpreting the federal law. However, the CBA specifically incorporates N.J.S.A. 40A:9-7 as the statutory authority for the SLI payments to Union ... Article IV, Chapter 61. The codified ordinance incorporates and effectuates N.J.S.A. 40A:9-7 in that Union Township employees are allowed paid leave of ... for a period no greater than one year. Although unlike N.J.S.A. 40A:9-7, Union Township’s codified ordinance requires assigning or turning ...