policy manual 10 2015

City of Greensboro Personnel Policy Manuał

Workers’ Compensation Absence Tracking Number: F-8 Revision: 1 Effective Date: 9-1-00 1.0 POLICY B enefit eligible employees injured in an accident determined to be work-related under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act are tracked in the payroll-personnel system for Workers’ Compensation Leave Status. 2.0 PURPOSE T he City is committed to maintaining a safe working environment for its employees but recognizes that on occasion employees may be injured in the course of their employment. When this occurs, benefit eligible employees are placed in a leave status to document and track the absence from work. 3.0 SCOPE This policy applies to benefit eligible employees. 4.0 DEFINITIONS 4.1 Workers’ Compensation Absence - City leave status that documents and tracks work- related absences. 4.2. Benefit Eligible - Full time and part time employees who are eligible for coverage and participation in the City’s benefit programs in addition to legally mandated coverage. See the appendix document, Position Types on page 414. 4.3 Temporary Total Disability - The temporary inability of an employee to perform his regular duties due to an injury sustained during the course of employment but a full recovery is expected. 5.0 ORGANIZATIONAL RULES 5.1 Benefit eligible employees who sustain a temporary total disability as the result of a work related accident may be eligible for workers’ compensation if the injury is determined to be eligible under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act. To document the absence, departments will place employees in an appropriate leave status. 5.2 Family Medical Leave (FMLA) will run concurrently with the workers’ compensation absence and modified duty until the employee returns to his regular job duties prior to the injury, or is no longer in a modified duty status due to his injury. See the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) policy on page 203.

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