(A) It is the employee’s responsibility to report all accidents and injuries within 48 hours to his or her supervisor. It is necessary that the employee have the department head or designee complete an incident report form. Failure to immediately report an incident may eliminate coverage by workers’ compensation insurance. Department heads are responsible for immediately reporting all safety hazards to the Board office.
(B) An employee who suffers an on the job injury shall be granted an initial leave with full pay up to two working days without utilization of any accumulated sick leave or other benefits. In case of absence thereafter, the employee shall be permitted to utilize his or her accumulated sick leave.
(C) If medical attention is necessary during normal business hours, the employee shall see his or her physician. If it is an emergency situation or the physician is unavailable, then the employee shall go to the emergency room.
(D) In the event the employment-related injury becomes the subject of an award of the State Industrial Commission or is otherwise compensated for under applicable law, the employee shall immediately remit to the employer the dollar equivalent which duplicates payment received as sick leave days, whereupon the employee’s sick leave account shall be recredited with the number of sick leave days used and recompensated for. The employer, upon notice of one payroll period to the employee, may deduct the above mentioned remittance in cases where the employee fails to remit the appropriate dollar equivalent.
(Ord. passed 11-28-2011)