The employee must forward requests for extended military leave and copies of military orders through Department Directors to Personnel Services. Employees returning to City employment following active military duty are entitled to return to their former jobs or a comparable position if they have received an honorable discharge, and are physically and mentally fit to perform essential job functions, and a re-employment request is submitted within ninety days. This leave will be paid to the extent an employee has accrued paid leave, with the remainder being unpaid. The City provides workers compensation insurance to employees and volunteers for job-related injuries and occupational illnesses. While on worker s compensation, the City pays that portion of the employee s average weekly salary not paid by worker s compensation insurance, for a period of up to 180 cumulative calendar days.
Employees receiving worker s compensation benefits continue to accrue sick and vacation leave.
Each employee is required to report an injury or illness to his or her supervisor as soon as possible. This should occur no later than the end of the next working day. After reporting the job-related injury or illness, an employee should be referred to the Employee Health Services Center for examination. Return to Work Employees are required to meet with an Occupational Health Nurse in the Employee Health Clinic prior to returning to work anytime work time is lost to either an injury or illness suffered on or off the job. The nurse or the employee s supervisor may require a physician s statement verifying the absence.