All employees within the District are covered by Workers' Compensation Insurance for bodily injury, disease, or death caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of their employment. The District is required by law to carry this insurance with the State Insurance Fund. Notice of injury shall be reported to the immediate supervisor and the Business Office the day of the accident and again following a visit to a doctor if required. The Business Office will furnish forms for workers' compensation to be prepared and submitted to the State Insurance Fund.
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In the event of a disability incurred on the job and covered by workers’ compensation, the employee shall be given the choice of either (1) entering a period of leave of absence without pay and receiving workers’ compensation to which entitled; or (2) utilizing a portion of accrued sick leave to supplement workers’ compensation benefits to maintain his or her regular salary insofar as the combined total of workers’ compensation benefits to maintain his or her regular salary leave benefits does not exceed 100% of the salary to which he/she would otherwise be entitled.
- Prior to requesting the use of sick leave to augment workers’ compensation payments, the employee shall first furnish the District with proof in the form of a statement from a licensed physician that his/her injury or illness will not permit him/her to perform his/her regularly assigned duties. Should the District require a second opinion concerning the employee’s condition, this shall be furnished at the District’s expense.
- Doctor’s statements confirming continuing disability throughout the disability leave shall be furnished at the employee’s expense at intervals specified by the Superintendent.
Documentation listing all payments received from Workers’ Compensation during each pay period shall be furnished by the employee prior to any District warrant being drafted in his/her favor for that pay period. Use of sick leave to augment workers’ compensation payments shall terminate when an employee either: a) returns to work; b) is no longer disabled in the opinion of a licensed physician; or c) terminates employment with the District.