Agenda - Council Work Session - 07/22/2014

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State law provides for paid leaves of absence to an employee who works an averaee of at least 20 hours per week and seeks to undergo a medical procedure to donate bone marrow. The length of the leave shall not exceed 40 work hours, unless agreed to by the City. Bone Marrow Leave is not chargeable against accrued vacation or sick leave or compensatory time off. The City may require certification from the treating physician regarding the purpose and length of the leave requested by the employee. 6.7,1 Temporary Light Duty Consistent with public service needs, the City may assign light duty to employees who are temporarily unable to fully perform all work duties,-ku:iNt work rikitid injury. The City reserves the sole right to determine, on a case -by -case basis, whether light duty will be assigned and, if assigned, what duties the employee will be expected to perform and the duration of the assignment, which cannot exceed two to four weeks. The City does not euarantee that any light duty will be available, and is under no oblieation to create a new position to accommodate any employee's inability to perform the essential functions of their iob.- The procedure for applying for a light duty assignment will be as follows: A. When an employee is unable to provide full performance of all assigned work duties, the employee may request light duty by submitting a written request to the Department Head. The request shall be accompanied by the treating physician's medical certification indicating diagnosis, current treatment, and the extent and duration of any work restrictions. B. The City may require an independent evaluation conducted by a physician selected by the City to verify the diagnosis, current treatment, work restrictions and expected length of disability. C. Determinations regarding light duty will be made on a department -by -department, case -by - case basis. The Department Head, in consultation with the Human Resources Manager, will consider such factors as public service needs and budgetary consideration, the need for work which may be assigned as light duty, the employee's capability of performing the work, the number of employees not available for work due to injury or illness, and other relevant factors, as determined by the Human Resources Manauer's sole discretion. The City does not euarantee that any light duty will be available. and is under no oblieation to create a new position to accommodate any employee's inability to perform the essential functions of their iob.- D. The City will determine what job duties the employee will perform. These duties may include those currently assigned to the employee's job classification or any other duties the City considers to be appropriate. Duration of light duty will be determined at the sole discretion of the City, but will not exceed two to four weeks. E. If the treatine physician requires a continuation of light duty beyond the initial two weeks. the employee must submit the treatine physician's documentation for the Human Resources Manauer's review in order to determine if the City can Brant an additional two weeks of light duty. Assign stisats to light iwty -Hill b i roviowod as often as doomed necessary by the £may The City, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to terminate a light duty assignment at any time based upon, but not limited to, the factors set forth in sub -item C above. 221Pago l Formatted: Font: Arial, 14 pt Formatted: Font: Arial, 14 pt I Formatted: Heading 2 Formatted: Font: 12 pt Formatted: Footer, Line spacing: single