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212 F - Leaves of Absence
City of Greensboro Personnel Policy Manuał
Workers’ Compensation Absence Tracking
Number: F-8
Revision: 1
Effective Date: 9-1-00
1.0 POLICY
Benefit 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
The 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.
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.