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• • <br /> Town of Los Altos Hills <br /> Classification and Compensation Plan <br /> 3.8 Workers' Compensation <br /> 3.8.1 General Description <br /> Through worker's compensation, employees are insured against losses due to job- <br /> related illness or injury. Under this program, medicalexpenses are paid and, <br /> while disabled, employees are eligible for weekly compensation based on their <br /> salary. <br /> 3.8.2 Eligibility <br /> Regular, full-time employees and part-time employees and temporary employees <br /> are eligible for this benefit. Retired employees are not eligible for this benefit. <br /> 3.8.3 Benefit <br /> When an employee suffers a workers' compensation injury, the employee is <br /> eligible for receipt of two-thirds (2/3) of his/her salary or the amount statutorily <br /> assigned by the State of California, whichever is lower, as well as authorized <br /> health care costs, through the workers compensation claim. Employees on <br /> workers' compensation leave may use accrued sick leave to supplement any <br /> monetary difference between their normal rate of pay and workers <br /> compensation's temporary disability benefits. <br /> 3.8.4 Method of Administration <br /> Workers.compensation claims are administered for the Town by a third party <br /> administrator. All on-the-job injuries must be reported to the Finance Department <br /> immediately. When an employee makes a workers' compensation claim, the <br /> claim must be submitted to the Town on the appropriate claim form, and must be <br /> accompanied with verification of the injury by a physician as well as the <br /> recommendation that the employee be absent from work for a certain length of <br /> time to allow recovery from the injury. The third party administrator makes the <br /> determination as to whether a claim is eligible for payment and which medical <br /> bills are eligible for reimbursement. <br /> 9 <br /> `Proposed July 21,2011 <br /> Resolution No.41-11 Page 10 <br />