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e e City of La Porte Personnel Policies SECTION 13 - ON DUTY INJURY LEAVE All employees shall adhere to the following upon incurring an on the job injury: 1. Any employee, full or part time, injured while in the performance of assigned duties must immediately report to their supervisor unless physically unable to do so. An injury report must be completed within twenty-four (24) hours of the injury and submitted to the Human Resources Division. Failure to report such injuries may be subject to disciplinary action. 2. The City shall pay the injured employee for normal working hours at their regular pay rate during the first seven (7) calendar days that they are absent from work. 3. If the injured employee must be absent from work for more than seven (7) calendar days, workers' compensation may pay an amount as set forth in the Workers' Compensation Act. The City will provide a salary continuation plan for injured employees which will provide the difference between the employee's regular pay and that portion of the salary paid by workers' compensation insurance. If an injured employee is absent from work for more than 28 days, due to an on the job injury, they will receive a check from the City's workers' compensation insurance carrier for the first seven days of injury leave. Because the City has salary continuation and the employee has already been compensated for this time period, they must return the check to the Human Resources Division. Employees who fail to sign this check over to the City may be subject to disciplinary action and shall have the amount deducted from their next payroll check. The combined total of the City's salary continuation program and the workers' compensation insurance check shall not exceed the employee's regular salary. Employees who receive workers' compensation payments in excess of the amount indicated must sign such checks over to the City and submit them to the Human Resources Division. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action and/or payroll deduction from the employee's paycheck to cover the overpayment. 4. The City's salary continuation program will extend for a maximum period of ninety (90) calendar days beginning on the eighth day of absence for a particular injury. At the conclusion of this ninety day period, the employee may begin to use their accrued sick and vacation leave which will be used to provide the difference between the employee's regular pay and that portion of the salary paid by workers' compensation insurance. If the employee chooses not to use their accrued leave balances, all salary continuation payments cease and the employee will receive only that amount provided by workers' compensation. 25