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Benefits & Welfare
Workers' Compensation
Eligibility: All employees of the University are automatically covered by
Workers' Compensation Insurance without cost to the employee. This insurance
coverage is administered by the State Employees Workers' Compensation Division
of the State Office of Risk Management (SORM). A link to the
Workers' Comp Brochure in PDF format is
provided here.
Report of Injuries: An employee is required to immediately report all
on-the-job injuries to his or her immediate supervisor regardless of how minor
it may appear so that the injury is a matter of record. The supervisor or
administrator must submit "The Supervisor's First Report of Injury or Illness,"
to the Office of Human Resources for transmittal to the SORM no later than the
day following the injury.
Medical Expenses: If an employee is injured on the job, he or she is
entitled to payment for authorized medical expenses required in connection
with the injury. SORM determines all authorized medical expenses.
Regarding
Sick Leave benefits, if the employee is unable to return to work following the
injury, the employee may:
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Choose to use accrued Sick Leave until exhausted
and then receive compensation
benefits, or
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Choose to
receive compensation benefits and not use accrued Sick Leave.
Compensation
Benefits: As provided by State law, if the employee is unable to return to
work after utilizing all accrued Sick Leave or after electing not to use Sick
Leave benefits, SORM will make weekly compensation payments during the
balance of the time the employee is unable to work beginning with the eighth day
of incapacity or the day all Sick Leave benefits are utilized, whichever is
later.
For injuries resulting in death, the beneficiaries of the deceased employee may
receive a weekly payment to be determined by the Workers' Compensation Division.
An employee off on medical leave due to a work related injury is expected to:
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Provide his/her supervisor with statements from the
treating medical care provider that include a targeted return-to-work date;
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Keep in contact with his/her supervisor
and the Office of Human Resources (OHR);
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Return to work upon release from the treating
medical care provider and notify the OHR immediately upon return to work.
Please either download the
Workers' Compensation forms and procedures
here or contact the OHR at 940-898-3555 or
acagle@mail.twu.edu.
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