Board votes for third Workers’ Comp policy reading
By Bobbi Mlynar (Contact)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Emporia board of education on Wednesday decided to delete a sentence from a board policy on workers’ compensation, to protect employees injured on the job, and requested the policy be brought back to the board for a third reading.
The sentence concerned Family and Medical Leave Act time that could have been charged an employee with a job-related injury. The sentence read: “Workers compensation benefits and FMLA benefits provided in a board approved plan shall run concurrently if both are applicable.”
The sentence had been recommended by the Kansas Association of School Boards’ attorney and is used by some school districts, Assistant Superintendent of Personnel M. Theresa Davidson said. She had surveyed several school districts and spoken with the KASB attorney.
Board member Mike Helbert, who also is an attorney, was concerned about ramifications for employees if the policy were approved as written.
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