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<br />10. TEMPORARY LIGHT DUTY POLICY <br /> <br />10.1 Application <br /> <br />Temporarily Disabled: Consistent with public service needs, the City may assign <br />light duty to employees who are temporarily disabled and unable to provide full <br />performance of all work duties assigned to their job classification. The City reserves <br />the sole right to determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether light duty will be <br />assigned and, if assigned, what duties the employee will be expected to perform in <br />the duration of the assignment. <br /> <br />Procedure: The procedure for applying for light duty assignment will be as follows: <br /> <br />B) dent aluation conducted by a physician <br />the diagnosis, current treatment, work <br />" sability. <br /> <br /> <br />When an Employee is unable, due to tempor <br />performance of all work duties assigned to the <br />the Employee may request light duty by co <br />Duty form and submitting it to his/her <br />state the nature and extent of the t <br />which the Employee is unable to <br />the disability and any work restric n <br />usually require the request to be acc <br />containing diagnosis, curre treatment, ana <br />assignment with any res reon. <br /> <br />"ty, to provide full <br />ee's job classification, <br />Request for Light <br />request shall <br />the job duties <br />g with the xpected length of <br />o the disability. The City will <br />Oed by a physician's report <br />ian approval for light duty <br /> <br />A) <br /> <br />C) ding t duty will be made on a department-by- <br />as basis. The Department Head, in consultation with <br />. consider such factors as public service needs and <br />era ons, the need for work which may be assigned as light <br />yee's capability of performing the work, the number of <br />available for work due to injury or illness, and other relevant <br /> <br />D) The City will determine what job duties the Employee will perform. These <br />duties may include those currently assigned to the Employee's job <br />classification or any other duties the City considers to be appropriate. <br />Duration of light duty will be determined at the sole discretion of the City. <br /> <br />E) Assignments to light duty will be reviewed on a monthly basis or more often <br />as deemed necessary by the City. The City, in its sole discretion, reserves the <br />right to terminate a light duty assignment at any time based upon, but not <br />limited to, the factors set forth in sub-item C) above. <br /> <br />23 <br />