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Procedure: The procedure fot apply.irig fot light duty assjgnmei1t wiD. be as follows: A) When an Employee is unable, due to temporarily disability, to PtQvide full .petfonnance of all won: duties assigned to the Employee's job classification, the Employee may request light duty' by .completing the Requ~ fot light Duty fotnl and submitting it to his/het Department Head. The request shall state the natute and extent of the temporaty disability .and the job duties which the Employee is unable. to petform, along with the expected length of the disability and any work: restrictions related to the disability. The City wiD. . usually .requite the tequest to be accompanied .by a physician's report ~onrn1n1ng diagnosis, cw:renttteatment, and physician apptoval fot light duty assignment with any testrictions theteon. B) The City may require an independent evaluation conducted by a physician selected by the City to verify the diagnosis, cuttent treatment, won: restrictions and eXpected length of disability. C) DetP.1'm1nqtions :regatdinglight duty wiD. be made on a depattment-by- department, case-by-case basis. The Department Head, in consultation with . the City Administrator, will consider such factors as public setrice needs and budgetaty considerations, the need fot wotk which may be assigned as light duty, the Employee's capability of petfotming the wo.rk, the numbet of Employees not available for wotk due to injuty ot illness, and othet relevant . factors. D) The City will determine what job duties the Employee wiD. petfOtnl. These duties may include those cuttently assigned to the Employee's job classification or any othet duties the City considets to be appropriate. Du.tation of light duty will be determined at the sole discretion of the City. E) Assignments to light duty will be reviewed on a monthly basis ot more often as deemed necessaty by the City. The City, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to tenn1n~te a light duty aslrig1tment at any time based upon, but not limited to, the factors set forth in sub-item C) above. 11. INSURANCE PLANS 11..1 Health, Dental, Disability, & Life Insurance Upon proper application and subject to payment of any .requited premiums, all .regular full time Employees, working at least 32 hours pet week, will be :requited to . be coveted by the City's health, dental, short-term disability and life insurance plans. Subject to the payment of the .required premiums, an Ettiployee's dependents may also be coveted under such plans. . 25