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Temporarily Disabled: Consistent with public service needs, the City may assign light duty to employees who are temporarily disabled and unable to provide full performance of all work duties assigned to their job classification. The City reserves the sole right to determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether light duty will be assigned and, if assigned, what duties the employee will be expected to perform in the duration of the assignment. Procedure: The proce~ure for applying for light ~uty assignment will be as follows: A) When an Employee is unable, due to temporarily disability, to provide full performance of all work duties assigned to the Employee's job classification, the Employee may request light duty by completing the Request for Light Duty form and submitting it to his/her Department Head. The request shall state the nature and extent of the temporary disability and the job duties which the Employee is unable to perform, along with the expected length of the disability and any work restrictions related to the disability. The City will usually require the request to be accompanied by a physician's report containing diagnosis, current treatment, and physician approval for light duty assignment with any restrictions thereon. B) The City may require an independent evaluation conducted by a physician selected by the City to verify the diagnosis, current treatment, work restrictions and expected length of disability. C) Determinations regarding light duty will be made on a department-by- department, case-by-case basis. The Department Head, in consultation with the City Administrator, will consider such factors as public service needs and budgetary considerations, the need for work which may be assigned as light duty, the Employee's capability of performing the work, the number of Employees not available for work due to injury or illness, and other relevant factors. D) The City will determine what job duties the Employee will perform. These duties may include those currendy assigned to the Employee's job classification or any other duties the City considers to be appropriate. Duration 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 or more often as deemed necessary by the City. The City, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to terminate a light duty assignment 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 required premiums, all regular full time Employees, working at least 32 hours per week, will be required to be covered by the City's health, dental, short-term disability and life insurance plans. Page 23 of 46 Adopted 11-09-2005