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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 ate 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 />A) When an Employee is unable, due to temporarily disability, to provide full <br />performance of all work duties assigned to the Employee's job classification, <br />the Employee may request light duty by completing the Request for Light <br />Duty form and submitting it to bis/her Department Head. The request shall <br />state the nature and extent of the temporary disability and the job duties <br />wbich the Employee is unable to perform, along with the expected length of <br />the disability and any work restrictions related to the disability. The City will <br />usually requite the request to be accompanied by a physician's report <br />- ,._------,__ containing_diagnosis,xuttenureatment, and.pbysician.apprQval forJighcduty <br />assignment with any restrictions thereon. <br /> <br />B) The Gty may requite an independent evaluation conducted by a physician <br />selected by the City to verify the diagnosis, current treatment, work <br />restrictions and expected length of disability. <br /> <br />C) Determinations regarding light duty will be made on a department-by- <br />department, case-by-case basis. The Department Head, in consultation with <br />the City Administrator, will consider such factors as public service needs and <br />budgetary considerations, the need for work wbich may be assigned as light <br />duty, the Employee's capability of performing the work, the number of <br />Employees not available for work due to injury or illness, and other relevant <br />factors. <br /> <br />D) The City will determine what job duties the Employee will perform. These <br />duties may include those cunendy 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 />24 <br />