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Overview
Workers' Compensation is "insurance" paid in full by
UCF that provides coverage to an employee for a job-related injury
or illness from the very first day of employment. Employees, who
are injured or become ill due to the conditions of their job,
receive partial income replacement and/or payment of expenses
for medically necessary services under Workers' Compensation.
Job-related illnesses or injuries are not covered under the State
Self-Insured Plan or any of the health maintenance organizations
in the State Health Insurance Program. Claims for job-related
conditions should not be filed under any of these plans. Employees
sustaining a job related injury or illness must follow current
procedures. The following information is provided for all employees
including OPS and student assistants.
OPTACOMP is the medical case manager for all workers compensation claims occurring after January 1, 2009.
Any time an accident or an injury occurs, whether or not the employee wishes to seek medical care, it must be reported to OPTACOMP. This should be done by the supervisor and employee, if available, as soon as possible.
Worker’s Compensation Leave, Timesheets, and Payroll Certification
Should a USPS, A&P or Faculty employee lose time from work, the first seven (7) days or forty (40) intermittent hours should be charged to disability with pay (DIS) on the time card. DIS is paid by the university and should
not be charged to the employee's accrued leave. If the employee returns
to work within the first seven (7) calendar days and has not used
the entire forty (40) DIS hours immediately following the date of
the accident, s/he may use DIS on the date of the accident and may
use the remaining DIS hours intermittently for doctor visits, physical
therapy, etc. Once the intermittent DIS hours are exhausted, the employee
must use his/her accrued leave for doctor visits, physical therapy,
etc.
If the employee is unable to return to work within the first seven
(7) calendar days following the date of the accident, s/he shall be
eligible for the full forty (40) hours of DIS; however, s/he may not
use DIS on the date of the accident. Beginning on the eighth day of
disability, the employee will be paid by the Division of Risk Management
two-thirds (2/3) of his/her salary under workers' compensation (WC).
WC pays 5.25 hours per day of an 8-hour day. The employee is eligible
to supplement his/her WC wages with 2.75 hours of sick leave, annual
leave, or accrued compensation time.
WC hours are not calculated in the "total hours paid at base
rate," i.e., those hours are not certified for UCF wages. Only
personal leave, disability with pay (DIS), accrued compensation leave,
and actual hours worked should be certified when an employee is out
on workers' compensation. The employee will continue to accrue annual
and sick leave at the full rate. Those employed as student assistants,
Other Personal Services (OPS), or as adjuncts are not eligible for
disability with pay leave. Workers' compensation payments will begin
on the eighth day of disability at a rate of two-thirds (2/3) salary.
After twenty-one (21) consecutive days of authorized absence from
work, the employee will be paid retroactively for the first seven
days of disability.
PeopleSoft
Procedure Manual for Entering Worker’s Comp
Office Managers and others can find specific information on properly
entering Worker’s Compensation information into PeopleSoft in
this manual.
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