Pay for Injury??

HRH

Would appreciate your input on the issue of an hourly employee who is injured on the job and misses one day of work. WC doesn't kick in and he is non-exempt. He also hasn't been working here long enough to be eligible for our vacation benefit. How do you handle this in your companies???

HRinGA

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 11-30-05 AT 09:29AM (CST)[/font][br][br]no pay. In GA, there is a 7 day waiting period before WC benefits kick in. Employees use their PTO time, if available.
Otherwise, it's an unpaid day..

edit: we do pay the day of the injury, but not the next day. Even if it was only 1 day.

Down_the_Middle

I agree. No pay. Unless you offer employees some type of vac/ETO/PTO from the get go, it's w/o pay.

CJinNM

We pay the person for their scheduled hours for the day of the injury. Then it's unpaid time or PTO time until w/c kicks in.

lnelson

We do the same pay for day of injury then no pay until WC kicks in or they use their vac time.

pork1

HRH: No pay due!

PORK

crawfod

In your situation, no pay beyond date of injury. That being said, we are one of very few employers who do supplement whatever our WC carrier does not pay. That means we pay 100% for lost time from the first day off, and when WC pays the 2/3, we pay the other 1/3, for up to 3 months. We also pay the employee for time spent in f/u doctor appts, PT, etc.

I've been on the traditional method too, and there are those here who think this is a bad policy. In fact, I have to present data shortly on this topic again to our Council.

Actually the cost is not as bad as it might first appear, I truly believe our employees are appreciative and don't try to stretch it out, and I don't have to tell a Police Officer or Firefighter who risked their life, was shot or injured, and told to take one week off, that, "Gee, thanks for your sacrifice but you get zero pay unless you want to use your own personal paid leave time". Or, he'll quickly figure out that he needs to convince his doctor he is not ready to return to work until he has been off for 15 days, such that now WC owes him two weeks. Add that cost up along with covering his second week at overtime rates.

Whirlwind

As several others have said, we pay them for the remainder of the day of the injury only.

Balloonman1

I have often been considered a hard ass when it comes to WC. However that being said, everywhere I have been I have paid them for the day of the injury......

THink about it, if a legit injury, why create the bad will for a few hours pay...........

My $0.02 worth,
The Balloonman

Whatever

We, also, only pay for the day of the injury.