Paying an injured employee, PTO?

robynbell

If an employee is injured at work and the doctor gives them a note that says they don't have to return for several days, does the employee have to use their Personal Days or is the business responsible for paying those days? This claim wasn't under Worker's Comp, the business just paid for the doctors visit.

FunHRBanker

Maybe I'm crazy here, but this should have been WC. Our carrier pays after 3 days. If the employee is only gone for 3, we pay them.

Still Need Coffee

I'm confused as well....why wouldn't this have been work comp? Injured at work is normally a big cue for me.

cnghr

I agree with the others...why isn't this under worker's comp, if they were injured at work?

sonny

Some small companies just pay vs turning in so experience isn't effected?
Beyond that to the question. . .depends on your policy. We pay the waiting period, but some places require ee to use sick/vacation time.

Dutch2

Also depends on your state. Here some years back if an employee fell while simply walking across the floor - it was worker's comp - plain and simple. Now if an empoyee is walking across the floor, clean, dry, etc, and falls it is not the company's fault and therefore not a workers comp. claim. Due to the fact that in no way did the employer contribute to the injury.

kathy_byford_waiglobal_com

I'm a little confused also as to why it was not w/c. And if it wasn't, why would the company pay the medical bills?

If it was w/c, however, some states have waiting periods before the wages are covered by w/c. Example, Mississippi has a five-day waiting period before w/c will start paying for wages. If the person is out more than 14 days, it will retroactively pick up the first week. Otherwise, the employee would need to use PTO, sick, etc to cover the hours.

You can offer them the option of using PTO if they would like, but you cannot require them to use it.

Sharon McKnight SPHR

[quote=robynbell;724933]If an employee is injured at work and the doctor gives them a note that says they don't have to return for several days, does the employee have to use their Personal Days or is the business responsible for paying those days? This claim wasn't under Worker's Comp, the business just paid for the doctors visit.[/quote]


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Sharon McKnight SPHR

[quote=kathy.byford@waiglobal.com;724946]I'm a little confused also as to why it was not w/c. And if it wasn't, why would the company pay the medical bills?

If it was w/c, however, some states have waiting periods before the wages are covered by w/c. Example, Mississippi has a five-day waiting period before w/c will start paying for wages. If the person is out more than 14 days, it will retroactively pick up the first week. Otherwise, the employee would need to use PTO, sick, etc to cover the hours.

You can offer them the option of using PTO if they would like, but you cannot require them to use it.[/quote]



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robynbell

This is correct. We are very small (under 100 employees) and if it's something minor, they choose to pay for it rather than file a claim under WC. Thank you for all your responses.

arnoldous

It depends on the case and how critical injury is? There are other factors too and the management and thier rule and regulation is one of them.
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[quote=arnoldous;725112]It depends on the case and how critical injury is? There are other factors too and the management and thier rule and regulation is one of them.
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