POLICY TITLE: Workers’ Compensation POLICY NO:

807.13
Minidoka County Joint School District # 331 PAGE 1 of 3

The employees of Minidoka County Joint School District No. 331 are covered by the Workers’
Compensation Law of the State of Idaho as and to the extent therein provided.
Provisions:
The following provisions will be followed in the implementation of this policy:
1. Any employee who is absent from work for a period of five (5) days or less as the result
of a work related injury and is not entitled to income benefits under the Workers’
Compensation Law for any of said days of disability for work, said days may be allowed
to treat said days as sick leave, but the employee shall not be compensated otherwise.
2. Any employee who is absent from work for more than five (5) days as a result of a
disability for work arising from a work related injury shall be entitled to compensation
under either option A or option B.
Option A: Income benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Law and placed upon a
temporary leave of absence without pay.
Option B: Worker's compensation benefits with supplemental payments in an amount
that is not greater than the difference between the Workers’ Compensation benefits to
which the employee is entitled and the salary the employee would have received if not
absent from work but in no event shall said Workers’ Compensation income benefits plus
the supplemental payment exceed the amount of the salary to which said employee would
have been otherwise entitled to receive. Under this option, supplemental compensation
benefits shall be available only so long as the employee has unused sick leave benefits.
Accrued sick leave benefits of the employee will be reduced in an amount equal to the
supplemental benefits received under this option.
EXAMPLE
District wages paid to an employee per month:
Gross $ 1,808.25
Federal W/H - 185.05
FICA - 137.08
State W/H - 35.38
Retirement - 97.86
Net $ 1,352.88

The net amounts to $62.44 per working day.

The Workman’s Compensation carrier pays the employee $48.94 per day.

The District pays the employee from his/her unused sick leave $13.50 per day.

Sick Leave $13.50

21.62%

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Workman’s Compensation $48.94

78.38%

Total per day $62.44

Five (5) days on Workman’s Compensation = 1.08 Sick Leave days (5 x.2162)

Ten (10) days on Workman’s Compensation = 2.16 Sick Leave days (10 x .2162)

3. For employees eligible for District benefits, the District will continue to pay its share of
employee's life, health and dental insurance premiums during the period of disability. The
employee will have his/her self-paid premiums withheld from his/her paycheck provided
funds are available to the employee from accrued sick leave. If self-paid premiums are
beyond that level, arrangements to pay these premiums must be made with the District
payroll/benefits department.
4. If the employee is a member of the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS), he/she
will receive one month of service credit with PERS for each month he/she is receiving
worker's compensation benefits combined with and limited to the amount of accrued sick
leave used.
5. The employee's income maintenance and retirement credit will continue as long as he/she
has earned sick leave available, unless the employee has been laid off or resigned due to
his/her inability to return to the position and perform assignments as required by the job
description. If the employee has depleted all available earned sick leave then Option B
becomes unavailable.
6. If the employee does not have a sufficient amount of accumulated sick leave to cover the
initial five (5) days of absence, the employee will not receive any compensation other
than worker's compensation benefits.
7. If the employee should receive worker's compensation benefits for the first five (5) days
of disability, then the five (5) days, or portion of accumulated leave used, will be
reinstated as appropriate.
8. During the period of disability, the District's share of disability payment cannot extend
beyond the scheduled or contracted working days. The employee is not to receive more
than one hundred percent (100%) of his/her regular salary.
9. An employee who is receiving Workers’ Compensation benefits and is absent from work
for the reasons that the injury results in disability for work, said employee is not eligible
to accrue additional sick leave, personal leave, or vacation leave.

LEGAL REFERENCE: Idaho Code §33-1216

ADOPTED: March 22, 1994

AMENDED/REVISED: March 5, 1997, April 17, 2000, February 21, 2006

ATTACHMENT: “Worker’s Compensation Benefits Option Form”

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WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION BENEFITS OPTION FORM

Please read carefully the Minidoka County Joint School District#331 Policy #807.13 and
enter your choice of Option A or Option B in the space provided at the bottom of this form,
and date.

As an employee of the Minidoka County Joint School District, I understand that I am eligible for
worker's compensation benefits as outlined in Minidoka County Joint School District Policy
#807.13.
Option A. Worker's Compensation Benefits Only
Employee may elect to enter a period of temporary leave of absence without pay and receive
worker's compensation benefits only.
Option B. Worker's Compensation Benefits Supplemented by Accrued Sick Leave.
Minidoka County Joint School District will allow the employee to use his/her earned sick leave
to supplement the workman's compensation benefits to maintain his/her regular salary insofar as
the combined total of worker's compensation benefits and sick leave benefits do not exceed one
hundred percent (100%) of the salary to which the employee would otherwise be entitled. For
those employees eligible for district benefits, the district will continue to pay the employees life,
health, and dental insurance premiums as if the employee were still physically at work and will
deduct from his/her pay the same amount of self paid premiums as would be with held if
physically working, provided funds are available to the employee from accrued sick leave.
Arrangements for payment of benefits and liabilities beyond that level are to be made with the
District Payroll/Benefits Department.
If the employee is a member of the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS), he/she will
receive one month of service credit with PERS for each month he/she is receiving worker's
compensation benefits combined with and limited to the amount of accrued sick leave used.
The employee's income maintenance and retirement credit will continue as long as he/she has
approved sick leave available, unless the employee has been laid off or resigned due to his/her
inability to return to the position and perform assignments as required by the job description. If
the employee has depleted all available approved sick leave then Option B becomes unavailable.
I have read Option A and Option B and the policy in their entirety, and have elected Option: .

_________________________ _____________________
Employee's Signature Date

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