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Approve and authorize the reinstatement of 10 Workers' Compensation Allocation on Loan positions (Classification Code 99ZWC) to Risk Management, Appropriation Code COU002.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the reinstatement of 10 Workers' Compensation Allocation on Loan positions (Classification Code 99ZWC) to Risk Management, Appropriation Code COU002.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Workers' Compensation Allocation on Loan positions are loaned to departments for the limited purpose of facilitating completion of mission critical work during a specified period of time within which an injured county employee is unable work due to industrial injury. Prior to FY2012, Risk Management had 10 such Workers' Compensation Allocation on Loan positions and currently seeks to reinstate them within its 2014-15 budget in order to more effectively manage the Workers' Compensation program.
Departments may request Allocation on Loan positions when employees are temporarily out on Workers' Compensation and there is a need to backfill positions. Currently these Workers' Compensation related requests are submitted to CAO-Administration. CAO-Administration then forwards the request to Risk Management, which manages the Workers' Compensation program, for review and justification.
By adding Workers' Compensation (Classification Code 99ZWC) positions back into Risk Management, these requests will once again be directly submitted to Risk Management. These positions are considered a critical component in the management of the Workers' Compensation program.
Risk Management considers 10 Workers' Compensation Allocation on Loan positions to be an adequate level for the County.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
Risk Management met with Human Resources to review the processes required to set up the positions in Advantage in addition to managing the positions as they are being utilized by the departments.
FINANCING:
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