Board Policy

BP 4113.4

Certificated Personnel

Temporary Modified/Light-Duty Assignment

The Board of Education recognizes that when employees suffer work-related injuries, modified or light-duty assignments minimize lost time and may serve to facilitate the transition back to the employee's regular duties or full-time work. Whenever possible, the Superintendent or designee shall offer such employees this kind of temporary assignment.

(cf. 4157.1/4257.1/4357.1 - Work-Related Injuries)

Modified or light-duty assignments shall be designed to accommodate medical restrictions specified by the employee's physician. They may include work in the same job classification or a different job classification at the employee's regular salary rate.

Modified or light-duty assignments are intended to address short-term medical restrictions and will normally extend for less than eight weeks' duration. These assignments shall not be used as a means to establish new assignments or displace other employees.

Legal Reference:

EDUCATION CODE

44984 Required rules for industrial accident and illness leave

45192 Industrial accident and illness leave for classified employees

Policy PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

adopted: February 8, 2001 Palos Verdes Estates, California