A Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) health and major medical insurance program is offered to all full-time employees. Full-time is defined as working forty (40) hours per week and fifty-two (52) weeks per year. The cost of the insurance for the employee is paid by the school district. (A comprehensive health and major medical insurance plan shall be available with the employee paying the premium difference, providing carrier offers the plan.) Family coverage may be deducted from the employees check upon written approval from the employee. The board shall have the sole responsibility in determining the insurance carrier.
Workmen's compensation insurance is provided for all employees for personal injuries arising out of, and in the course of, the employment of such person. Compensation is made, within the limits of the State Law and Regulations, for time lost and payment of medical and hospital fees when a injury is suffered on the job. Because of strict State and Federal regulations, all accidents must be reported to the school office immediately. Failure to do so may result in the loss of this benefit.
The employee shall return to the school all payments for workmen's compensation so long as the employee is receiving sick leave benefits provided by the school.
Medical attention should be obtained as soon as possible after the injury, if such is necessary. The attending doctor should be instructed that the injury is covered by Workmen's Compensation.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 20.9; 85; 85B; 279.12; 509; 509A; 509B (1995).
Cross Reference: 411.1 Classified Employee Defined
Approved: March 1996
Reviewed: April 2009, January 2011, January 2014, January 2017, May 2020
