GARK: Job Connected Injury/Assault

Any employee who is serving in an official capacity for the school district and sustains personal injury; or industrial diseases arising out of and in the course of employment with the district; or loss of personal property (damaged, destroyed or stolen as a result of violence, assault, or physical abuse) shall have the following remedies:

Job Connected Injury (See GAOE)

All employees of the district shall be covered by workers compensation. Workers compensation coverage is provided for all employees regardless of assignment, length of assignment, and/or hours worked per day.

Any employee who is serving in an official capacity for the school district and is assaulted by a student, parent, another employee, or outside intruder and, as a result of such injury, has loss of time in performing the employee's duties shall not lose pay or sick leave because of such incident.

Loss of Personal Property

The district will reimburse any employee for clothing or personal property damaged, destroyed or stolen as a result of violence, assault, or physical abuse sustained in the course of the employee's employment.

The maximum reimbursement paid by the district for items damaged, or stolen by such act shall not exceed $750 per incident. Reimbursement for losses in excess of $750 will be covered to the extent allowable under the district's insurance policy.

Eyeglasses will be reimbursed to the extent allowable under the district's workers compensation insurance policy.

(For Certified Employees-also see negotiated agreement Article XXVII, Job Connected Injury/Assault).