3357:12-16-29-Worker’s Compensation

1. POLICY

 

Coverage ensures medical and wage-loss benefits to employees who are injured during the course of their job.

 

1. POLICY GUIDELINES

 

Any employee of Zane State College who is accidentally injured or who contracts an occupational disease in the course of or arising from employment must report the incident to the Office of Human Resources via the First Report of Injury form (FROI) within a 24-hour period after injury or knowledge of the occupational disease if at all possible. Information will then be filed with the Ohio Industrial Commission under provisions of the Ohio Worker’s Compensation Law. Any and all information pertaining to Worker’s Compensation can be obtained from the Office of Human Resources.

1. POLICY HISTORY

 

• Policy adopted November 2016
• Policy revisions approved by Board of Trustees, November 2016
• Policy reviewed by the Human Resource Advisory Council April 2020; no changes recommended

 

1. INITIATING DIVISION

Office of Human Resources

1. POLICY REVIEWERS

 

Office of Human Resources Human Resource Advisory Council

 

1. POLICY REFERENCES

1. First Report of Injury form (FROI)
2. ORC 3357-12-5-12
3. No connecting policies