FOX Corporation will provide temporary modified-duty for active employees who are partially disabled due to illness or injuries.
1.0 SCOPE
FOX Corporation (FOX) will provide temporary transitional duty whenever possible for a period of up to two (2) months calendar days
to determine the degree of improvement. An extension in excess of 30 days may be allowed on a case-by-case basis, when recovery is
incomplete. Such extensions will be reviewed every seven (7) days calendar days thereafter and modified work may continue to be provided
in cases where improvement continues. The objectives ofFOX’s Return-To-Work Program are to:
- Allow the injured employee to remain in the work force and resume productive employment as soon as possible.
- Enable the worker to gradually overcome medical restrictions through a transitional period of modified-duty.
2.0 Responsibilities
2.1 Supervisor Responsibilities
The Supervisor for the area that the injured employee is assigned for modified duty shall ensure that the employee is complying with job-related
restrictions as noted on the modified duty form.
Supervisors directing modified duty employees shall assign those employees to jobs which can accommodate their restrictions. If no jobs are available
within your department, contact the respective Human Resources Business Partner (BP) to discuss options or arrange for departmental
transfer.
Each supervisor should compile and maintain a list of departmental job duties that meet light duty requirements. This list should be updated yearly and a
copy given to the BP.
2.2 Employee’s Responsibilities
The employee shall be responsible to report all job-related injuries and any medical restrictions to their Supervisor and the Workers’
Compensation Department (WC). The employee shall keep their Supervisor and WC informed of any change in their job-related restrictions.
The employee shall adhere to all medical advice and directives as prescribed by the treating physician, nurse, or other medically qualified professional.
The employer should question any medical directives which may not be clearly understood. Failure to adhere to any medical restrictions may result in
disciplinary action
The employee shall not perform any activity which is not in accord with job-related restrictions, both on and off the job. If the employee feels that tasks
have been assigned which violate these restrictions, he or she should immediately inform his or her Supervisor. Failure to adhere to any work-related
medical restrictions may result in disciplinary action.
3.0 Procedure
3.1 Program Coordination
- The BP and EHS will coordinate the Return-To-Work Program. This includes the responsibility to review and update the program as
needed to ensure that it meets the needs of FOX and its employees. - Decisions regarding the appropriateness of modified duty and contacts with the affected employee, the employee’s supervisor, labor representatives, and
medical personal shall be made by joint collaboration between the BP, EHS, and WC. - The BP will arrange for temporary work assignment for modified duty employees where no appropriate work is available within the employee’s regular
department. - WC will be the contact with all physicians and medical professionals, and shall provide information on an injured employee’s current job description,
the modified duty policy, and the types of modified duty which are available. - WC will also provide such physicians with periodic updates and any change of status relating to the modified duty program. If additional information is
requested by medical professionals, such as job descriptions for a specific ill or injured employee, WC shall provide such additional information. - WC shall schedule all employees’ medical appointments as necessary, and keep all necessary and appropriate records.
3.2 Type of Work
FOX will provide temporary transitional duty whenever possible and practical, and will cooperate in every way possible to provide regular duties on a
limited basis, modified duty, and/or special assignments for the recovering employee. Whenever possible, attempts will be made to allow the employee to
remain in his or her original classification or job function with modified duties.
Special assignments and/or modified duties in addition to regular duties will be determined by the BP, the EHS Department, WC, and by the supervisor of the
department in which the employee will be working after taking into consideration the employee’s medical restrictions.
The Labor Relations Department will review all special assignments and/or modified duty assignments.
FOX maintains the right to assign employees on modified duty to any job within the facility that will not exceed their restrictions and they are capable of
doing. Modified duties may not be desirable to the employee. Job availability for work related injuries will take precedence over non-work related
injuries.
Employees on modified duty may be assigned to work on any shift at the discretion of the company. While modified duty employees may not be able to work or
be assigned to work a full-time schedule, in no case shall modified duty employees work overtime.
FOX the BP, the EHS Department, WC, will supervise all employees undergoing rehabilitation and/or modified duty. When these employees
are assigned to their regular departments, they will report to the supervisor in that department under the direction of the BP, the EHS
Department, WC. Employees undergoing rehabilitation who are not working in their regular departments will be given assignments by the
BP.
On evening shifts, night shifts, and weekends, modification of job duties may be made at any time by the supervisor of an employee who has reported an
injury, until the employee sees the BP, the EHS Department, and WC.
3.3 Program Extension
An extension in excess of up to 30 days may be allowed on a case-by-case basis, when recovery is incomplete. Such extensions will be
reviewed every seven (7) days calendar days thereafter and modified work may continue to be provided in cases where improvement
continues.
3.4 Medically Unable to Report
Any person who is unable to report for work due to an injury or illness, whether that injury or illness occurred in the workplace or not, must check in
with their respective supervisor at least daily. The injured employee may be asked to produce appropriate medical
documentation on his or her condition to verify there has or has not been a change in their physical status as it affects returning to work. At the
discretion of FOX the employee may be asked to see a physician that FOX designates.
3.5 Compensation and Benefits
Restricted duty employees will be compensated per existing company policy as explained in the employee handbook. BPs
will determine the rate of pay for the job being performed. At no time will the rate of pay be less than the specified labor rate per
the current contract.
3.6 Doctor’s Appointments:
FOX’s notification policy regarding doctor’s appointments will also apply to employees undergoing rehabilitation. If the employee requires follow-up
treatment or a doctor’s appointment which cannot be scheduled during his or her non-working time, FOX shall compensate the employee
for any straight-time lost from work due to said treatment or appointment; provided that the employee must have given FOX sufficient
and reasonable prior notice that such treatment or appointment could not be scheduled during non-working time, in which case FOX
shall have the right to attempt to change the employee’s treatment or appointment to non-working time and, if able to do so, the employee shall not be
entitled to compensation if the employee chooses nevertheless to keep the treatment or appointment on working time.
3.7 Failure to Participate
Employees who are assigned to modified duty are expected to keep medical appointments and participate in follow-up rehabilitation treatment as necessary.
Failure of the employee to participate in medical and rehabilitation treatment may be considered a violation of work rules and may result in disciplinary
action.
3.8 Medical Reevaluation
Employees shall be re-evaluated by a company designated physician within 15 days of their last examination to determine whether their
modified duty status should be continued.
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