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County discontinues informal workers' compensation leave buyback; staff to draft written policy to support injured employees
Summary
County administrators moved to end an unofficial practice that recredited employees’ leave when employees signed over workers’ compensation checks; commissioners approved discontinuing the program and asked staff to return with a formal written policy to protect injured employees.
County staff told the Berkeley County Commission they would discontinue an unofficial ‘‘leave buyback’’ practice that manually recredited employees’ accrued leave when the employees endorsed and turned over workers’ compensation checks. The commission voted to end the practice immediately and directed staff to prepare a written policy to address employees’ financial needs while on work-related injury leave.
Deputy County Administration staff explained the historical practice:…
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