Workers' Compensation

Return to Work Guidelines

 CLIMB: San Francisco State University- Return to Work Guidelines

Description

• The Return to Work (RTW) Guidelines are designed to assist in providing temporary transitional work assignments to employees unable to perform their usual jobs due to temporary injuries and/or illnesses.

• San Francisco State University creates safe and productive work opportunities for employees with temporary injuries and/or illnesses.
  
• San Francisco State University utilizes a collaborative, consultative, decision-making process incorporating services of Disability Programs, Human Resources, Risk Management and other University areas as appropriate.

• Treating physician releases employees to temporary transitional work.
  
• Employees provide University with a primary treating physician’s description of temporary work restrictions.
  
• Employees and supervisors engage in the interactive process to identify and create temporary transitional work assignments that conform to the temporary work restrictions.
• Supervisor determines start date for temporary transitional work assignment, documents the assignment and supervisor and employee sign and dates the assignment.
  
• Supervisor provides the employee and Risk Management with a copy of the assignment.
  
• Employee starts temporary transitional work assignment as agreed upon
  
• Supervisor reviews/modifies and supports employee in the return to work program
  
• Temporary Transitional Work assignment concludes at 3 months, and employees are referred to Disability Programs or the CLIMB 30-Day Modified/Alternative Work Program

• Productive and engaged workforce.
  
• Recognition of employee skills and abilities.
  
• Decreased wage and benefit loss due to uncompensated time away from work.
  
• Collaborative contribution to a safe, healthy and productive University.
  
• Timely, comprehensive and effective assistance, which supports the healing process.
  

Office of Risk Management, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue,  San Francisco, CA  94132
riskmgmt@sfsu.edu
Last modified 06/24/2004