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All vested employees retiring from the City, former vested employees who terminated
employment with the City prior to retirement, and families and/or administrators of deceased
vested employees must make a written request to the City for any earned post-employment
benefits and the City shall have no responsibility for paying such post-employment benefits until
the date that such written notification has been received by the City.

II. Job-Related Injury and Workers’ Compensation

All City employees are protected from job-related injury or disability arising while
working. Accidents and injuries arising while working MUST be reported to the supervisor in
writing. If you are injured as a result of an accident while on the job, regardless of how minor it
may seem, you are required to report your injury at once to your immediate supervisor.

Accidents involving City-owned equipment should also be reported immediately to your
supervisor and other appropriate agencies. Failure to report an accident or injury could result in
the loss of workers’ compensation benefits as well as needed medical attention and possible
disciplinary action.

An employee is provided benefits for certain injuries or disabilities that occur while at
work under the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act. Although Workers' Compensation
payments are issued under and regulated by North Carolina State Law, they are paid to the
employee by the City of Winston-Salem for their benefit and protection.

While out of work due to an injury compensable under the Act, an employee will receive
a weekly benefit of two-thirds (2/3) of the employee's average weekly wages up to a maximum
set by state statute following a waiting period of seven (7) days. The employee will receive a
full day's pay for the day of injury and may use accrued leave during the required seven-day
waiting period. After the waiting period, the employee will be paid a benefit equal to two thirds
(2/3) of your average weekly wages up to a maximum set by state statute. This benefit may be
supplemented with sufficient accrued leave to provide a total compensation amount equal or
close to, but not exceeding your regular net pay.

If an employee is out of work more than twenty-one (21) days due to a compensable
injury, they will be paid two-thirds (2/3) of your average weekly wages for the seven-day waiting
period or the leave time used during the waiting period will be restored. If an employee is
injured on a secondary job with the City which results in not being able to work either job, the
workers’ compensation benefit will be based on the pay for the job on which you were injured.
If an individual is employed as firefighter or a sworn police officer and has an adverse medical
reaction to an employment vaccination against small pox or becomes infected with small pox or
with vaccinia, they will be treated as any other employee with a compensable occupational
disease under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act.

JJ. Employee Bus Pass Program

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