• All job injuries must be reported immediately to employee’s supervisor.

• The supervisor or employee must report job injury to Teleclaim by calling 1-877-632-7475 the same day of job injury.

• Effective 12/03/2009 the employee ID number, must be presented to Teleclaim.

• The supervisor must complete a Supervisor Investigation Report , so when they click on the underlined words it opens the form.

• The supervisor cannot refuse to report a job injury or try to convince the employee not to report a job injury.

• If medical treatment is necessary, the employee will be taken or sent to an Authorized Care Center or emergency room, if necessary. All follow up care must be authorized by Risk Management.

• The employee must return to work full duty or light duty when released by the Worker’s Compensation doctor.

• Employee must present the doctor’s note to their supervisor when they return to work.

• It is a Felony to file a false or misleading claim.
  

Workers Compensation/Disability Two separate Benefits

• Workers’ Compensation falls under State law; Disability Leave is a County program. The decisions on benefits are made by the Risk Management Division.
   

• Workers’ Compensation pays 66 2/3% of employee’s salary, or maximum amount permitted for that year if job injury is approved.
   

• Disability Leave, if approved, is paid up to 100% of salary, depending on prevailing labor contracts.
   

• Payment is subject to medical verification.  
  

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No disability Benefits if:

• Accident was caused by employee’s negligence or willful conduct.
   

• Employee is a temporary employee.

Pay

• Employee will receive full regular pay for the day of injury.
   

• Until a decision is made on the injury, the employee’s sick, annual, or holiday leave is borrowed to pay the employee if they are losing time as a result of a job injury.
   

• If employee has no accrued leave, employee will not be paid.
   

• There is a 7-day waiting period for workers’ compensation to begin processing, which is picked up if employee is out more than 21 days.
   

• Employee cannot receive more than his/her normal bi-weekly salary. Workers’ Compensation checks mailed to employee’s home will be deducted from the employee’s normal biweekly paycheck.
   

• If disability leave is granted, leave will be restored as follows: 80% if employee was hired after May 1, 1979 and 100% if hired beforeMay 1, 1979 .
  

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Recurrence/Extension

• Employee must report a recurrence of job injury, along with the date of the original injury to their supervisor.
   

• Authorization must be received from Risk Management to visit a Workers’ Compensation doctor.
   

• Disability leave is for 120 days. An extension may be approved for a second 120 days.

Miami-Dade County/Public Health Trust
Toll Free No 1-877-MDC-RISK (1-877-632-7475)
24 Hrs a day, 7 Days a week. 

Call as soon as possible after the incident. You will be asked to provide information pertinent to the claim including:

• Employee ID number of the injured person.
• Name, Address and Telephone number of the injured employee(home & work). 
• Name and Telephone number of the Supervisor.
• Department name.
• Date and time of incident. 
• Description of incident (how, where, why?)
• Type of injury (cut, scrape, burn, etc.)  Minor injury log .
• Body part injured.
• Witnesses (name, address, phone no).

• Initial Assessment/Treatment of an Injury