Library: Policy
OKDHS:2-15-7.2. Failure to return to work
Issued 9-15-07
(a) Failure to return following medical release.
- (1) In the event the medical report from the treating physician indicates the employee is able to return to work and has not yet reported for duty, a letter notifying the employee to return to work is mailed or delivered to the employee by the workplace. The notice provides the employee seven days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to report to work.
- (2) An employee who fails to return to work in compliance with the notice is subject to discipline up to, and including, termination.
(b)
Failure to return within one year.
If an employee does not return to work in either the original or an alternate position within one year after the start of leave without pay, the employee may be terminated in accordance with
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