Workers Compensation And The Transit Authority

Workers compensation and the Transit Authority Brothers and Sisters; it's very unfortunate how this Agency treats its injured workers. Time after time when a member gets injured, there is a legitimate concern on timeliness of payments! In the Department of Buses the bureaucracy is as thick as the London Fog! Case in point, a member gets assaulted and follows all the proper procedures and fills out the proper injury on duty forms. Fills out the waiver and election form to use accrued vacation and or sick time for 20 days. Goes to compensation doctor brings paperwork back on Authority forms. Goes to Independent Medical Examiner Known as the (IME) and is approved for time off and therapy. Brings those forms back to the department. All these actions that are handled as far as the forms are concerned must be faxed to 130 Livingston Street the Line Safety Superintendent (LSO) sends over assault verification forms for those on that type of injury. But if 130 Livingston doesn't check the fax or somehow the fax is malfunctioning, you can expect a pay interruption which makes absolutely no sense, and can be detrimental to our families households! In the end this is all done on purpose as a deterrent to keep lost time accidents at a minimal! What I haven't mentioned, is the fight the TA will conjure up to deny your differential. Safety is the primary concern of everyone, if you hurt yourself no matter how minor report it and fill out an IOD report and let the reps deal with management on your behalf.