Employee Injury Reporting

At a glance

What: A council order for quarterly, non-individual summaries of employee injuries from the police, fire and public works departments.
Where it stands: Given leave to withdraw on November 9, 3-0 by roll call, after concerns about privacy law and labor relations.
Next: The sponsor may reframe and refile after consulting the law department on acceptable parameters.

The law department set parameters, saying a basic general annual report of claim counts could be provided; HR and the workers compensation administrator were working on a report.
The sponsor said the aim was prevention and trends, not individual information. A committee member argued the matter belongs with human resources and warned of union objections.
The DPW director described new state-required safety trainings (work zone safety and hazard communication) completed for department staff.

Meeting video from the Holyoke Media YouTube channel and the city's posted agendas on https://www.holyoke.org/departments/public-meetings/.

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