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Best Practices Worksheet CY 2012/SFY2013 West Orange Township (Essex) 0722 Please see Color Key at bottom of sheet for limits on answers Answer Question Comments Does the municipal governing body approve all payments for accumulated absences 42 Yes pursuant to the requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:30-15.4? Does your municipality provide annual employment practice liability training for elected 43 Yes officials, managers, administrators, department heads and supervisors? Does your municipality have a transitional duty program (light duty) to encourage 44 Yes employees out on workers compensation to return to work? The State Workers Compensation Law provides that, when an employee receives a work- related injury producing temporary disability, the employee is entitiled to wage- Township employees are paid their full 45 No continuation equal to 70% of the employee's weekly wages, subject to a maximum salary when they are injured on the job compensation as determined by the Commissioner of Labor. Does your municipality limit benefits for work-related injuries to the above statutory benefit? The weekly benefit rate provided under the State Temporary Disability Law for a non- work-related injury is calculated on the basis of claimant's average weekly wage. Each The Township does not provide 46 Yes claimant is paid 2/3 of their average weekly wage up to the maximum amount payable, Temporary Disability Insurance which is $572 for disabilities beginning on or after 1/1/12. Does your municipality refrain from

Temporary Disability Insurance which is $572 for disabilities beginning on or after 1/1/12. Does your municipality refrain from supplementing the Temporary Disability benefit? Has your municipality adopted an ordinance, resolution, regulation or policy eliminating 47 Yes longevity awards, bonuses or payments for non-union employees? For any employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement, has your municipality eliminated longevity awards, bonuses or payments for employees hired on or after a 48 Yes specified date, and refrained from increasing longevity awards, bonuses or payments for employees hired before a specified date? Public Safety - PS Does your municipality schedule and undertake periodic inspections/assessments of all 49 Yes municipal facilities to ensure they are in good repair and proper maintainance is being performed?