§ 16.121

The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco hereby declares that this Article is adopted to achieve top management oversight of workers' compensation and an integrated accident prevention program for employees of the City and County of San Francisco. To the extent that funds made available permit, the program shall include, without being limited to, the following objectives:

(a) Training of supervisory personnel and employees generally in safety practices and procedures and workers' compensation best practices and procedures through oral and visual education at meetings, by personal contact, and through the issuance of posters, bulletins and other material through print and electronic means;

(b) Gathering and analysis of data relating to accident experience; and

(c) Providing safety guidance to department heads and other responsible officials.

(Added by Ord. 23-61, App. 2/1/61; amended by Ord. 250-00, File No. 001489, App. 10/27/2000)

A Workers' Compensation Council is hereby established consisting of the Human Resources Director, who shall be chair, the City Administrator, the Controller, the City Attorney, the Executive Director of the Retirement System, and the Mayor's Director of Budget and Finance. It shall be the duty of each of these designated officers to serve on the Workers' Compensation Council, except that any member of the Council may deputize in writing filed with the Council any member of his or her office or department to serve in his or her place on the Council for such period or in such meeting as he or she may desire. Neither the members of the Council nor the members of their offices or departments deputized to serve in their places at any time shall receive any additional compensation for their services on the Committee.

(Added by Ord. 23-61, App. 2/1/61; amended by Ord. 287-96, App. 7/12/96; Ord. 290-98, App. 9/25/98; Ord. 250-00, File No. 001489, App. 10/27/2000)

The Workers' Compensation Council shall have power, and it shall be its duty to:

(a) Act in an advisory capacity in all matters pertaining to workers' compensation and safety as required for the guidance of management, department heads, officers and employees of the City and County of San Francisco;

(b) Assist the Human Resources Director in the establishment and maintenance of a record system that will continuously collect and compile all pertinent statistical data relating to all work-related injuries and illnesses involving employees of the City and County of San Francisco;

(c) Submit an annual report to the Board of Supervisors generally setting forth the work performed and the progress made toward achievement of the purpose of the Workers' Compensation Council.

(Added by Ord. 23-61, App. 2/1/61; amended by Ord. 250-00, File No. 001489, App. 10/27/2000)

The Human Resources Director shall act as coordinator of the Workers' Compensation Council.

(Added by Ord. 23-61, App. 2/1/61; amended by Ord. 287-96, App. 7/12/96; Ord. 290-98, App. 9/25/98; Ord. 250-00, File No. 001489, App. 10/27/2000)

No provision of this Article shall be deemed or construed to grant any authority to, or impose any duty upon, the Workers' Compensation Council or the Human Resources Director which is vested or imposed by general law or the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco in or on any other officer, board, commission, department, or employee of the City and County.

(Added by Ord. 23-61, App. 2/1/61; amended by Ord. 287-96, App. 7/12/96; Ord. 290-98, App. 9/25/98; Ord. 250-00, File No. 001489, App. 10/27/2000)