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ALL EMPLOYEES of Miami Lakes Educational Center are encouraged to wear Miami Lakes EducationalCenter’s personnel identification badges while on duty.EMPLOYEE INJURIES AND ACCIDENTSAll employee injuries or accidents that occur during school hours are to be reported immediately to anadministrative personnel. If applicable, appropriate medical attention/first aid will be given and thenecessary paperwork prepared to record the injury or accident. The Principal’s secretary will facilitate thepreparation of applicable Workers’ Compensation documentation for processing of secondary and postsecondarypersonnel. Affected school employees are obligated to be treated in authorized Workers’Compensation Centers listed in the Miami-Dade County Public School’s Worker’s CompensationProcedures Manual. See pages 1-9 thru 1-14.EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMThe Board and the Bargaining Unions recognize that a wide range of problems not directly associated withan employee’s job function can have an effect on the employee’s job performance and/or attendance.The Board and the Unions also agree that assistance will be provided to such employees through theestablishment of an Employee Assistance Program. The Employee Assistance Program is intended to helpemployees and their families who are suffering from such persistent problems that may tend to jeopardizean employee’s health and continued employment. The program’s goal is to help individuals who developsuch problems by providing for consultation, treatment, and rehabilitation to prevent their condition fromprogressing to a degree which will inhibit their work performance.Referrals to the Employee Assistance Program include employees who refer themselves to the programvoluntarily, employees who are referred by family, and employees who are referred by supervisors.Appropriate measures established by personnel file provisions, state statutes, and federal regulations willbe taken to insure the confidentiality of records for any person admitted to the program. For moreinformation, call the Employee Assistance office at (305) 995-7111.EQUIPMENT REPAIRReport non-operating equipment to your supervising administrator. He/she will advise you of the stepswhich must be taken to obtain estimates for the repair. Employees should not make arrangements forequipment repair unless approval is granted. Students may not use equipment that is not in safe workingcondition. Any equipment awaiting repair should be clearly marked as out of order.FACULTY MEETINGSExcept in a case of emergency, no more than two (2) faculty meetings will be conducted each month.Excluding meetings on planning/preparation days, instructors are required to extend the workday for thepurpose of attending faculty meetings. Such meetings will be of no more than one hour duration and willbegin no more than ten minutes after the time scheduled for student dismissal.1-4