What is the Request for Paid Leave Form (Form-23) designed to accomplish?
The Request for Paid Leave Form (Form-23) allows an employee who has been injured on the job and is unable to work as a result of the injury to elect to remain on the payroll and use some or all of his or her accrued leave in lieu of receiving weekly payments from The University of Texas System Workers’ Compensation Insurance (WCI). The employer is prohibited from requiring the use of paid leave to cover time lost. Therefore, the Request for Paid Leave form is used to verify whether the employee has chosen to use paid leave or to receive weekly WCI benefits.
