Page 387 - FY 2021-22 Blue Book Volume 2

Human Resources Benefits
WORKERS' COMPENSATION

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Personnel Department administers the City's Workers' Compensation Program which covers all City
employees, excluding the Department of Water and Power. This page provides information on the City's
workers' compensation expenditures by City department over the prior five fiscal years from 2015-16 to 2019-
20.

WORKERS' COMPENSATION EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT
(in millions)
DEPARTMENT 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 TOTAL PERCENT OF TOTAL
Fire-Sworn $51.7 $52.3 $55.8 $51.3 $59.1 $270.2 21.6%
General Services 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.8 23.7 1.9%
Police-Civilian 10.1 10.5 10.4 11.2 9.6 51.8 4.1%
Police-Sworn 104.8 115.5 127.8 134.7 151.6 634.4 50.8%
Public Works-Sanitation 8.3 8.8 9.9 10.0 9.6 46.6 3.7%
Recreation and Parks 6.2 5.8 6.1 6.4 5.5 30.0 2.4%
Transportation 6.0 7.3 6.4 6.6 6.9 33.2 2.7%
Proprietary 14.6 14.5 14.6 16.4 16.8 76.9 6.1%
All Other 15.5 15.8 16.9 17.6 17.9 83.7 6.7%
TOTAL $222.1 $235.2 $252.6 $258.8 $281.8 $1,250.5 100.0%

Workers' compensation expenditures include payments made from the Human Resources Benefits Fund, Workers'
Compensation Account, for benefits and rehabilitation bills, claims, and awards and salary continuation, also known
as injury on duty (IOD) payments, made from a department's Salaries, General or Salaries, Sworn account for
employees on workers' compensation leave. The six City departments identified comprise approximately 87
percent of all workers' compensation expenditures from 2015-16 to 2019-20. Proprietary departments include
Department of Airports, Harbor Department, Fire and Police Pensions, and City Employees' Retirement System. All
Other includes all other City departments.

INJURY ON DUTY (IOD) HOURS BY DEPARTMENT
(in thousands)
DEPARTMENT 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 TOTAL PERCENT OF TOTAL
Fire-Sworn 453.7 453.6 472.5 378.4 508.0 2,266.2 25.4%
General Services 31.1 34.9 33.8 39.7 36.2 175.7 2.0%
Police-Civilian 68.0 75.8 67.3 84.7 65.8 361.6 4.1%
Police-Sworn 599.8 682.3 780.6 770.0 894.1 3,726.8 41.8%
Public Works-Sanitation 93.2 89.6 110.2 107.2 98.8 499.0 5.6%
Recreation and Parks 52.2 64.0 49.0 54.9 51.8 271.9 3.1%
Transportation 58.3 75.2 57.7 56.0 58.3 305.5 3.4%
Proprietary 136.8 121.5 137.9 149.1 148.9 694.2 7.8%
All Other 109.7 87.7 124.1 141.8 143.6 606.9 6.8%
TOTAL 1,602.8 1,684.6 1,833.1 1,781.8 2,005.5 8,907.8 100.0%

IOD hours represent the number of hours not worked by City employees on workers' compensation leave. Over
five years, City employees incurred an average of about 1.8 million IOD hours per fiscal year, which is equivalent to
an average of 857 full-time employees absent from work per fiscal year.

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