Part-time employee's insurance request... what should we do?

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A part-time employee who works for our church language school got hit by a car while walking on a non-working day. They filed an auto claim with the driver’s insurance, and now the insurance company is asking for wage verification. The employee’s job was inconsistent—they worked as a substitute teacher before the accident. There’s no HR department at the church, so should the staff fill out this wage verification form?

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I think it depends if they’re asking for an official form or just info. Did they send a subpoena?

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Emerson said:
I think it depends if they’re asking for an official form or just info. Did they send a subpoena?

Nope, it was just a regular mail request for info. What’s a subpoena anyway?

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@Tate
A subpoena is like a court order… you HAVE to give them the info. But if it’s just a regular request, you can choose how much you want to share.

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If there’s no subpoena, you could probably just ignore it unless they send a formal request.

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Sal said:
If there’s no subpoena, you could probably just ignore it unless they send a formal request.

Got it, thanks! Can the employee just hand over a paystub instead?

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Vaughn said:

Sal said:
If there’s no subpoena, you could probably just ignore it unless they send a formal request.

Got it, thanks! Can the employee just hand over a paystub instead?

Yeah, that should work fine. As long as you’re not part of the litigation, you don’t have to fill out all those forms.

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Did the employee only work a few months? You could just calculate the average hours they worked and send that info.

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Aza said:
Did the employee only work a few months? You could just calculate the average hours they worked and send that info.

Yeah, they worked a few months, around 2-4 hours a week before the accident. I’ll try to calculate and send that.

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@Vaughn
Perfect, that’s a good way to level it out. Hope it helps!

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I’m not sure, but I think the church school might not HAVE to fill it out unless they’re officially asked by the court.

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LizCampbell said:
I’m not sure, but I think the church school might not HAVE to fill it out unless they’re officially asked by the court.

Yeah, that’s what I was wondering too. If no one knows how to fill it out, we can just ignore it for now, right?

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@Vaughn
Exactly. Unless it’s from the court, you can just let it go.