Managing RTW and Vocational Recovery Outcomes
NOTE: Due to public health requirements and precautions related to COVID-19, this course will occur either exclusively or primarily online with the potential for limited in-person attendance at the WSIA Office depending upon safety requirements at the time. Registrants will be kept advised of the options as they become available.
One Day Course | 6.5 Hours
On-Demand | Recorded March 25, 2021
Cost: $225 Members, $375 Non-Members
Level: Intermediate
Issues Covered: Medical, Compensation, Work Disability Prevention
Faculty Includes: Cory Turner, CRC | Julie Busch, MS, CDMS | Ryan Guppy, CDMS | Lloyd Brooks, WWCP
The fifth step in our IIU's comprehensive, goal-oriented workers' compensation curriculum, this full-day workshop builds on the principles in prior introductory and intermediate trainings and focuses on the early return-to-work process, preventing work disability, and facilitating quality vocational recovery outcomes for workers. Students are given sample scenarios with designated classroom time for independent and group study exercises.
Topics Covered
- Return-to-Work Purpose and Procedures
- Light, Modified and Transitional Duty RTW
- Return-to-Work Priorities
- Employment Law and Regulation Affecting Return-to-Work
- ADA Title 1, ADAAA
- Washington State Law against Discrimination
- Family and Medical Leave Act
- Washington Family Leave Insurance
- Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Terminations
- Voluntary Retirement
- Lay Offs
- Communication with workers and other system participants
- Worker Rights and Responsibilities
- Job Modification and Permanent Accommodation
- Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Vocational Determination Process
- Employability Assessments
- Vocational Rehabilitation Plan Development Services
- Pensions
Attendees take both a pre and post-class quiz as a learning exercise and to measure the effectiveness of the instruction provided.
Pre-class Self-Study Reading Assignments:
Chapter 1-8: Return to Work
Chapter 1-9: Vocational Rehabilitation
Chapter CM6: Return to Work and Transitional Duty
Chapter CM7: Vocational Rehabilitation