Managing RTW and Vocational Recovery Outcomes
One Day Course | 6.5 Hours
On-Demand
Cost: $225 Members, $375 Non-Members
Level: Intermediate
Issues Covered: Medical, Compensation, Work Disability Prevention
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
As a condition of Labor & Industries approval for on-demand/self-study courses to satisfy the requirements of WAC 296-15-350 and 360 for state certification, we are required to have on-demand/self-study WWCP participants who intend to sit for the state certification exam complete an attestation form for each course in the curriculum verifying full participation, and successfully complete a brief quiz on the material covered. Each course quiz must have a 80 percent correct rate, and can be completed while reviewing the recording if necessary.