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.