postscript2
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Sunday September 21, 2008 2:07 PM
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Dependent upon your level of P.D., you may qualify for a certain $ amount for a voucher. Up to 10% can be used for a counselor and the "Administrative Director" maintains the list of qualified Counselors. This is of course contingent on an offer of modified work by your ER or not.
The website for "Accredited or State approved schools" is: www.bppve.ca.gov
To go directly to the site for vouchers go to www.ca.dir.gov, then navigate to the DWC site, then go to the alphabetical site and you'll find DWC Training and Return to work Division
I have copied and pasted some info for you:
More information on Retraining and Return to Work (RRTW) Unit and SJDB voucher:
The Return to Work and Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit is promulgated by the DWC administrative director pursuant to Labor Code sections 4658.1; 4658.5 and 4658.6 and can be found in sections 10001 10005 (Return to Work) article 12; and 10133.50 10133.60, article 7.5, Title 8, California Code of Regulations. The regulations are used to assist the injured employee and employer in understanding their rights as they relate to return to work and voucher.
If you have questions regarding return to work or the voucher feel free to email us at DWCReturntoWork@dir.ca.gov
Sometimes, an employee suffers residual effects from their injury and cannot return to work. Those employees may be entitled to supplemental job displacement benefits (SJDB).
Employees injured on or after Jan. 1, 2004, who are permanently unable to do their usual job, and whose employer does not offer other work, may qualify for this benefit. It is in the form of a voucher that helps pay for educational retraining or skill enhancement, or both, at state-approved or state-accredited schools.
The law (Labor Code section 4658.5) says that employees who do not return to work for their employer within 60 days of the end of temporary disability payments will receive a voucher. The amount of the voucher is based on the percentage of the injured worker's disability:
Permanent partial disability of less than 15 percent = $4,000 voucher
Permanent partial disability between 15 and 25 percent = $6,000 voucher
Permanent partial disability between 26 and 49 percent = $8,000 voucher
Permanent partial disability between 50 and 99 percent = $10,000 voucher
The voucher must be used at state approved or accredited schools for education or skill enhancement, or both. Employees may use up to 10 percent of the voucher funds for counseling.
The law (Labor Code section 4658.6) also says that an employer will not be liable for providing the supplemental job displacement benefit to an employee if, within 30 days of the end of temporary disability payments, an offer of modified or alternative work is made, and the employee rejects or fails to accept the offer in the form and manner prescribed by the Division of Workers' Compensation administrative director.
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Happy navigating/reading!
LCS
Edited: Sunday September 21, 2008 at 2:10 PM by postscript2
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