My Injured Worker Can't Work: Now What? A Guide for Employers [476] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2016 Time: 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Speakers: Michelle Bach, Shareholder, Coolidge Wall Co. LPA Track: Rehabilitation Secondary Track: Workers' Compensation Session Type: Educational Session Skill Level: Intermediate Description: The presenter provides practical advice to employers regarding what to do when an injured worker cannot work. She outlines the legal standard for the payment of temporary total disability compensation. She also discusses the pros and cons of paying salary continuation and explains the proper way to make a legally sufficient light-duty job offer. In addition, the speaker addresses defenses to the payment of temporary total in detail, along with a discussion of the seminal cases, including Louisiana Pacific, Pretty Products, Apostolic Christian Church and Baker II. Finally, she explains how and when to terminate temporary total disability compensation. Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss the pros and cons of salary continuation and light-duty job offers; 2. Describe the defenses to the payment of temporary total disability compensation; and 3. Explain the complex law regarding voluntary abandonment.
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