Vocational Rehabilitation in Virginia

根据弗吉尼亚州的法律，在同一业务中拥有三名或三名以上正式雇员的雇主必须免费向其雇员提供工人赔偿. This includes vocational rehabilitation benefits. 雇员在工作中受伤，不能恢复正常的工作职责，但仍能工作, 雇主必须为受伤雇员提供合理和必要的职业康复亚洲博彩平台排名. 

Vocational rehabilitation services may include vocational evaluation, 咨询, 工作指导, 工作的发展, 就业安置, 在职培训, 教育, 和再培训.

The stated goal is returning an injured worker to the workforce.  功能能力检查是医疗专业人员对受伤工人进行评估以确定受伤工人工作能力的一种工具, 虽然可能有足够的限制，将阻止受伤的工人回到他或她以前的工作.  利用功能能力评估允许职业康复咨询师帮助员工在员工的剩余工作能力范围内找到工作. 

They key is to embrace the obligation.  从长远来看, 让雇员重返工作岗位可以为雇主节省大量开支，还能帮助受伤的雇员提高工作效率. 以下是弗吉尼亚州工人赔偿委员会提供的一些指导方针，这些指导方针明确构成了允许的职业工具.

1. Vocational rehabilitation services, including vocational evaluation, 咨询, 工作指导, 工作的发展, 就业安置, 在职培训, 教育, 和再培训, shall take into account the employee’s pre-injury job and wage classification; age, aptitude and level of 教育; the likelihood of success in the new vocation; and the relative costs and benefits of such services. Retraining should be considered if 就业安置 efforts are not successful, or the employee’s transferable skills are not readily marketable.
   
   
2. The provider should not ask the employee to engage in 工作的发展, 就业安置 or 在职培训 until he/she is medically released for work. 然而, 供应商可能会要求员工见面，以评估员工的工作潜力, and to prepare résumés and to schedule other appropriate actions, such as attending job preparation training, 预期就业.
   
   
3. 职业康复的两个目标是使雇员恢复有报酬的就业, and to relieve the employer’s burden of future compensation. 康复亚洲博彩平台排名提供者应设法在雇员的医疗限制范围内找到与雇员受伤前的职位和工资水平相一致的工作, and the provider should take into account such factors as distance, 运输成本, and actual anticipated earnings from the potential job, when considering such alternative employment.
   
   
4. 在可能的情况下，康复提供者有责任通过与潜在雇主的直接接触或通过对劳动力市场的研究来评估就业机会，以了解这项工作在当地经济中通常是如何进行的. 评估应确定目前是否有一个合适的职位，在员工的限制范围内，并且员工是合格的. 在提供或不提供合理便利的情况下，提供者不得派遣员工申请或面试不适合员工的职位, 但是，雇主可能会要求雇员发展个人履历，参加就业准备培训和招聘会. 提供者可以要求雇员参加面试，以获得目前的就业机会，如果治疗医生预计雇员将在合理的短时间内被释放到这种工作中.
   
   
5. Telemarketing and commission sales positions are only appropriate 就业安置, when the employee has demonstrated aptitude or ability in this line of work. 不适合采访受庇护的工场和由雇主/运营商资助的特定雇主, if they do not provide the potential for legitimate rehabilitation, 例如职业康复指南，学习工作技能或使雇员在劳动力市场上重返生产岗位.
   
   
6. 提供者有责任在职业康复过程的各个方面协助雇员，例如适当的介绍, 面试技巧, discussion of limitations with employers, and other employability factors.
   
   
7. 康复亚洲博彩平台排名提供者不得建议雇员在工作面试或申请中隐瞒有关他/她的受伤或工作能力的信息. 但是，员工不得以破坏面试或申请过程的方式讨论这些问题. 任何讨论都应限于员工是否能在有或没有合理便利的情况下完成所争议的工作.
   
   
8. 员工不需要向康复亚洲博彩平台排名提供者提供个人或财务信息, 比如孩子的数量, 配偶的就业, 或者信用记录, unless such information relates to a bona fide occupational qualification for employment. An employee is required to disclose whether he/she is legally eligible for employment, including their Social Security number, 有有效的驾驶执照吗, or has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor, and to provide his/her previous employment history.

MEETINGS BETWEEN EMPLOYEES AND PROVIDERS

1. Meetings should be held at reasonable times and places for both the employee and provider. 员工不需要邀请康复亚洲博彩平台排名提供者到他们的财产或进入他们的家. 也, 正如雇员必须配合康复亚洲博彩平台排名提供者的合理要求，这可能使他/她重返有报酬的工作, the provider must make reasonable accommodation for the employee’s personal life, such as medical conditions and transportation problems.
   
   
2. Routine telephone contact should be made between 9:00 a.m. 晚上6点.m. No calls should be made before 7:00 a.m. 或者晚上10点以后.m. 除非有紧急情况.
   
   
3. The provider should give the employee advance notice, 通过书面或电话, of meetings between the rehabilitation provider and employee, 以及就业面试. A minimum of two calendar days’ notice of any meeting or employment interview is suggested, except for exceptional situations.
   
   
4. 在被释放到选择性就业之前，雇员不必找工作. 然而, the employee must meet with the provider for the purpose of a vocational assessment.

医疗援助

1. 由于职业康复提供者的作用仅限于提供职业康复, the provider is prohibited from medically managing the employee’s treatment in any way, even if requested by the physician.
   
   
2. Monitoring treatment is not medical management. 确定重返工作状态是康复过程的一部分，旨在加强参与康复过程的各方之间的沟通. With the consent of the physician, the provider may meet with the doctor outside of the employee’s presence. 雇员不需要签署一份允许提供者接触医生的同意书. If the physician does not wish to communicate with the provider, information will have to be obtained by other means provided or permitted by law.
   
   
3. 雇员有权在没有任何经认证的康复提供者和/或护士或病例管理员在场的情况下，由医疗提供者进行私人检查和咨询.
   
   
4. In order to determine the work capacity of the employee, the provider may require the employee to submit to a functional evaluation, 经雇员的主治医生或独立法医批准和授权.

澳门亚洲博彩平台排名 & 亚洲博彩平台排名股东 鲍勃·塞缪尔 focuses his practice on workers’ compensation and personal injury litigation.  Please contact Bob with questions at (757) 502-7338 or rsamuel@joyerianicaragua.com.