Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

If works comp pays for school I'm I obligated to get a job. I am partially disabled


Asked on 10/14/12, 9:54 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Nancy Wallace Nancy Wallace Atty at Law

99 Percent of all people working are 'Partially Disabled".

Partial disability DOES NOT stop you from working. (I'm working today with a hernia and a deep vein blood clot. And I need a knee replacement. )

IF YOU USE THE JOB DISPLACEMENT VOUCHER for school, THERE IS ZERO REQUIREMENT you get a job when you finish school... Most folks who finish school can't get a job because they lack experience, they have to volunteer for a few months to get experience.

If you are eligible for a Displacement Voucher, it is only because a Comp Physician has written YOU CAN DO SOME WORK SOME WHERE. If he wrote you were 100% permanently disabled, you wouldn't get the voucher.

BUT YOU CAN WORK .... you just can't do everything you did at that old job.

Happy Job Hunting.

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Answered on 10/15/12, 12:04 pm


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