Return to Work Resources
Risk & Insurance Magazine Article featuring ReEmployAbility | Workers Comp Forum | The Next Chapter for Return to Work
ReEmployAbility founders, Debra Livingston and Frances Ford, are featured in the September 2014 edition of Risk & Insurance Magazine. The article, “The Next Chapter for Return to Work,” features our Transition2Work program as an option to supplement employers’...
Ruling reinforces transitional duty with nonprofits as Maryland RTW option
A recent ruling by the Maryland Workers Compensation Commission reaffirms transitional employment with nonprofit agencies as a viable option for helping injured workers return to work quickly and safely. Summary of Ruling On May 29, 2014, the Maryland Workers...
ReEmployAbility Drives Precedent in Virginia Return-to-Work Case
ReEmployAbility, the largest national provider of specialty return-to-work (RTW) services and transitional employment programs, played a major role in establishing return-to-work precedent in a recent Virginia workers’ compensation case. The Virginia Worker’s...
Claims Journal Article featuring Transition2Work Program Success! | Transitional Employment Service Leads to New Skills, Career for Injured Worker
ReEmployAbility has successfully matched thousands of injured workers with temporary modified duty assignments at its partner local nonprofit organizations. In most cases, a successful outcome means the injured worker is able to quickly return to his previous...
ReEmployAbility Article — The Benefits of Volunteering | If It’s “Good for You” It Can’t Be Good… Or Can It?
We are fortunate to live in a time when modern medicine and technology enable major improvements in many injuries. Yet one of the very simplest of therapies has proven to be one of the most effective—volunteerism. According to an article by the Corporation for...
Risk & Insurance Magazine Special Report: Disability featuring Transition2Work | Managing the Transition
ReEmployAbility’s co-founder, Frances Ford, was featured in an article in Risk & Insurance Magazine, "Special Report: Disability." The article, “Managing the Transition,” provides strategies for successfully managing transitional work programs and highlights...
Claimant refuses light duty in South Carolina. Why? Thrift store items were too pricey.
One person’s trash might be another person’s treasure but for the claimant whose light duty assignment was to sort donations and greet customers, the treasures were apparently too stinky and overpriced for his sensibilities. The claimant, a 53-year-old part-time store...
Recent Georgia ruling is good news for employers using non-profit agencies for transitional duty
In an Order dated February 22, 2012, the Administrative Law Judge ruled that the employer’s offer to return an employee to light duty in a volunteer position for another organization through a transitional return to work program is suitable employment. Furthermore,...