INTERPRETIVE AND POLICY STATEMENT
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
If you have any questions or need additional information, please call Josh Swanson at (360) 902-6805.
Insurance Services: Claims Administration, Self-Insurance, and Crime Victims.
New Policy 5.18 Adjudicating Eligibility for Compensation
Benefits - Valid Job Offers after the Worker is Found Eligible
for Plan Development.
This is a new policy and became effective January 1, 2008. This interim policy provides department staff with guidance and applies when determining a worker's eligibility for compensation benefits (wage replacement) when the chargeable employer offers the worker a job (not the job of injury) after plan development services are approved.
Contact Valerie Grimm, P.O. Box 44208, Olympia, WA 98504-4208, phone (360) 902-5005, e-mail colb235@lni.wa.gov.
New Policy 6.50 Determining the Validity of a Job Offered
by the Employer of Record.
This is a new policy and became effective January 1, 2008. This interim policy provides guidance to department staff and applies when a worker disputes a vocational determination because the job offered by the employer is not valid.
Contact Valerie Grimm, P.O. Box 44208, Olympia, WA 98504-4208, phone (360) 902-5005, e-mail colb235@lni.wa.gov.
New Policy 6.47 Approving or Denying a Vocational
Rehabilitation Plan - Option 2 Benefits.
This is a new policy and became effective January 1, 2008. This interim policy provides guidance to department staff and applies when a vocational rehabilitation plan or option 2 election form is received by the department.
Contact Valerie Grimm, P.O. Box 44208, Olympia, WA 98504-4208, phone (360) 902-5005, e-mail colb235@lni.wa.gov.
New Policy 6.46 Approving or Denying Plan Development
Services after January 1, 2008.
This is a new policy and became effective January 1, 2008. This interim policy provides claim staff with guidance when the vocational rehabilitation provider recommends further vocational services are both necessary and likely to enable the worker to become employable at gainful employment.
Contact Valerie Grimm, P.O. Box 44208, Olympia, WA 98504-4208, phone (360) 902-5005, e-mail colb235@lni.wa.gov.
New Policy 6.45 Authorizing Vocational Assessment
Services.
This is a new policy and became effective January 1, 2008. This interim policy provides guidance to department staff and applies when authorizing vocational assessment services under a state fund claim or a claim against a bankrupt self-insured employer.
Contact Valerie Grimm, P.O. Box 44208, Olympia, WA 98504-4208, phone (360) 902-5005, e-mail colb235@lni.wa.gov.
Josh Swanson