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Ability To Work Assessment
A referral for an Ability to Work Assessment is used to determine if an injured worker should receive vocational rehabilitation plan development services. Ideally, the referral for assessment services… more →
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Ability To Work Assessment
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Terri wrote 2 months ago: A referral for an Ability to Work Assessment is used to determine if an injured worker should receiv … more →
What if my employer is a Native American Tribe?
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Terri wrote 2 months ago: The number of workers in Washington State who work for a Tribe, or in a Tribal owned business, is gr … more →
L&I and moving out of state
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Terri wrote 4 months ago: I am often asked by an injured worker if they can move out of state if they have an open Labor & … more →
Vocational Option 2
Terri wrote 5 months ago: We are about a year and a half into the 5 year pilot Vocational Improvement Project (VIP) at the Dep … more →
When should you be receiving Time Loss?
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Terri wrote 6 months ago: When should you be receiving Time Loss? The obvious answer is, ‘When you can not work because of you … more →
AIG in Iraq: A Cruel Way to Make a Buck
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defensebaseactcomp wrote 7 months ago: Nobody says it better than Workers’ Comp Insider You’ll want to read the full post and c … more →
Effective Communication -- It really is a good thing
rolandlegal wrote 10 months ago: Workerscompensation.com’s CompNewsNetwork provides 4 simple reasons that an employer should … more →
Independent Medical Exams or IME’s
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Terri wrote 10 months ago: Perhaps it comes from reading hundreds of them. While medical exams arranged by the Department of L … more →
Giving a Much-Needed Boost to OSHA
Eric wrote 11 months ago: The official numbers are that 5,400 people are killed on the job each year and more than 4 million a … more →
How and When to Reopen your Claim
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Terri wrote 1 year ago: A L&I claim may be reopened within 7 years from the date the first closing order becomes final, … more →
Light Duty Trap
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Terri wrote 1 year ago: In a previous post I encouraged you to have an open mind if your employer offers light duty work whi … more →
Should you waive voc services?
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Terri wrote 1 year ago: My rant for the day .. If you have a Labor & Industries claim – do not EVER waive vocational ser … more →
Light Duty Work
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Terri wrote 1 year ago: I am asked a lot of questions about light duty work. If you are injured at work and your employer … more →
About Roland Niemi Law Group -- a la YouTube
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COLA
Terri wrote 1 year ago: If you are receiving Time Loss or Pension benefits under a Washington State Labor & Industries c … more →
Who is managing your claim?
Terri wrote 1 year ago: If you have a Washington Labor & Industries claim, you may be wondering who exactly is manag … more →
Time loss payments
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Terri wrote 1 year ago: If you are currently receiving Time Loss (TL) benefits paid by Labor & Industries you may have s … more →
Social Security and Workers Compensation
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Terri wrote 1 year ago: We have many clients who receive benefits under both their workers compensation claim and a Social … more →
The Importance of Wage Orders
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Terri wrote 1 year ago: I write about wage orders because they are important, they can be issued early in a claim, and are … more →
