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Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
Return to Work, Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit and Vocational Rehabilitation
Return to work is one of the most important aspects of workers' compensation after medical treatment and indemnity compensation are considered. A work injury can interrupt routines and adversely affect financial and personal well-being.
Employees injured on or after Jan. 1, 2004, who are permanently unable to do their usual job and whose employer does not offer other work may qualify for the supplemental job displacement benefit (SJDB). The benefit comes in the form of a non-transferable voucher that can be used to pay for educational retraining or skill enhancement, or both, at state-approved or state-accredited schools. The voucher covers school tuition, fees, books and expenses required by the school for training. For additional information on this benefit: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/sjdb/sjdb_main.html.
AB 1987 and return-to-work incentives and alternatives, April 2006 
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Return-to-Work Roundtable, Summary of November 17, 2006, CHSWC, April 27, 2007 version version
Review of literature on 'modified work'
Does modified work facilitate return to work for temporarily or permanently disabled workers?, August 1997
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Status: completed
Predictors and measures of return to work
Determinants of return-to-work and duration of disability after work-related injury or illness: Developing a research agenda, April 2001
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Status: completed
Task force on alternative or modified work in the construction industry
Carve-outs in workers' compensation: an analysis of experience in the California construction industry, September1999
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Status: completed
Policies and strategies to help injured workers return to sustained employment
Return-to-Work in California: Listening to Stakeholders' Voice, July 2001
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Status: completed
Primary treating physician effectiveness in RTW after low back injuries
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Status: in process
Best practices encouraging return-to-work
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Status: in process
Vocational rehabilitation study
Vocational rehabilitation reform evaluation, March 2000 
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Vocational rehabilitation benefit: An analysis of costs, characteristics, and the impact of the 1993 reforms, August 1997
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Status: completed