Law Office of Alan Tysinger

What Doctors Don't Understand About Light Duty: Evidence-Based Work Restrictions

Continuing the theme of what doctors don’t understand about light duty. It’s important to understand that in the current Worker’s Compensation context, the assumption has flipped. Where it used to be assumed that employees would need to go out of work after an injury, now the assumption is the opposite.... Read more →

What Doctors Don't Understand About Light Duty: The Purpose of the Work Status Form

Continuing a discussion of what doctors don’t understand about light duty. What I will treat here very briefly is a subject that has come up and number of times recently and is a pernicious problem affecting employees in a way that is easily correctable. Many doctors seem to not understand... Read more →

What Doctors Don't Understand About Light Duty Part One: Employers and Light Duty

It used to be that when someone got injured on the job and went to a doctor, anyone with significant pain or injuries was immediately taken off work. It was assumed the best way for injured employees to recover was to have rest and time away from work for the... Read more →

My employer says they have a light duty return to work program. Do I have to go back to work when I am still hurt?

If your employer offers you work that is within your restrictions, in writing, the insurance may be able to count they wages offered through a light duty job against your temporary income benefits. Howevever, such a written offer must comply with the specific administrative rule on "bona fide" offers of... Read more →