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, Judge Tifverman ruled the Employer/Insurer may unilateral suspend benefits during the continuance of employee’s refusal to […]
reemployment services
Florida’s Return-to-Work Services . . . a thing of the past?
As of July 1, 2011, the Bureau of Rehabilitation and Reemployment Services (BRRS) will reduce its staff from 82 to 27 workers due to the 2011 budget cuts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010. Insurance companies wishing to refer injured workers to the state for a vocational evaluation will soon find out that […]