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* Monitors return-to-work. | * Monitors return-to-work. | ||
==== | ==== b) Case Manager (CM) ==== | ||
* Accepts or rejects claims; | * Accepts or rejects claims; | ||
* Approves wage loss benefits, determines the initial wage rate, and terminates or reduces wage loss benefits; | * Approves wage loss benefits, determines the initial wage rate, and terminates or reduces wage loss benefits; | ||
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* Generally, makes most decisions involving workers including whether to register the worker for vocational rehabilitation services and pension assessments. | * Generally, makes most decisions involving workers including whether to register the worker for vocational rehabilitation services and pension assessments. | ||
==== | ==== c) Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant ==== | ||
* Works with the worker, employer, and union (if any) to get the worker back to work as soon as medically possible, perhaps to a modified job; | * Works with the worker, employer, and union (if any) to get the worker back to work as soon as medically possible, perhaps to a modified job; | ||
* Approves job retraining courses; | * Approves job retraining courses; | ||
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* Assesses a worker’s long-term employability, and the earnings they are considered capable of achieving after the worker has “maximized” their earning capacity in a suitable and available job. This assessment is the core of the Disability Awards Officer’s decision concerning a Loss of Earnings pension. While the decision is made by the Officer, who can reject the recommendation of the consultant, the consultant’s assessment is a crucial step in the pension process. | * Assesses a worker’s long-term employability, and the earnings they are considered capable of achieving after the worker has “maximized” their earning capacity in a suitable and available job. This assessment is the core of the Disability Awards Officer’s decision concerning a Loss of Earnings pension. While the decision is made by the Officer, who can reject the recommendation of the consultant, the consultant’s assessment is a crucial step in the pension process. | ||
==== | ==== d) Disability Awards Officer ==== | ||
* Determines the degree of permanent disability on a physical impairment basis; for workers whose permanent disability is considered to have occurred on or after June 30, 2002, this will determine the pension in the great majority of cases. | * Determines the degree of permanent disability on a physical impairment basis; for workers whose permanent disability is considered to have occurred on or after June 30, 2002, this will determine the pension in the great majority of cases. | ||