ARE YOU AN INJURED WORKER WHO CAN NOT GO BACK TO WORK, BUT WANTS TO GET AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE?

Every year, many people are injured on the job, and face not only the physical, but emotional trauma of having to learn that they will never again do the job they love, or the job that supported their family and paid their house payment. If you sustained an injury on the job on or after January 1, 2004, this will apply to you.

Under California Labor Codes 4658.5 in place of the old vocational retraining program, there is now a "Vocational" Voucher System

In layman's terms, this means that if the injury causes permanent partial disability and the injured employee does not return to work for the employer within 60 days of the termination of temporary disability, the injured employee is eligible for a supplemental job displacement benefit in the form of a nontransferable voucher for education-related retraining or skill enhancement, or both, at state approved or accredited schools.

While many of the people involved wish to quickly retrain and go back to work, some are individuals who want to go to a institution of higher learning and obtain a college degree.

As a college consultant, with extensive experience in worker's comp law, we are able to offer injured workers a chance to fulfill their dreams by consulting with them on their goals, skills, talents, and ambitions, and steer them in the right direction. This would include applying for federal funding to help them reach their goals of receiving a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution of higher learning.

There are 4 types of vouchers available that range from $4,000. to $10,000 in benefits. Because you no longer can drive an 18 wheeler truck due to a knee injury, does not mean that you can not fulfill your childhood dream of becoming an accountant.

The voucher, that your attorney will explain to you in further detail, may be used for payment of tuition, fees, books, and other expenses required by the school for retraining or skill enhancement. With our assistance you may be eligible for additonal federal funding which assist you in completing your education.

If you are an individual that falls into this category, your employer is to provide you the necessary forms with instructions and a "notice of rights" on how to receive your benefits. This notice should arrive to you by certified mail.

While this program is not for everyone, anyone who has a dream of going to a high institution of higher learning should contact us.