Is an injured employee entitled to vocational rehabilitation?
A. The Act provides that if a worker sustains an injury of such severity that they are unable to return to the type of work they were doing at the time of the accident (established by medical evidence), the Workers’ Compensation insurance company could be responsible to pay for vocational rehabilitation to retrain the worker for a new job, trade or profession consistent with their physical limitations. The employer’s Workers’ Compensation insurance company may also be required to continue paying the worker’s weekly T.T.D. benefits for the entire rehabilitation period. Whether an individual is eligible for vocational rehabilitation depends on numerous factors specific to each worker.
