The Employee Responsibility

According to compnewsnetwork, employees have a responsibility in a workers compensation program to promote efficient and effective program management. The following 10 responsibilities are highly recommended,

Employees must participate in the program as follows:

1- Know what to do if you are injured on the job
2- Sign an acknowledgement of these responsibilities
3- Seek medical care from the employers medical provider (or their own primary treating physician as allowed by law)
4- Keep the employer informed and updated of their condition/status
5- Complete forms required by the employer truthfully.
6- Attend weekly meetings to keep the employer informed of their condition and any obstacles to return to work full duty
7- Participate in transitional duty (this must be a condition of employment).
8- Attend all medical and rehabilitation appointments.
9- Return to work in either transitional duty or full duty as soon as medically able.
10- Other tasks as required by the employer and allowable by law

Each state is different.
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