Leno & Associates provides a variety of services to assist employers and workers’ compensation insurance carriers with their return-to-work, vocational rehabilitation, and Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit voucher issues. Services include:

• Review claim files for potential rehabilitation retroactive VRMA liability prior to the 1/1/09 VR sunset date. A detailed report with recommendations for potential defenses, with case law and statute citations, provided for each claim file. .
• Training for claims and legal staff on return-to-work, SJDB voucher requirements, procedures, and issues.
• Review and assess diminished earnings capacity issues and provide a rebuttal report for return to work potential and actual earnings loss.
• Expert witness and consultation on Le Boeuf cases. Review cases for return-to-work potential, develop report for documentation, testify as needed.
• DWC compliance audits – identify areas of non-compliance (and potential DWC penalties) and recommend procedures to insure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Develop letters and forms compliant with statutory and regulatory requirements.