34A-8a-303 - Reemployment objectives.
34A-8a-303. Reemployment objectives.
(1) The commission through the division shall administer this chapter with the objectiveof assisting in returning a disabled injured worker to gainful employment in the following orderof employment priority:
(a) same job, same employer;
(b) modified job, same employer;
(c) same job, new employer;
(d) modified job, new employer;
(e) new job, new employer; or
(f) retraining in a new occupation.
(2) Nothing in this chapter or its application is intended to:
(a) modify or in any way affect an existing employee-employer relationship; or
(b) provide an employee with a guarantee or right to employment or continuedemployment with an employer.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 158, 2009 General Session