'Corporate Bullying': Court Addresses Light-Duty Job Offers Made in Bad Faith

Stationing an injured worker in a lunchroom to do "web-based training" and some filing did not amount to a good-faith offer of light-duty work, the Ohio 10th District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. Ohio Administrative Code 4121-3-32(A)(6) requires light-duty work offers to be “suitable,” “made in good faith” and located “within a reasonable proximity of the injured worker’s residence.” “Suitable” does not mean “suitable to the employer,” case law has held — rather, it means that someone viewing the si...