Voucher to Determine Eligibility for Payment from $120 Million Fund under Proposed Rules

Injured workers who have received a Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit voucher for an injury occurring on or after Jan. 1, 2013, would be eligible for a payment of $5,000 from the special $120 million fund created by Senate Bill 863, under proposed rules published Friday by the California Department of Industrial Relations. The one-time payment – which the department is calling a "return-to-work supplement" – would be issued within 85 days of submitting a completed application on an electronic form available on the DIR website. Injured workers who don't have acces...