Employer's Failure to Offer Position to Injured Worker Didn't Entitle Her to Additional Benefits

The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a former employee of the state Department of Correction was not entitled to additional benefits based on her employer’s failure to offer a position after she was cleared to return to work. Case: Burke v. Arkansas Department of Corrections, No. CV-17-808, 04/04/2018, published. Facts: Connie Burke worked for the Arkansas Department of Corrections. She suffered injuries in a fall on a flight of stairs in February 2015. The ADC accepted her injuries as compensable and paid her temporary total disability benefits from February throu...