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enefits should continue and medical and factual development should be undertaken to determine
claimant's LWEC at the end of the schedule award, but vocational rehabilitation efforts should be
terminated.
2-0813-9 Assisted Reemployment
9. Assisted Reemployment. Disabled Federal workers with skills transferable to jobs within the
general labor market may prove difficult to place due to economic factors in both the Federal and private
employment sectors. Assisted Reemployment is a project designed to increase the number of
permanently disabled employees who successfully return to the labor force even though they could not be
placed with their former employers.
a. General Provisions.
(1) Assisted Reemployment will allow for three years of partial reimbursement of salaries
to employers, other than the original employer, who reemploy disabled FECA beneficiaries.
The project allows reimbursement on a quarterly basis to the new employer of salary paid
to the claimant up to 75% the first year, up to 50% the second year, and up to 25% the
third and final year.
However, other rates of reimbursement may be applied, subject to approval by the National
Office.
(2) These wage subsidies to the employer plus the LWEC payment to the claimant shall
never exceed the amount of compensation which would be paid to the claimant in the
absence of employment. Similarly, if basic compensation is being paid, i.e., the claimant
has no dependents, the subsidy rate may not exceed 66 2/3 percent.
(3) Should compensation be terminated (e.g., because work-related disability ceases),
wage subsidies to the employer should also be discontinued.
b. Identifying Candidates. An Assisted Reemployment wage subsidy may be appropriate when
the claimant has significant transferable skills but has not been placed because of the difficult job
market in that specialty, or because of the severity of the disability even though the job is suitable.
(1) The RS and the RC will make most of the selections for this program.
(2) In evaluating cases for return to work potential, the CE may also identify claimants
as candidates for Assisted Reemployment.
c. Action by RS and RC. The RS and the RC will consider jobs which correspond to the
claimant's educational background and employment history. The RS will ensure that the
employment under consideration conforms with the medical limitations imposed by the residuals of
the work injury and any pre-existing conditions. Once this is accomplished, the RS will instruct the
RC to propose a wage subsidy to a qualified employer as an incentive to make a bona fide job offer
to the claimant.
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