Workers’ compensation insurance carriers provide vocational assistance, usually through certified professional rehabilitation organizations, to help injured workers return to suitable employment after an on-the-job injury that prevents the workers return to permanent work

PWP provides employer incentives for the re-employment of Oregon workers whose on-the-job injuries have resulted in permanent disabilities and who are not able to return to their regular employment because of those injures.

EAIP encourages the early return to work of injured workers who have temporary medical releases for return to light-duty, transitional jobs. The insurer helps the employer develop transitional work and request reimbursement for its costs

This is basic data on the Oregon Return to Work (RTW) programs statistics. This view shows Preferred Worker Program (PWP), eligibility. It shows the number of workers eligible for the PWP and the numbers who have used the program. Workers may not use the program for several years, so the numbers who have used the program are incomplete for the most recent years.

This is basic data on the Oregon Return to Work (RTW) programs. This view provides outcomes of Vocational Assistance Program closures.

This is basic data on the Oregon Return to Work (RTW) programs statistics. This view covers the Vocational Assistance Program (Voc) eligibility determinations.

Insurers determine eligibility or ineligibility for vocational assistance for workers with permanent partial disability who do not return to permanent work with the employer at injury. In general, workers are eligible for vocational assistance if they have a substantial handicap that prevents re-employment in any job that pays at least 80 percent of the job-at-injury wages.

This is basic data on the Oregon Return to Work (RTW) programs. This view covers Preferred Worker Program (PWP), contracts. PWP benefits wage subsidy, worksite modification, and employment purchase contracts or agreements. Workers may use these benefits more than one time.

PWP benefits also include premium exemption and may include claim cost reimbursement, These are not shown on this view.

Oregon Return to Work (RTW) programs data. The data is presented in the Department of Consumer and Business Services report at https://www.oregon.gov/dcbs/reports/compensation/Pages/index.aspx. The attached pdf provides definitions of the data.

The data covers the Employer-at-Injury Program (EAIP), Preferred Worker Program (PWP), and Vocational Assistance Program (Voc).