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What is Vocational Rehabilitation? 

Vocational Rehabilitation is the process of helping an injured worker who is unable to return to their pre-injury job find other work or increase their employability. The WSCC offers referrals to Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services for eligible injured workers to help them gain skills to find a new job.

How does the WSCC determine if a claim can be accepted? 

To determine if an injury claim can be accepted, the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC) needs to confirm: 

• The worker is employed by an employer who is registered with the WSCC. 
• The worker sustained an injury, and it happened while the worker was employed. 
• There is a medical connection between the workers’ injury and their employment. 

“Injury” can include physical injuries, psychological injuries, diseases, and death.

Returning to work as soon as it is safe to do so is an important part of your recovery from a work-related injury or illness and is part of your rehabilitation program. Returning to work or staying at work while you recover helps to improve health and recovery outcomes.

How does the WSCC calculate my compensation rate? 

If you are a worker who has had a workplace injury claim accepted by the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC), you are eligible to receive either total disability or partial disability compensation payments. Your compensation payments are calculated depending on your employment type, the pay you received at work, and your work schedule.
 

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