NAC616C.586. Offer of employment: Termination of vocational rehabilitation services; limitations; light duty.  


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  •      1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, an injured employee may no longer receive vocational rehabilitation services if he or she receives an offer of gainful employment which does not exceed any limitations imposed by a treating physician or chiropractor.

         2. Employment offered pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 616C.590 is not deemed an offer of employment if:

         (a) The job offered is demeaning, degrading, or subjects the employee to ridicule or embarrassment. Temporary employment at light duty offered by the employer which is a part of the employer’s regular business operations shall not be deemed to be demeaning or degrading or to subject the employee to ridicule or embarrassment.

         (b) The net salary offered is less than the starting salary a fellow employee would receive for performing similar duties.

         (c) The employee has no reasonable prospect of continued employment.

         (d) The employee accepted employment with light duties but has been dismissed through no fault of his or her own.

         (e) The employment is offered after the employee has commenced a program of vocational rehabilitation.

         3. If the employer offers the injured employee temporary employment at light duty, the offer shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of subsection 1.

     [Industrial Comm’n, No. 14.063, eff. 3-26-82; renumbered as 6.063, 6-30-82]—(NAC A by Div. of Industrial Insurance Regulation, 10-26-83; A by Div. of Industrial Relations, 1-20-94)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 616.086)