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How Someone Still on the Job Can Have Vocational Damages |
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In the presence of disability or vocational
impairment, current gainful employment does not necessarily indicate the
absence of financial damages based on future employment. Employers often allow clients to return to
their jobs even with vocational impairments such as persistent back pain,
knee pain, weakness in a hand, headaches, etc. When considering the life altering effects
of vocational impairments, courts should bear in mind that few people keep
the same job for life. As willingness
to switch employers often opens avenues for career advancement, the average
U.S. worker has more than nine employers between the ages of 18 and 36. |
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Researchers have documented well the negative effects
disability has on both earnings and worklife expectancy. People with disabilities
are more likely to be unemployed in the future and are more likely to hold
part-time and temporary jobs.1
People with disabilities have shorter worklives.2 People with disabilities earn less
long-term.3 Even though
your client may be able to work his previous job today, statistics show that
your disabled client’s income may be significantly lessened over his or her
lifetime. |
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Any time you handle a case involving injury or
disability, call Expert Assessments, LLC.
A vocational assessment offered by Expert Assessments, LLC will
compare your client’s vocational impairment to research and data derived from
the most reliable government and private sources. Patrick Clifford, a Nationally Certified
Vocational Evaluator, will provide a written expert opinion as to the
projected loss of opportunity and income over the client’s lifetime. The experts of Expert Assessments perform
assessments for both plaintiff attorneys and insurance companies. When you use E.A. to help determine the
full and fair compensation appropriate for your client, you can expect an
opinion that is balanced, fair, and reasoned. When representing injured parties, call (704) 370-6946 |
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References 1.
Yellin,
Edward. “The Labor Market and Persons with and without Disabilities:
Analysis of the 1993 through 1995 Current Population Surveys.” Paper presented
for the Conference on Employment and Return to Work for People with
Disabilities, sponsored by the Office of Disability, Social Security
Administration, and National Instititute on
Disability Rehabilitation Research (October 31 – November 1, 1999). 2.
Pflaum,
Christopher C., George M. McCollister, Robert M. Shavelle, David J. Strauss, and Michael J. DeVivo. “Disability and Worklife: The Case of Spinal Cord
Injury.” May 2003. 3.
Burkhauser, Richard V. Mary Daly, Andrew
Houtenville. “How Working Age People with
Disabilities Fared Over the 1990’sBusiness Cycle.” In Ensuring Health and
Income Security for an Aging Workforce, Eds. Peter P. Budetti,
Richard Burkhauser, Janice Gregory, and H. Allan
Hunt. Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research,
2001, p. 291-346. |
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